UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric and an Israeli defence official, talking individually on situation of anonymity, stated discussions are underway on numerous communications choices that may very well be used for humanitarian operations inside Gaza.
“So far as the know-how itself, I can not say that it will be Starlink or one thing else. I do not know but However we’ve got to search out one thing that we’re snug with and that will even assist them,” stated the Israeli defence official.
“There are some safety considerations when it comes to what Hamas can do with communications tools,” the official stated.
Dujarric stated the UN was “platform agnostic” and simply needed communications tools that didn’t depend on cellphone towers as a result of they weren’t dependable. He added: “Starlink will get a whole lot of headlines, but it surely’s not about Starlink, it is about getting no matter tools that works.”