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NatSec/cyber/OSINT editor @ Haaretz ➡ http://htz.li/natsec ■ Prev: editor-in-chief @haaretzcom ■ I also follow planes

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Secretive unmarked US Special Operations Command emergency response 757 (c-32b) arrived Tel Aviv. Seen here landing 2hours ago as RCH616

19.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Fake escort services to greetings cards: Intellexa spyware targets journalists in Angola An Investigation Reveals That the Israeli-owned Intellexa Spyware Was Used to Hack the Head of Angola's Journalists Union as He Was Fighting the Regime's Surveillance of Reporters. Fake News Sites Mim...

Fake Escort Services and Mothers' Day Cards: Israeli-owned Intellexa Spyware Targets and Exploits Journalists in Angola. by @omerben

Investigation by Amnesty Tech @amnesty.org
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18.02.2026 10:33 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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In the drone age, a cheap rocket may be America's smartest tool in a clash with Iran An 80-year-old Unguided Rocket Has Been Upgraded Into a Precision Interceptor, Reshaping How the U.S. Counters Iranian Drone Swarms Targeting Israel and American Bases in the Middle East

USAF Drone Hunters Prepare for Iran Clash, With Decades-old Rocket as a Key Weapon
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17.02.2026 13:02 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Your car is spying on you – and Israeli firms are leading the surveillance race From Hands-free Systems to Tire-pressure Data, a New Field Known as CARINT Turns Vehicles Into Powerful Intelligence Tools

Your car is spying on you – and these three Israeli firms are leading the surveillance race.

From hands-free systems to tire-pressure data, CARINT turns vehicles into powerful intelligence tools.
@omerbenj has the details
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

16.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 30    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 6
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Militias, interrogations and threats: The harrowing road back to Gaza About 150 People Have Been Permitted to Enter the Gaza Enclave in the Week Since the Rafah Crossing Reopened. Eyewitness Accounts, Videos and Satellite Images Show How a Short Route Can Take an Entire...

150 Gazans were permitted back in the week since Rafah crossing reopened.
Through eyewitness accounts, videos and satimages, we reconstruct the harrowing 5km road thru IDF controlled area, where Gazans endure interrogations and threats by militias

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11.02.2026 12:21 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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About 150 people have been permitted to enter the Gaza enclave in the week since the Rafah crossing reopened. Eyewitness accounts, videos and satellite images show how a short route can take an entire day to traverse
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10.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Militias, interrogations and threats: The harrowing road back to Gaza About 150 People Have Been Permitted to Enter the Gaza Enclave in the Week Since the Rafah Crossing Reopened. Eyewitness Accounts, Videos and Satellite Images Show How a Short Route Can Take an Entire...

Militias, interrogations and threats: The harrowing 5km road for Gazans returning to the strip

by Yarden Michaeli, Rawan Suleiman, Nir Hasson
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10.02.2026 15:16 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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U.S. deports eight Palestinians to West Bank using private jet A Private Jet Was Apparently Chartered Specifically by U.S. Authorities for the Deportation and Belongs to an Israeli-American Businessman, Haaretz Has Learned. Several Security Sources Familiar With ...

U.S. deports 8 Palestinians to West Bank using chartered bizjet which flew them to Israel. Jet belongs to Trump-linked Israeli-American real estate developer. Israeli security sources described it as "highly unusual"
www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...

22.01.2026 11:46 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 3
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Ex-U.K. PM Tony Blair became a frequent visitor to Netanyahu's office during the Gaza war Blair Is Seen as a Key Figure in Advancing International 'Day After' Plans for Gaza, Though Several Sources Say He Was Pushed Aside Amid Egyptian Opposition. Egyptian Billionaire Naguib Sawiris, Float...

Now in English
How ex-U.K. PM Blair - funded by Larry Ellison - became a regular fixture in Netanyahu's office, and what was Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris doing in Israel this week
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09.12.2025 13:14 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 2
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Israeli Spyware firm Intellexa, owned by ex-intel officer, still active amid US sanctions New Victims of Predator Spyware Identified, With Malicious TikTok Links Revealing New Targets, and Evidence Shows Egypt and Saudi Clients Still Active. Ad-based Infections Confirmed. Leaked Files and ...

🚨🚨The lawyer's phone was the first documented Predator spyware hit in Pakistan. Others, including politicians, were targeted. Our sources say the client is Pakistan itself, a country to which Israeli firms are not licensed to export surveillance tech
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

04.12.2025 08:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Israeli Spyware firm Intellexa, owned by ex-intel officer, still active amid US sanctions New Victims of Predator Spyware Identified, With Malicious TikTok Links Revealing New Targets, and Evidence Shows Egypt and Saudi Clients Still Active. Ad-based Infections Confirmed. Leaked Files and ...

Hacked in Pakistan: Israeli spyware firm Intellexa still active amid U.S. sanctions. New victims of Predator spyware identified, with secretive 0click Ad-based infections.
Bombshell expose by Omer Benjakob, Eliza Triantafillou, Lorenz Naegeli, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill
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04.12.2025 08:32 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Netanyahu diary reveals close ties with Republican lawmakers, call with UAE leader Amid Israel's Tensions With the Biden Administration Over the Gaza War, the Israeli Prime Minister Met With U.S. Politicians, Including Mike Johnson and Lindsey Graham, Who Pushed Congress to Sanction...

Bibi Diary Reveals Close Ties With Republican Lawmakers - and Secret Call With UAE Leader
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23.11.2025 07:42 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Charming Kitten exposed: Elite Iranian cyber unit targeting Israel's most sensitive sites Haaretz Has Analyzed a Massive Leak That Exposed the Global Hacking Operations of One of the Revolutionary Guards' Top Hacker Units. Advanced Tools Were Used, Including in an Attempt to Break Into the...

When Predatory Sparrow strikes Charming Kitten, a trove is exposed. We dug into the data, and found how Iran's elite Cyber unit targets Israel's most sensitive sites
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20.11.2025 11:02 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Shadowy firm run by an Israeli-Estonian has gotten hundreds of Palestinians out of Gaza Haaretz Exposé | The Organization Offers Palestinians the Option to Pay About $2,000 for a Spot on Charter Flights to Destinations Such as Indonesia and South Africa. Its Website Claims It Was Founded...

🚨 Shadowy "consulting firm" from Estonia owned by an Israeli, flew 350 Gazans to Indonesia, Malaysia,S. Africa. 3 groups departed on chartered flights from Eilat Airport. Firm was in contact with Israel’s “Voluntary Emigration Bureau”
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16.11.2025 17:58 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
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Shadowy firm run by an Israeli-Estonian has gotten hundreds of Palestinians out of Gaza Haaretz Exposé | The Organization Offers Palestinians the Option to Pay About $2,000 for a Spot on Charter Flights to Destinations Such as Indonesia and South Africa. Its Website Claims It Was Founded...

🚨 Shadowy "consulting firm" from Estonia owned by an Israeli, flew 350 Gazans to Indonesia, Malaysia,S. Africa. 3 groups departed on chartered flights from Eilat Airport. Firm was in contact with Israel’s “Voluntary Emigration Bureau”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

16.11.2025 17:58 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
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קול קורא: מענקים למענים טכנולוגיים וציבוריים לפיתוח חסינות והתמודדות עם איומי דיסאינפורמציה והפצת תוכן כוזב ברשתות בישראל קול קורא למענקי פיתוח עבור ארגונים, יוזמות ופעילים המקדמים פתרונות ומענים טכנולוגיים וציבוריים לפיתוח חסינות והתמודדות עם איומי דיסאינפורמציה והפצת תוכן כוזב ברשתות בישראל…

Working in Israel on disinformation? (mitigating it, not spreading it). The Israeli Internet Association has a new grant (50K NIS) open to activists, initiatives, and orgs to develop new solutions. I'm on the board of the committee (w @avischarf.bsky.social etc)
www.isoc.org.il/disinformati...

10.11.2025 08:39 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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AI hasbara: Israel pours millions into influencing U.S. evangelicals in churches, ChatGPT Contracts Between Israel and Trump-linked Firms Reveal Campaigns and Plans to Target Millions of U.S. Churchgoers, Deploy Bots, Hire Influencers and Try to Make ChatGPT More pro-Israel

4/ Two additional campaigns revealed in the FARA docs involve hiring MAGA influencers to promote Israeli talking points, and developing a bot-network to "flood the zone" with those pro-Israeli messages
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06.11.2025 07:35 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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AI hasbara: Israel pours millions into influencing U.S. evangelicals in churches, ChatGPT Contracts Between Israel and Trump-linked Firms Reveal Campaigns and Plans to Target Millions of U.S. Churchgoers, Deploy Bots, Hire Influencers and Try to Make ChatGPT More pro-Israel

4/ Two additional campaigns revealed in the FARA docs involve hiring MAGA influencers to promote Israeli talking points, and developing a bot-network to "flood the zone" with those pro-Israeli messages
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

06.11.2025 07:35 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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3/ One part revealed in the FARA docs concerns tagging Christian worshippers while at church, in order to continue targeting them online with Israeli messaging.
Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed this aspect of the campaign would not be implemented
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06.11.2025 07:35 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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3/ One part revealed in the FARA docs concerns tagging Christian worshippers while at church, in order to continue targeting them online with Israeli messaging.
Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed this aspect of the campaign would not be implemented
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

06.11.2025 07:35 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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2/ The focus on Christian audiences follows an unprecedented decline in support for Israel amid the war in Gaza - even among conservatives. Half of young Republicans (under age 50) now hold a negative view of Israel, up 15 percent since the war began.
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06.11.2025 07:34 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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2/ The focus on Christian audiences follows an unprecedented decline in support for Israel amid the war in Gaza - even among conservatives. Half of young Republicans (under age 50) now hold a negative view of Israel, up 15 percent since the war began.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

06.11.2025 07:34 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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AI hasbara: Israel pours millions into influencing U.S. evangelicals in churches, ChatGPT Contracts Between Israel and Trump-linked Firms Reveal Campaigns and Plans to Target Millions of U.S. Churchgoers, Deploy Bots, Hire Influencers and Try to Make ChatGPT More pro-Israel

1/ Losing Republicans' support, Israel signed contracts to target millions of U.S. churchgoers, deploy bots, hire influencers and try to make ChatGPT more pro-Israel

Omer Benjakob dug in FARA docs and here's what he found
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06.11.2025 07:34 — 👍 74    🔁 47    💬 2    📌 5
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Everyone's a target: What the Vatican, Israeli arm dealers and Jared Leto have in common? An International Investigation Reveals an Indonesian Company Selling Advanced Surveillance Tools Used to Track Journalists, Critics and Even a Prosecutor of Netanyahu – and How Israelis With Ties to A...

What the Vatican, Israeli Arms Dealers and Jared Leto Have in Common?
An international investigation reveals a firm selling advanced surveillance tech. Unlike spyware, it leaves no forensic evidence

by Omer Benjakob @cr0ft0n.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social
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21.10.2025 17:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Germany is buying Israeli-made Spike anti-tank missiles in 2 billion euro deal The Major Deal Was Signed Through NATO With EuroSpike, Rafael's European Joint Venture, in Which It Holds a Stake. In 2025 Alone, Germany Purchased 315 Million Euros' Worth of Israeli Weaponry – More ...

NOW in English
Germany buys Israeli Spike missiles in 2 Billion Euro Deal
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21.10.2025 17:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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And Rashid Street further south
Planet Labs 15sep v 1sep

17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Wharf
Planet Labs 15SEPv1SEP

17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Central Gaza - here Daraj and Rimal - also evacuates, but at lesser pace (as of Sep15 imagery)

17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Central Gaza - here Daraj and Rimal - also evacuates, but at lesser pace (as of Sep15 imagery)

17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Here's Tel Al Hawa

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