#targeted killings

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Israel Assassinates Palestinian Journalists At Home With Families

This is such an incriminating number:

50% of the 311 journalists killed by Israel were killed at home, often with their families.

Which of course means they were undoubtedly deliberately targeted.

(src: https://open.substack.com/pub/nofrontiers/p/scoop-50-of-all-journalists-killed?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4r0pw…)

From the same "side" that constantly lectures about "freedom of the Press and "free speech" ...

Credit: Arnaud Bertrand

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Good questions for the IDF

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Surgical precision - The story behind Israel's targeted killings, By YAAKOV KATZ

The inside story behind the November assassination of Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza.

THE TARGETED killing of al-Ata was not that different from the many others the IDF has carried out over the past decade. It was characterized by meticulous planning meant to reduce collateral damage, precise intelligence and the utilization of advanced technology, aircraft and munitions.

But it also shows the results of an amazing journey the State of Israel has taken over the past 20 years, going from dropping one-ton bombs on apartment buildings in the Gaza Strip to take out a single terrorist, to firing a missile with amazing precision onto a bed, killing just the target and his wife and not injuring their five children sleeping in the next room.

Around the world, a story like this would not make headlines. Instead, the focus would be on the damage caused to Gaza and the death toll. People would ask why al-Ata’s wife had to die with him. They wouldn’t focus on the length of the mission, how much detail and effort went into its planning and how precise it was in execution.

This journey, though, is unique to Israel. Other Western countries fighting terrorists around the world rarely invest even a fraction of the effort Israel does to minimize collateral damage. Issachar recalled a large international air drill he had participated in a few years ago where he met pilots from Italy, Turkey and other countries. Almost all the pilots he met, he recalled, asked why Israel waits so long and invests so much. “They are shooting at you,” the foreign pilots said. “You need to respond.”The success Israel has met is the result of three key components – intelligence, technology and the values that make up the backbone of the IDF.

“This is a Jewish value,” explained former IAF chief Eliezer Shkedi. “This is who we are.”

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“Targeted killings or ‘hits’ have become a feature of South Africa's political economy, both licit and illicit. Can a distinct set of actors be identified as the source for the hitmen themselves? Is a particular set of conditions evolving which ensures that hits are an increasingly common part of the South African political economy?”

South Africa has a history of government corruption, including targeted hits. Mark Shaw and Kim Thomas analyze these ‘hits’ over a period of 16 years, from 2000-2015.

Image credit: The South African flag by Chris Eason. CC-BY-2.0 via Flickr.

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Silencing The Truth

Israeli forces are targeting journalists’ families in a war to silence Palestinian reporting.

At least 706 family members have been killed, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate https://aje.io/pkapjm

Al Jazeera English

Not only did Israel systematically hunt down and kill almost every journalist in Gaza, they murdered more than 700 of their family members also.

This slaughter went on while many of the world’s most prominent journalists stayed quiet.

It is an eternal stain on our profession.

Barry Malone

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A Tribute From Gaza To Shireen Abu Akleh

A beautiful tribute from Gaza to Shireen Abu Akleh. Photo credit: Mohammad Salem/Reuters

Via: Zahara Hassan, Twitter

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"Operation Grim Beeper"

A new book titled The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State by author Michael Steinberger claims that Israel used Palantir Technology in its 2024 Lebanon pager and walkie-talkie attacks.

The technology was specifically used in "Operation Grim Beeper," the name given to the operation where booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies exploded, killing and injuring hundreds of Hezbollah members and civilians.

The demand for Palantir's assistance was reportedly so significant that the company dispatched a team of engineers from its London office to assist Israeli users.

The pager attacks, which occurred in September 2024, killed 42 people and injured thousands, many of whom were left with life-altering injuries.

United Nations experts and human rights observers have called the attacks a "terrifying" violation of international law and a possible war crime.

Mint Press News

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Alex Karp, Charlatan | The Libertarian Institute

In 2025, Palantir CEO Alex Karp released his first book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. Th