Israel and UN negotiate deploying Musk's Starlink in Gaza

Israel and the United Nations are negotiating the deployment of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink communications system in Gaza as part of a plan to increase security for UN aid workers in the enclave. The UN told Israel the system is a requirement for the organization to fully resume the distribution of aid across the Gaza strip, Israeli officials said. But Israel is concerned the system could fall into the hands of Hamas and make it more difficult for Israeli intelligence to monitor the group's communications, raising the risk of coordinated attacks on Israel by Hamas militants. In June, the UN scaled down its operations in Gaza after aid workers were endangered by Israeli airstrikes and attacked by Palestinian civilians and gunmen. The UN said it needs the Starlink satellite internet system to allow better radio and mobile phone communications for its staff in Gaza.