South African-born American Entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced that his satellite internet service, Starlink, is now operational at a hospital in Gaza.
As reported by the Washington Post, this development follows months of negotiations over humanitarian exemptions to Israel’s internet blackout in the war-torn region.
This move comes more than five months after the Israeli government approved Starlink’s use in the hospital in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Starlink, owned by Musk’s SpaceX, is a network of satellites in low Earth orbit that can provide internet to remote locations or areas with normal communications infrastructure disabled.
The billionaire shared on his platform X on Tuesday that Starlink service is now active in Gaza with support from the UAE, which was involved in negotiations to alleviate the impact of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
The UAE said the high-speed internet will enable potentially life-saving medical consultations via real-time video calling. The Gulf Arab nation’s foreign minister thanked Musk for supporting the UAE field hospital in Gaza.
