Avi Scharf

@avischarf.bsky.social

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

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/...

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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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/...

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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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/...

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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'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/...

'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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~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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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/...

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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■ 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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■ 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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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 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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

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

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...

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