Israel, UN negotiating deployment of Starlink system in Gaza: Report
Israel and the UN are discussing the deployment in Gaza of the Starlink system, operated by Elon Musk’s Space X, to improve security so the UN could fully resume food distribution in the Strip, three Israeli officials and one UN official have told the US news site Axios.
According to the report, the UN asked to deploy the communications system at its headquarters in Gaza. But Israel is concerned that the system, which provides internet service through a network of satellites, might be appropriated by Hamas, which could use it to coordinate attacks without being detected.
Israel asked the UN about the possibility of remotely disabling the system, the report added.
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“A lot of people say, you have to let him hit rock bottom,” Berlinn said.
“My son’s rock bottom I believe is death.”
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