{"id":1441803,"date":"2023-12-02T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1441803"},"modified":"2023-12-02T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T22:50:00","slug":"israeli-ai-assassination-factory-plays-central-role-in-gaza-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/israeli-ai-assassination-factory-plays-central-role-in-gaza-war\/1441803\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli AI ‘Assassination Factory’ Plays Central Role In Gaza War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli AI ‘Assassination Factory’ Plays Central Role In Gaza War<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Tel Aviv has been relying on an\u00a0AI Program<\/a>\u00a0dubbed “the Gospel” to select targets in Gaza at a rapid pace<\/strong>. In past operations in Gaza, the IDF ran out of targets to strike in the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n

A statement on the IDF website says the Israeli military is using the Gospel to “produce targets at a fast pace.” It continues, “Through the rapid and automatic extraction of intelligence,” the Gospel produced targeting recommendations for its researchers “with the goal of a complete match between the recommendation of the machine and the identification carried out by a person.”<\/p>\n

Getty Images via Bloomberg<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Aviv Kochavi, former head of the IDF, said the system was first used in the May 2021 bombing campaign in Gaza.\u00a0 \u201cTo put that into perspective, in the past we would produce 50 targets in Gaza per year,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, this machine produces 100 targets a single day, with 50% of them being attacked.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The IDF does not disclose what it inputs into the Gospel for the program to produce a list of targets.<\/p>\n

Thursday, the Israeli outlet\u00a0+972<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Magazine reported Tel Aviv was using AI to pick targets in Gaza. A former Israeli official told the\u00a0+972<\/em>\u00a0that the Gospel was being used as a \u201cmass assassination factory.\u201d <\/strong>The program is selecting the home of suspected low-level Hamas members for destruction. Sources told the outlet that strikes on homes can kill numerous civilians.<\/p>\n

One source was critical of the Gospel. \u201cI remember thinking that it was like if [Palestinian militants] would bomb all the private residences of our families when [Israeli soldiers] go back to sleep at home on the weekend,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the\u00a0Guardian\u00a0<\/em>expanded<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0+972<\/em>\u00a0article by reporting that the Gospel plays a central role in the Gaza military operations.<\/p>\n

A former senior Israeli military source told the\u00a0Guardian<\/em>\u00a0that operatives use a \u201cvery accurate\u201d calculation of the number or rate of civilians fleeing a building before an impending strike. However, other experts disputed that assertion. A lawyer who advises governments on AI and compliance with humanitarian law told the outlet there was \u201clittle empirical evidence\u201d to support the claim.<\/p>\n

During the nearly two-month-long conflict, Israel has hit over 15,000 targets<\/strong>. According to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, Israel has dropped more than 25,000 tonnes of explosives on the Gaza Strip. The IDF reports that it has only killed between\u00a01,000 and 2,000<\/a>\u00a0suspected Hamas members. At the same time, at least 15,000 civilians have reportedly been killed, including an estimated\u00a06,000 children<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Richard Moyes, a researcher who heads\u00a0Article 36<\/a>, said the images of Gaza prove the Israeli bombing of Gaza has not focused on accuracy. \u201cLook at the physical landscape of Gaza,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing the widespread flattening of an urban area with heavy explosive weapons, so to claim there\u2019s precision and narrowness of force being exerted is not borne out by the facts.\u201d This week, the BBC\u00a0reviewed<\/a>\u00a0drone and satellite images of Gaza and determined that over 100,000 buildings have sustained damage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

1. This is an astonishing and terrifying report by @yuval_abraham<\/a> on Israel\u2019s use of an AI system called Hasbora to conduct mass targeting in Gaza, leading to \u201cintentional\u201d civilians deaths.<\/p>\n

But who makes the Hasbora system?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a key question. https:\/\/t.co\/DrF1qUpZVN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Esfandyar Batmanghelidj (@yarbatman) December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Israeli sources speaking with\u00a0+972<\/em>\u00a0also disputed the claim that the IDF has attempted to avoid civilian casualties. A senior intelligence officer told his officers after October 7 that the goal was to \u201ckill as many Hamas operatives as possible,\u201d for which the criteria around harming Palestinian civilians were significantly relaxed<\/strong>, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

A second source said that the massive bombing campaign was due to the embarrassment the Israeli government suffered on October 7. \u201cAll of this is happening contrary to the protocol used by the IDF in the past,\u201d they stated. \u201cThere is a feeling that senior officials in the army are aware of their failure on October 7, and are busy with the question of how to provide the Israeli public with an image [of victory] that will salvage their reputation<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0reported\u00a0<\/a>that the Israeli government had been aware of Hamas\u2019s plans for October 7 for more than a year. The article explained that Israeli officials believe \u201cHamas lacked the capability to attack and would not dare to do so<\/strong>. That belief was so ingrained in the Israeli government, officials said, that they disregarded growing evidence to the contrary<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 12\/02\/2023 – 12:50<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/israeli-ai-assassination-factory-plays-central-role-gaza-war<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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