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The nuclear scientists were killed using a special weapon whose details were barred from publication, Channel 12 says.

The 10th nuclear scientist was killed shortly after the other nine, as part of the overnight Thursday-Friday Israeli operation, which included strikes on Iran’s ballistic missile program and the Natanz nuclear site, along with the elimination of top members of the Islamic Republic’s military leadership, the network says.

The nuclear scientists were all killed while they were sleeping in their beds, with Israel deciding to carry out the assassinations simultaneously so that there wouldn’t be time to tip off those being targeted.

The scientists apparently believed they were safe from such targeting in their homes, a senior Israeli official tells Channel 12, noting that previously assassinated nuclear scientists were killed while heading to their cars after work.

Israel had been tracking Iranian nuclear scientists for years and the ten killed last week were marked for assassination in November of last year, Channel 12 says.

Just when I feel like dystopian news can't really disturb me anymore...

Leaving this totally unrelated article about Palantir and Israel here for absolutely no reason at all...

How Israel Uses AI in Gaza—And What It Might Mean for the Future of Warfare:

 A program known as “The Gospel” generates suggestions for buildings and structures militants may be operating in. “Lavender” is programmed to identify suspected members of Hamas and other armed groups for assassination, from commanders all the way down to foot soldiers. “Where’s Daddy?” reportedly follows their movements by tracking their phones in order to target them—often to their homes, where their presence is regarded as confirmation of their identity. The air strike that follows might kill everyone in the target's family, if not everyone in the apartment building.

Abraham, whose report relies on conversations with six Israeli intelligence officers with first-hand experience in Gaza operations after Oct. 7, quoted targeting officers as saying they found themselves deferring to the Lavender program, despite knowing that it produces incorrect targeting suggestions in roughly 10% of cases.

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[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 208 points 4 days ago (27 children)

How is this all normal and ok?

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 122 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (9 children)

It's not normal. It's ok until the majority of America accepts what can really be done with that database Trump is having Palantir build.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can someone try blowing up their servers? That'd be nice.

[–] msage@programming.dev 18 points 4 days ago

The wrong Amazon is burning

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[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 38 points 4 days ago

The rogue state of Israel has immunity from the US and its satellites.

[–] doctortofu@piefed.social 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It's absolutely not okay, but since there will be no negative consequences for it whatsoever, it's the new normal. This is sadly what happens when laws are not enforced, and I'm not sure if anything even can be done anymore...

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[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 178 points 4 days ago (24 children)

Israel had been tracking Iranian nuclear scientists for years and the ten killed last week were marked for assassination in November of last year, Channel 12 says.

This bit stood out to me. Israel has been planning this war since at least November of last year. Israel's current actions say this wasn't a simple "what if..." contingency plan that a government comes up with. This was a plan they were going to put into action soon. Makes it even more disgusting to me.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 99 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

This was clear since such a big and supposedly effective intelligence apparatus failed to stop or warn about the Hamas attack that gave Israel pretext to go full ethnic cleaning and warmongering.

They knew, they allowed it, and paid a modest price in Israeli casualties to kickstart their plan. Also, Ukraine was attracting all the war funding, they couldn’t risk USA reducing their military allowance.

I hate that USA is enabling them, and at the same time being hipocritical about wanting a peaceful solution. Cut their funding if you want to stop them. Freeze their assets like NATO did with Russia. Act, don’t talk.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 4 days ago (7 children)

It would take one phone call from the President, and the genocide would stop. Biden could have done it, and Trump still can. I don’t see the US governments unwavering support of Israel ever ending.

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[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fuck, also explains why Netenyahu jumped at the opportunity as soon as he avoided having his government dissolved by vote. Fuuuuck this is so much evil bullshit.

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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

I mean, that's not really surprising. Every military makes plans for any contingency, and Israel especially has always been paranoid about Iran's nuclear programme, so of course they would make sure they're tracking the scientists in case they needed to make a move.

The disgusting part is them just pulling the trigger for political reasons instead of actual intelligence that indicates a breakout. And obviously killing civilians, which the scientists and their families are, but obviously Israel has shown in the past they don't care about that.

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[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 88 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Think about this when you see politicians trying to pass absurd laws like banning all regulation of AI. AI is a cover to remove any last semblance of accountability for atrocious and illegal activities

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 82 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Anyone who gets uncomfortable with government surveillance because it could be used to target certain demographics of people needs to look no further than what Israel has done to prove their point.

The only thing stopping the world from autonomously targeting people by online demographic is common human decency, and humanity is running on very short supply of that these days.

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[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 77 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yet they didn’t know about preparation for the October 7th attack?

Tinfoil hat mode: they let it happen to have a reason to raze Gaza to the ground.

(Sorry, that’s my "Bush did 9/11" moment)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 4 days ago (11 children)

No tinfoil needed, has it not been confirmed that Netanyahu was aware of the attacks and let them happen?

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 76 points 4 days ago (12 children)

This is state sanctioned mass murder. This is state terror attacks across a national border. This is so unethical and obviously illegal, I don't know what else to say about it.

We need to distance ourselves from Israel. We need to stop giving them weapons. Right now, the taxes I pay go partially to arming them, I am partially responsible, and this is not "ok". I do not want to be doing this, I never wanted this...

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago

Right now, the taxes I pay go partially to arming them,

And we are giving millions in contracts to Palantir to help them create these nightmare AI projects with zero oversight.

Alex Karp's biography makes it pretty clear he's trying to spin this shit as every American's patriotic duty to support, and no different than the Manhattan project (as if that's something great to aspire to in the first fucking place) during WWII.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 68 points 3 days ago (10 children)

I have always been amazed that countries are allowed to get away with this. You would expect that a country that does this would have their leadership rounded up by an international strike force instantly and hauled to Hague.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 43 points 3 days ago (4 children)

There is no "international authority". It's all big stick politics out there. It's like trying to go after a corporation in the US. The "punishments" when they break the law are fines, if that, and any admonishment not to fuck over the same person in the same way again.

Think about your boss shorting you $100. The "legal" process involves YEARS of waiting for a court date, a labor code interpreted heavily in favor of the employer, and at the end of the day, they get fines and maybe have to pay back what you rightfully earned in the first place.

Now think about what happens when you steal $100 from work. Immediate police involvement, possible arrest, absolute legal consequences even if you're cleared years later, the presumption of guilt from everyone in society.

It's even worse on a political stage. Nobody has the moral fortitude to step forward and fix shit because it's broken. Everyone just waits around until the collective consciousness supports some sort of social consequence on the offender in question. That's not even tying race or religion into the mix, which Israel loves to twist up into their particular brand of nationalism.

The civil world is simply too polite to call them out for all their shit. It's a whole world full of chickenshit and I am tired of the stink.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's a rules-based international order. We make the rules, and guess who gives the orders.

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 62 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They are flying jets, using drones, and even small explosives. The homes of these scientists were severely damaged. The richest countries of the world are backing Israel.

Is this just Israel putting out propaganda? These scientists thought they were safe at home. Sinister! Super secret weapon that blows up apartment buildings. Sounds revolutionary!

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 61 points 4 days ago (4 children)
  1. what a stupid fucking name
  2. why does Israel get to have nuclear weapons
  3. why does no one ask question 2
[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 42 points 4 days ago (4 children)
  1. Why is it ok for them to assassinate civilians?
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[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Why does anyone get to have nuclear weapons?

Because once you have them, who's going to try to take them away?

[–] pineapplepizza@lemm.ee 24 points 4 days ago (7 children)

In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security assurances from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia.

[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A huge mistake, apparently

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[–] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 53 points 4 days ago (7 children)

ok if there are actual Jewish space lasers I'm fucking done with this reality.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 52 points 4 days ago (23 children)

israel and the us all deserve the nuremberg treatment for their crimes

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[–] anas@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Funny how precise they can be when they want to be.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

It's guaranteed the number of bystanders that were killed while they killed these "targets" is not zero.

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[–] martin4598@lemm.ee 38 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Marking people for assassination looks normal to the times of Israel. Nice people.

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[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 32 points 3 days ago

Let me fix the headline - Israel commits more state sponsored terrorist attacks in neighbouring countries.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

10 assassinations of relatively innocent people simultaneously. Straight out of Walter white’s playbook when he went full villain.

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[–] kcweller@feddit.nl 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's time to stop believing the lies of Israel's might.

They assassinated people in Tehran, they don't have a special weapon that killed all of them simultaneously. The same lies about "special systems" like the iron dome being impenetrable has been their tactic to ensure pressure on their states.

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[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 30 points 4 days ago

Times of Israel

Should be called Crimes of Israel

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Jesus they killed everyone in the apartment complex including their kids how is this not a war crime?!?

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 22 points 3 days ago (21 children)

What is to stop the ultra wealthy from simply each making a million of these AI commanded drones, and just...killing all the poor? ALL of them? ALL OF US?!

[–] rozodru@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (5 children)

because the ultra wealthy can't cook, can't produce the stuff needed to cook, can't build super cars or private jets or build mansions, they can't make the latest high tech gadgets, they can't produce the most stylish of clothes or expensive watches. That's why they keep us around. They need us plebs to make them stuff and produce their wealth to purchase the shit we make.

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[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The only difference between Israel and a terrorist organization is PR and budget.

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Vibe warfare sounds like a terrible idea

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[–] Stubb@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 3 days ago (5 children)

What is the endgame here? They certainly can't be delusional enough to assume that killing civilians or bombing facilities will ingratiate them with the Iranian people to overthrow the government or even making the government surrender; how many more people will they radicalize through this process? How many more lives do they want to destroy? When will the middle east have peace?

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Murdered. Not killed, murdered.

Both technically true, but the way they write killed suggests it wasn't murder in cold blood, an act of war against another country to bully and control them.

Murder.

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