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Avi Scharf

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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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Jul26 image shows thousands more around aid trucks east of SDS3, north of Morag Corridor
Planet Labs PBC

29.07.2025 11:39 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Jul26 image shows thousands more around aid trucks east of SDS3, north of Morag Corridor
Planet Labs PBC

29.07.2025 11:39 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Jul13 image shows SDS2 with aid ready to be picked up, while Jul18 shows thousands of hungry Gazans swarm the place
Planet Labs PBC

29.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Jul13 image shows SDS2 with aid ready to be picked up, while Jul18 shows thousands of hungry Gazans swarm the place
Planet Labs PBC

29.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Ever seen thousands of hungry people from space? Planet Labs Jul13 imagery, from 500 km up, shows Gazans waiting at two points on Mwasi-Rafah corridor, to get to GHF's SDS2 ("Saudi neighborhood") to pick up food

29.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 31    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 2
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Appears CENTCOM chief Kurilla is on his farewell tour here, receiving honors and awards visiting Pakistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and more

29.07.2025 08:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NOW in English
Satimages show that in just 2months, Israeli Army has almost entirely destroyed Khan Yunis Governorate, including Gaza Strip's 2nd-largest city and its environs, an area encompassing 90 square km and thousands of homes

Planet Labs PBC
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

23.07.2025 11:05 — 👍 36    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 5
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Holy Family Church in Gaza's Old City, just west of Salah al-Din road and destroyed Shejaiya neighborhood, two days ago in Planet Labs PBC image.

Two killed today by an Israeli tank strike
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

17.07.2025 12:14 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Serbian co. owned by ex-Likud associate eared $2.3m from foreign clients in 2024 ***

$2.3million flowed to a firm set up by Netanyahu ally in Belgrade, records show

- Money originated outside Serbia
- Einhorn is a suspect in (1) Qatargate and (2) Bibileaks affairs and wanted for questioning in Israel
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

16.07.2025 07:33 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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As Israel strikes Yemen, investigation reveals UN funding Houthis' massive oil tanker ***

In case you missed it:

🚨UN funding Houthis' massive oil tanker
haaretz.com/israel-news/...

🚨Iran exposes thousands of Israelis, veterans of classified units
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

12.07.2025 04:44 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨U.S. pouring $1.5billion in military aid into building Israeli Army bases, documents seen by Haaretz show

🚨PLUS: We now know the locations of secret sites 911+81 in Israel
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

08.07.2025 06:48 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Militaries use cluster munitions to strike specific targets within a limited area. Iran dispersed unguided submunitions from high altitudes, with bomblets scattering across vast residential areas, many kms wide. This has one sole goal: ballistic terror

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

03.07.2025 17:45 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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🚨 NOW in English:
Unguided and indiscriminate: How three Iranian cluster missiles hit 18 locations across seven Israeli cities

Special @haaretzcom.bsky.social project

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

03.07.2025 17:44 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 5    📌 1
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they only procured 12 in 2025 (even less in 2024)
They've spent 8 times that amount in the past two weeks

03.07.2025 06:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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500 missiles, 200 interceptors, 1.5 billion dollars: Behind Iran's attacks on Israel ***

Haaretz counted 33 Iranian ballistic missile impacts in populated areas ■ Israeli army reported 36 impacts - with 86% interception rate ■ American researchers identified 10 unreported impact sites

Here's everything we know so far
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

02.07.2025 10:08 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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If vids and calculations are correct, the U.S. has expended 8 years worth of THAAD interceptors in just under two weeks, aiding Israel counter Iranian ballistic missiles

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

02.07.2025 10:07 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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A reminder: The U.S. deployed in April THAAD and Patriot batteries to Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, ahead of possible Iranian attack. Some will now be probably tested.

USAF has also deployed UAV-hunter F15s and F22s to Jordan, and F16s and F35s to Saudi Arabia in the last 3 weeks

23.06.2025 16:34 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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4 מל"טים צה"ליים יורטו: איראן הפילה שניים, ארה"ב וישראל הפילו שניים מטוס ללא טייס ישראלי הופל היום במערב איראן, הרביעי במספר מאז תחילת המתקפה במדינה לפני עשרה ימים.

Four Israeli UAVs downed: Two by Iran, two more by Israeli and U.S. airforces

www.haaretz.co.il/news/securit...

23.06.2025 07:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Planet Labs imagery shows hits at Fordo site, and maybe ground deformation

Planet Labs PBC

22.06.2025 09:57 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Almost 20 years ago, I was a reporter for the Times of London in Jerusalem. Ahead of every international summit/UN meeting, Israel would leak satellite images of Iran building up its nuclear capabilities.
(A reminder of how long they have been laying the groundwork for public support on this war).

22.06.2025 08:42 — 👍 236    🔁 57    💬 7    📌 5
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Since war with Iran began, 5 more USAF heavylifters arrived Israel with interceptors/munitions.

Also, 6 more landed Azraq from Langley - confirming F-22 Raptor deployment in Jordan? (we saw tankers dragging something yesterday)

Also: Aviano-Riyadh lifters (supporting F-16s?)

18.06.2025 06:17 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Israel Takes Control of Iran’s Skies—a Feat That Still Eludes Russia in Ukraine The power mismatch in the Israel-Iran war shows the importance of air superiority.

I don’t think people appreciate enough the new asymmetry. Iran relies on the finite and fast dwindling stockpile of ballistic missiles. Israel now can bomb with a near-infinite magazine of JDAM and SPICE bombs, using F-15 and F-16 in addition to F-35s. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

16.06.2025 08:52 — 👍 89    🔁 23    💬 5    📌 3
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One of Israel's key Iran attack vectors got a brand new brochure just this week👇👇

13.06.2025 16:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Source: Azerbaijan promised to keep exporting oil to Israel despite Turkish objections ***

No longer transparent: How Azeri oil to Israel keeps being pumped via Turkey, despite Turkish objection
You received a gift article from Haaretz.
Source: Azerbaijan Promised to Keep Exporting Oil to Israel Despite Turkish Objections

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

07.06.2025 06:22 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Armed Gaza militia rivaling Hamas hands out aid in Israeli-controlled zone ***

Now in English
Armed Gaza Militia Rivaling Hamas Hands Out Aid in Israeli-controlled Zone
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

05.06.2025 11:54 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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מיליציה חמושה, יריבה של חמאס, מחלקת סיוע באזור בשליטת צה"ל הארץ

We've geo-located the compound in southern Gaza where a new local militia has set up its own food distribution network under Israeli protection
www.haaretz.co.il/news/securit...

05.06.2025 10:57 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Official data shows Azerbaijan stopped oil exports to Israel. Truth is a little different ***

Relations between Jerusalem and Baku are good. Azerbaijan oil exports to Israel have grown steadily, millions of tons annually.
Then last Oct they allegedly dropped to zero.
So did Baku really halt the export? Prob not, it's just hiding it
w @DanielSchmil
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

04.06.2025 15:16 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Katz casts Syria’s Sharaa as responsible for rocket fire, vows ‘full response’ soon * * *

Israel for the past six months: we will work to prevent the new Syrian government from having any authority in the south

Israel, yesterday: why doesn't the new Syrian government have any authority in the south? www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

04.06.2025 06:44 — 👍 85    🔁 25    💬 1    📌 0
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✨ The Runner-Up of our 2025 Innovation Award: "Road to Redemption: How Israel’s War Against Hamas Turned Into a Springboard for Jewish Settlement in Gaza" by Yarden Michaeli, @avischarf.bsky.social‬, Idit Frenkel, Asi Oren, and Uri Talshir.

Read it here: www.europeanpressprize.com/article/road...

03.06.2025 12:43 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨Past week:
➡️massive airlift Shaw AFB > Riyadh
prob related to F16 deployment to S.Arabia

➡️massive airlift Lakenheath/Aviano > Azraq
prob related to F15 deployment to Jordan
last i've seen this was Nov2024, anticipating 3rd Iranian attack on Israel (which never materialized)

31.05.2025 09:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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