Israel Ministry to Give Go-Ahead for Musk’s Starlink This Week
- Service won’t be turned on in Gaza without Israeli permission
- Israel is seeking to bolster its internet backup along borders
A trail of a group of SpaceX's Starlink satellites.
Photographer: Mariana Suarez/AFP/Getty Images
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Israel is expected to give the go-ahead to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service this week to start limited operations in the war-torn country, a communications ministry official said.
Sales will initially be restricted to official bodies, and Starlink agreed not to grant access to humanitarian organizations in the Gaza Strip without the approval of Israel’s defense establishment, Elad Malka, deputy director of the ministry, said in an interview.