US lawmakers have passed a bill reauthorizing a law which allows the government to surveil American citizens without a warrant.
House Votes To Extend Warrantless Spying Powers
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Israel Lets AI Decide Who Dies in Gaza
The Israeli military has employed yet another AI-based system to select bombing targets in the Gaza Strip, an investigation by +972 Magazine has revealed. The new system has generated sweeping kill lists condemning tens of thousands of Palestinians, part of the IDF’s growing dependence on AI to plan lethal strikes. Citing six Israeli intelligence officers, the Tel Aviv-based magazine said the previously undisclosed AI system, dubbed ‘Lavender,’ has played a “central role in the unprecedented bombing” of Gaza since last October, with the military effectively treating its output “as if it were...
Video: IDF Murders Civilians Gathering Aid
Blood-soaked IDF war criminals teach Palestinians the price of collecting humanitarian aid: summary execution. Food sure makes good bait for starving refugees, huh? Well you know who else eats food? That's right, Hamas. Footage obtained by Al Jazeera. Exclusive footage obtained by Al Jazeera: Israeli fire kills man while collecting aid. @aljazeeraenglish pic.twitter.com/mBAhL8umSq — Lana (@RashadLana18915) April 5, 2024
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IDF Admits To Killing Elderly Hostage on October 7
An elderly Israeli woman abducted by Hamas during the group’s surprise attack last year was likely gunned down by an IDF helicopter, an internal probe concluded.
Israel Killed 100+ Civilians in ‘Apparent War Crime’ – HRW
A deadly Israeli airstrike on a six-story apartment block early in the Gaza war likely constituted a war crime, rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported.
Haaretz: IDF Bombed Aid Convoy on Approved Route
Haaretz has more details on IDF drone strikes that killed seven international aid workers on Monday night. The victims included two US-Canadian dual-national Palestinians and five citizens of Australia, Poland and the UK. (Edit: World Central Kitchen – the NGO that employed the aid workers – has since identified those killed and clarified their nationalities: one US-Canadian, a local Palestinian, three UK nationals and citizens of Australia and Poland.) Per IDF sources cited by the newspaper, Israeli forces had approved the convoy's route, but suddenly realized a single “terrorist“ was...
‘They’re All Dead’: Israeli Strike Kills US, UK & Australian Aid Workers
A number of foreign nationals were among seven aid workers killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, including a dual US-Canadian citizen and others hailing from Britain, Australia and Poland
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