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Avi Scharf

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

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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Netanyahu aide vibe-codes tool for PM and his wife - exposing risky data. Scoop by Bar Peleg, Omer Benjakob www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu aide vibe codes AI monitoring tool for PM, wife – exposing risky data
The tool scanned dozens of channels every 90 seconds and fired off alerts about Sara Netanyahu to a dedicated WhatsApp group. The code behind it reveals the sources of information feeding the Netanyah...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Serbia's new Elbit drone factory, and the Netanyahu lawyer connection. President Vucic unveiled Serbia's first factory for Israeli drones. Zion Amir is one of three directors of the company now producing them in Belgrade My story with Sasa Dragojlo www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Serbia's new Elbit drone factory and the Netanyahu lawyer connection
President Aleksandar Vucic unveiled Serbia's first factory for Israeli drones. Israeli lawyer Zion Amir is one of three directors of the company now producing them in Belgrade
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SCOOP Israeli experts mounted an anti-Qatar campaign. It was abruptly halted, without explanation www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israeli influence experts mounted anti-Qatar campaign, and then it was halted
The campaign was among several civilian efforts launched amid government inaction after October 7, aiming to pressure Qatar to force Hamas to release the hostages. Influence campaigns were later conso...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨CyberGlobes, an Israeli surveillance firm, has been secretly arming autocrats around the world with tech to target gay men, activists and protesters investigation Gur Megiddo and Omer Benjakob www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Targeted: Gays and protesters. The Israeli cyber firm quietly arming autocrats
An investigation reveals how CyberGlobes software uses social media data to track and map protesters, regime critics, political activists and LGBTQ people. CyberGlobes: 'The report is distorted and mi...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BOMBSHELL Investigation on @haaretzcom.bsky.social : Days before Hamas attacked, UAE President MBZ called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. He didn't even tell Israel's security chiefs www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
An Air Force officer who tracked the militias via drones recounted: "We saw them arrive in 2-3 pickup trucks. They just ran and shot at people, entered every structure, looted everything they could get their hands on – and then burned down the house" www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our investigation reveals the depth and extent of the cooperation, and how the armed Palestinian militias have become an operational arm of the IDF and Shin Bet inside Gaza Satimages: Planet Labs PBC www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
An Air Force officer who tracked the militias via drones recounted: "We saw them arrive in 2-3 pickup trucks. They just ran and shot at people, entered every structure, looted everything they could get their hands on – and then burned down the house" www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our investigation reveals the depth and extent of the cooperation, and how the armed Palestinian militias have become an operational arm of the IDF and Shin Bet inside Gaza Satimages: Planet Labs PBC www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A Haaretz investigation, based on IDF soldiers' testimonies and satimagery, reveals how Israel is cultivating a network of Gaza militias: 'Israel Is sending militias to commit war crimes – and I have to protect them' www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Haaretz Investigation • 'Israel is sending militias to commit war crimes – and I have to protect them'
A Haaretz investigation, based on IDF soldiers' testimonies, sources in Gaza and satellite imagery, reveals how Israel is cultivating a network of armed militias in Gaza
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Jewish space lasers? Israel wants 'Rods from God'. Really. No joke. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Jewish space lasers? How about Israeli 'Rods from God'
Israel's defense minister is widely regarded as unserious, but experts say he may be onto something with his vision of space-to-ground capabilities, not merely missile defense
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
a Delaware LLC - with owner unknown - controls an Israeli Instagram page pushing viral pro-Netanyahu content ahead of the upcoming elections my latest, with Bar Peleg www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Production company employed by Likud publishes Netanyahu supporters' podcasts
The NVP production firm began publishing podcasts by pro-government media personalities, as well as Netanyahu's brother, after an American company with unknown owners acquired most of its shares
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Test in Morocco Exposes Covenant's Secret Cruise Missile. Covenant is one of the leading defense-tech firms operating in Israel. U.S. army photos and press release revealed their low-cost cruise missiles being tested last week in Morocco www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Test in Morocco Exposes Covenant's Secret Cruise Missile. Covenant is one of the leading defense-tech firms operating in Israel. U.S. army photos and press release revealed their low-cost cruise missiles being tested last week in Morocco with Sagi Cohen www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Test in Morocco exposes Covenant's secret cruise missile
Covenant is one of the leading defense-tech firms operating in Israel. U.S. army photos and press release revealed their low-cost Anthem cruise missiles being tested last week in Morocco
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ad-tech once used to track Iranian nuclear scientists, is now powering Israel's elections campaign. @omerbenj breaks down the dark tech toolbox, some of which is illegal, and subject to no election oversight www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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The dark tech running Israel's election campaigns
From ad-tech tools once used to track Iranian nuclear scientists to AI-generated phone calls, Israeli campaigns are deploying a vast tech arsenal to sway voters – with no regulator watching
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Satimagery: Pléiades Neo © Airbus DS 2026 Planet Labs PBC Infographics: Nadav Gazit www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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New bases, razed villages: IDF entrenching itself deep inside southern Lebanon
The IDF has seized 230 square miles of Lebanese territory, where extensive construction is underway – including a base far from the Israeli border. Negotiations with Lebanon resumed today
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Def Minister Katz instructed the IDF "to build outposts as if we were staying there 50 years." He boasted of destroying 24 Shiite villages. "We destroyed all the buildings, not house by house, 15-20 thousand homes" Here: Bint Jbeil www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New Bases, Razed Villages: How the Israel Is Entrenching Deep Inside Southern Lebanon ■ The IDF has seized 230 square miles of Lebanese territory, where extensive construction is underway NEW investigation on @haaretzcom.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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New bases, razed villages: IDF entrenching itself deep inside southern Lebanon
The IDF has seized 230 square miles of Lebanese territory, where extensive construction is underway – including a base far from the Israeli border. Negotiations with Lebanon resumed today
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
2/ Rafah's Swedish Village, now a full blown Israeli base on Egypt's border. satimages by Plant Labs PBC + fresh ground footage (from Nachala Settlement Movement WhatsApp group)
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
1/ Rafah's Swedish Village, now a full blown Israeli base on Egypt's border. satimages by Plant Labs PBC + fresh ground footage
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
2/ a senior U.S. official praised the relationship between Israel and the UAE since the signing of the Abraham Accords. He told Haaretz "the Emiratis are the only ones who work things out directly with Israel and don't come to me to solve their problems" www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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How Israel's Elbit armed the United Arab Emirates
Just weeks after the Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi, Israel's largest arms manufacturer proposed supplying the UAE with a fleet of dozens of strategic drones. Leaked internal documents allegedly reveal th...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
2/ a senior U.S. official praised the relationship between Israel and the UAE since the signing of the Abraham Accords. He told Haaretz "the Emiratis are the only ones who work things out directly with Israel and don't come to me to solve their problems" www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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How Israel's Elbit armed the United Arab Emirates
Just weeks after the Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi, Israel's largest arms manufacturer proposed supplying the UAE with a fleet of dozens of strategic drones. Leaked internal documents allegedly reveal th...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Weeks after Houthis struck UAE, Israeli arms giant Elbit offered a fleet of strategic drones. Leaked docs reveal a bounty of systems sold, and tightening security ties that peaked with Iron Dome delivery and a secret wartime visit by Bibi www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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How Israel's Elbit armed the United Arab Emirates
Just weeks after the Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi, Israel's largest arms manufacturer proposed supplying the UAE with a fleet of dozens of strategic drones. Leaked internal documents allegedly reveal th...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Is someone close to Bibi manipulating Polymarket bets on the upcoming election? a Haaretz investigation reveals one account is betting big on Bibi. That account also won big on Iran @omerbenj + Dani Bar-on www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Is someone close to Netanyahu manipulating Polymarket bets on his election win?
Polymarket, where users can bet on virtually anything, is considered more reliable than election polls – the wisdom of the crowds who put their money where their mouth is. However, a Haaretz investiga...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Israel's influence operation in the U.S., which VP Vance has complained about, is part of an unprecedented expansion in its public diplomacy spending, budgeted at some $730 million for 2026 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Despite pledging nearly $100M, Israel's standing abroad continued to decline
Government documents and U.S. filings reveal an unprecedented investment in public diplomacy and influence campaigns since October 7
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨Revealed: The Israeli firms who sold Spyware to Morocco long before the 'Abraham Accords' ■ top French and Spanish hacking targets ■ and NSO founder's diplomatic passport w Project Pegasus www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Revealed • Israeli spyware in Morocco, French targets and NSO founder's diplomatic passport
An international investigation in partnership with Haaretz exposes the role of Morocco's intelligence apparatus in the affair, the penetration of devices of senior French and Spanish officials, and th...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Designed in Israel, reverse-engineered in Kurdistan, smuggled via Jordan: The mysterious arms flooding Israel by @oyoyoy.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Made in Kurdistan, smuggled via Jordan: The mysterious firearms flooding Israel
A Haaretz investigation traced the trafficking of hundreds of firearms copied from Israeli-made pistols, reverse-engineered in Iraq and smuggled back into Israel, where they have ended up in the hands...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
3/ Fab digital project dev by Uri Talshir, Asi Oren and Danielle Arbib; Video by Ayala Berger and Shahar Malahi; Infographics by Nadav Gazit. English production: Gal Cohen and Shira Philosof www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Undoing History • As the world watched Gaza, Israeli settlers charged ahead in the West Bank. A clash with Palestinians is imminent
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
2/ 18 Israeli settlements and 8 army bases cut deep inside areas where 700K Palestinian live. This is what it looks like. Satimages by Planet Labs PBC www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Sometimes, to understand reality, you have to put things on a map. As the world watched Gaza, settlers charged ahead in the West Bank, and a far-right fantasy became reality. A clash is imminent Haaretz Investigation by Yarden Michaeli, Matan Golan and Yaniv Kubovich www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
2/ And the latest scoop by @amaelleguiton.fr + Omer Benjakob: Fake Gaza charity is linked to the disinfo op in France, which was operated by shadowy Israeli firm www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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The fake Gaza charity linked to the anti-left disinformation campaign in France
A Network of Fake Fitness Coaches, Vietnamese Bots, Facebook Ads Aimed at Brits - and a Bogus 'Humanitarian Fund' for Gaza. A Haaretz and Libération Investigation Exposes a Digital Operation Whose Inf...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
2/ And the latest scoop by @amaelleguiton.fr + Omer Benjakob: Fake Gaza charity is linked to the disinfo op in France, which was operated by shadowy Israeli firm www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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The fake Gaza charity linked to the anti-left disinformation campaign in France
A Network of Fake Fitness Coaches, Vietnamese Bots, Facebook Ads Aimed at Brits - and a Bogus 'Humanitarian Fund' for Gaza. A Haaretz and Libération Investigation Exposes a Digital Operation Whose Inf...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
So who's this shadowy Israeli firm Blackcore, embroiled in French disinfo op and now suspected of meddling in New York mayoral race? Here's Haaretz's joint investigation with Libération, which leads to an Israeli avatar generating firm.. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Revealed: An anti-left influence operation in France leads to Tel Aviv
A Smear Campaign Distributed Phony AI-generated Nudes of a Left-wing French Candidate. A Haaretz-Libération Investigation Has Uncovered Systems for Building an Army of Avatars – Developed in Israel
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
'Server in the Sky' and hawk-eyes over Gaza+Lebanon: How Israeli drones became a 'target and intel generator'. /scoop by Omer Benjakob/ Documents expose how AI software and military hardware give Israeli UAVs unprecedented surveillance and offensive prowess www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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'Server in the Sky': How Israeli drones became a 'target generator' over Gaza
Documents Expose How AI Software and Military Hardware Have Given Israel's Fleet of Unmanned Aircraft Unprecedented Surveillance and Offensive Prowess
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
~66 USAF tankers on the ground at Tel Aviv airport, just a couple of days ago. There are several more stationed here, but they were airborn when the satellite snapped this shot Copernicus Sentinel
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Per information obtained by Haaretz, four shipments of stolen Ukrainian grain have already been unloaded in Israel this year. Another suspected ship - PANORMITIS - arrived at Haifa Bay this morning and is waiting its turn to enter the port www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Exposed: How Ukrainian wheat stolen by Russia is smuggled to Israel
A Haaretz Investigation Reveals How Grain Stolen From Occupied Ukrainian Territory Has Been Sold to Israel. The Profits of the Shady Operation Are Financing Putin's War
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The investigation, based on MarineTraffic data, imagery from Planet Labs + additional satimagery, shows how ships turn AIS off and go dark, load in occupied Ukrainian ports, then secretly transfer stolen grain at sea to bulk carriers, which unload in Israel www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The investigation, based on MarineTraffic data, imagery from Planet Labs + additional satimagery, shows how ships turn AIS off and go dark, load in occupied Ukrainian ports, then secretly transfer stolen grain at sea to bulk carriers, which unload in Israel www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Exposed: How Ukrainian wheat stolen by Russia is smuggled to Israel. My investigation, with the fab @yoruk.bsky.social , reveals how grain stolen from occupied Ukrainian territory has been sold to Israel. Profits from the shady operation are financing Putin's war www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Exposed: How Ukrainian wheat stolen by Russia is smuggled to Israel
A Haaretz Investigation Reveals How Grain Stolen From Occupied Ukrainian Territory Has Been Sold to Israel. The Profits of the Shady Operation Are Financing Putin's War
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
'Pirate-like and ingenious': With the world focused on Iran, Ukraine stuns Russia in the Mediterranean Sea by Oded Yaron www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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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
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Original reporting by @avischarf.bsky.social and Liza Rozovsky www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Shadowy firm run by 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...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
■ 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
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
11 Iranian Cluster Missiles Penetrated Air Defenses. One Dropped 70 Bomblets Over Central Israel. Here's How it Happened www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
■ 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 ***** ■ per reports, just overnight Hezbollah launched ~200 rockets at Israel
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
NOW in English These Israeli systems help allies UAE, Cyprus and Azerbaijan counter Iranian missiles and drones www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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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
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Interesting flight: a Dept of Homeland Security 737 BBJ VVIP landing Israel from DC (n475us)
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
'Palestinianism is opposed to Christianity': FARA filings reveal Israel's influence campaigns in MAGA country USA www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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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...
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Secretive unmarked US Special Operations Command emergency response 757 (c-32b) arrived Tel Aviv. Seen here landing 2hours ago as RCH616
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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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...
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