With the world focused on Iran, Ukraine stuns Russia in the Mediterranean Using Explosive Drone Boats Launched Far From the Home Front, Kyiv Has Expanded Its War on Russia's Shadow Fleet, Striking Tankers Thousands of Kilometers From the Front Lines

'Pirate-like and ingenious': With the world focused on Iran, Ukraine stuns Russia in the Mediterranean Sea

by Oded Yaron
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32 outposts, 10miles of trenches: Israeli Army builds new border line inside Gaza. 5 months ago, the Yellow Line was framed as a step toward an IDF withdrawal. Since then, it set up a string of outposts and dug 17km of berms

by Yarden Michaeli
images: Planet Labs
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Original reporting by @avischarf.bsky.social and Liza Rozovsky

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■ per IDF, in first 15 days of war (28Feb-14Mar) Iran launched ~340 ballistic missiles at Israel.
■ 18 missiles - 3 conventional and 15 cluster - struck population centers.
■ Yesterday+today: 3 more cluster missiles struck central Israel
■ Data: @yanivkub + @bar_peleg

11 Iranian Cluster Missiles Penetrated Air Defenses. One Dropped 70 Bomblets Over Central Israel. Here's How it Happened
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■ In 2025's 12day war Iran launched ~530 ballistic missiles at Israel
■ In first 12days of current war Iran launched ~250 missiles at Israel
■ Due fewer missiles/salvo, we have X2.5 more alerts
per @bar_peleg / IDF
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■ per reports, just overnight Hezbollah launched ~200 rockets at Israel

How Israeli air defense systems are helping shield allies from Iran's attacks The Three Countries Have Deployed Israeli Barak and SPYDER Systems Alongside U.S. and Other Defenses to Counter Iranian Strikes

NOW in English
These Israeli systems help allies UAE, Cyprus and Azerbaijan counter Iranian missiles and drones
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Interesting flight: a Dept of Homeland Security 737 BBJ VVIP landing Israel from DC (n475us)

Fighting the 'Jesus Was a Palestinian lie': Inside Israel's MAGA influence campaigns 'Palestinianism Is Opposed to Christianity': Israel Is Spending Millions on an Effort Aimed at the Christian Right in the United States, Allegedly as Part of an Attempt to Combat Antisemitism. Haaretz...

'Palestinianism is opposed to Christianity': FARA filings reveal Israel's influence campaigns in MAGA country USA

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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

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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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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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
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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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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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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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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"
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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)
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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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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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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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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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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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