Avi Scharf
NatSec/cyber/OSINT editor @ Haaretz ➡ htz.li/natsec
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- U.S. deports 8 Palestinians to West Bank using chartered bizjet which flew them to Israel. Jet belongs to Trump-linked Israeli-American real estate developer. Israeli security sources described it as "highly unusual" www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...
- Now in English How ex-U.K. PM Blair - funded by Larry Ellison - became a regular fixture in Netanyahu's office, and what was Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris doing in Israel this week www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Hacked in Pakistan: Israeli spyware firm Intellexa still active amid U.S. sanctions. New victims of Predator spyware identified, with secretive 0click Ad-based infections. Bombshell expose by Omer Benjakob, Eliza Triantafillou, Lorenz Naegeli, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- 🚨🚨The lawyer's phone was the first documented Predator spyware hit in Pakistan. Others, including politicians, were targeted. Our sources say the client is Pakistan itself, a country to which Israeli firms are not licensed to export surveillance tech www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Bibi Diary Reveals Close Ties With Republican Lawmakers - and Secret Call With UAE Leader www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- When Predatory Sparrow strikes Charming Kitten, a trove is exposed. We dug into the data, and found how Iran's elite Cyber unit targets Israel's most sensitive sites www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- 🚨 Shadowy "consulting firm" from Estonia owned by an Israeli, flew 350 Gazans to Indonesia, Malaysia,S. Africa. 3 groups departed on chartered flights from Eilat Airport. Firm was in contact with Israel’s “Voluntary Emigration Bureau” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Reposted by Avi ScharfWorking in Israel on disinformation? (mitigating it, not spreading it). The Israeli Internet Association has a new grant (50K NIS) open to activists, initiatives, and orgs to develop new solutions. I'm on the board of the committee (w @avischarf.bsky.social etc) www.isoc.org.il/disinformati...
- 1/ Losing Republicans' support, Israel signed contracts to target millions of U.S. churchgoers, deploy bots, hire influencers and try to make ChatGPT more pro-Israel Omer Benjakob dug in FARA docs and here's what he found www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- 2/ The focus on Christian audiences follows an unprecedented decline in support for Israel amid the war in Gaza - even among conservatives. Half of young Republicans (under age 50) now hold a negative view of Israel, up 15 percent since the war began. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- 3/ One part revealed in the FARA docs concerns tagging Christian worshippers while at church, in order to continue targeting them online with Israeli messaging. Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed this aspect of the campaign would not be implemented www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- 4/ Two additional campaigns revealed in the FARA docs involve hiring MAGA influencers to promote Israeli talking points, and developing a bot-network to "flood the zone" with those pro-Israeli messages www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- What the Vatican, Israeli Arms Dealers and Jared Leto Have in Common? An international investigation reveals a firm selling advanced surveillance tech. Unlike spyware, it leaves no forensic evidence by Omer Benjakob @cr0ft0n.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- NOW in English Germany buys Israeli Spike missiles in 2 Billion Euro Deal www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Fresh Planet Labs imagery (15Sep v 1Sep) shows already displaced Gazans leaving for the south. Most tents gone - as expected - first from north (Naser) and south (Tel El Hawa) n'hoods.
- Fresh Planet Labs imagery (15Sep v 1Sep) shows already displaced Gazans leaving for the south. Most tents gone - as expected - first from north (Naser) and south (Tel El Hawa) n'hoods.
- Here's Tel Al Hawa
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View full threadAnd Rashid Street further south Planet Labs 15sep v 1sep
- Gazans displaced from the city due Israeli op have set up tents in Deir al Balah, and near Khan Yunis' Hamad Town. Almost none have yet made it to the south near Rafah, where Israel is setting up two new GHF centers Planet Labs 14Sep/05Sep
- 2/north of Khan Yunis' Hamad Town. Planet Labs 14Sep/05Sep
- Gazans displaced from the city set up tents in Deir al Balah Planet Labs 14Sep/05Sep
- A foreign influence op has set up on Israeli social media to sow chaos and disrupt the scheduled 2026 elections. The campaign seems identical to another op that wreaked havoc last year in Romania - with the elections eventually being annulled www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Spain cancels major arms deal with Israel's Elbit Systems - Haaretz has learnt. It's the 2nd tender Madrid cancels in just a week with an Israeli arms maker - over the Gaza War www.haaretz.co.il/news/securit...
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- Dubai Airshow Bars Israeli Defense Firms www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- The Israeli porn drones and ninjas behind bizarre abduction orchestrated by heiress to German steakhouse empire www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Israel strike on Hamas in Doha: geolocated here www.google.com/maps/search/...
- What seem like the two new SDSs near Rafah, in Planet Labs imagery from this week. According to IDF, they will replace SDS1 (Tel al-Sultan). They have a dif inner layout that previous four SDSs
- BREAKING 🚨 First satellite imagery showing a villa in central Sanaa flattened after an Israeli strike Aug28. Reports from Yemen claim this is where top Houthi leadership met. Their PM and other top officials were killed Planet Labs PBC 2Sep2025/28Aug2025
- Even newer Planet Labs satimages (01Sep2025) show destruction deep inside Gaza's Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, near the pool (compared with 25Aug imagery)
- Even displaced persons camps in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood are being emptied of tents, as IDF forces advance westward (Aug 25 compared to Sep 1)
- As Israel preps to conquer Gaza City, satimages show fresh destruction in three neighbourhoods. Here: Zeitoun (Planet Labs PBC - 17Jul and 25Aug) www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...
- As Israel preps to conquer Gaza City, satimages show fresh destruction in three neighbourhoods. Here: Tuffah (Planet Labs PBC - 17Jul and 25Aug) www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...
- Eastern Shajaiyah neighborhood was destroyed early in the war. Now the destruction is expanding westward, towards Salah al-Din Highway and the Old City (Planet Labs PBC 17JUL/25AUG) www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...
- Elliott Broidy is a well-known GOP fundraiser pardoned by President Trump. He was a vocal critic of Qatar as a state sponsor of terrorism. We now reveal he is also a secret partner in an Israeli firm that ran a PR campaign for Qatar www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- On June 23, Serb President Vucic announced a halt to all military exports. "We have stopped everything". Yet hours later, a familiar visitor landed Belgrade airport – an Israeli 747 cargo plane. The next morning it took the ammo to Nevatim www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- An Israeli hotel on Gaza's border is packed with dozens of Serb truck drivers, lured here with promises of much higher wages. They transport aid into GHF's distribution sites inside Gaza. A Louisiana firm pays their salary Our story about who's behind the GHF project www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Ever seen thousands of hungry people from space? Planet Labs Jul13 imagery, from 500 km up, shows Gazans waiting at two points on Mwasi-Rafah corridor, to get to GHF's SDS2 ("Saudi neighborhood") to pick up food
- Jul13 image shows SDS2 with aid ready to be picked up, while Jul18 shows thousands of hungry Gazans swarm the place Planet Labs PBC
- Jul26 image shows thousands more around aid trucks east of SDS3, north of Morag Corridor Planet Labs PBC
- Appears CENTCOM chief Kurilla is on his farewell tour here, receiving honors and awards visiting Pakistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and more
- NOW in English Satimages show that in just 2months, Israeli Army has almost entirely destroyed Khan Yunis Governorate, including Gaza Strip's 2nd-largest city and its environs, an area encompassing 90 square km and thousands of homes Planet Labs PBC www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Holy Family Church in Gaza's Old City, just west of Salah al-Din road and destroyed Shejaiya neighborhood, two days ago in Planet Labs PBC image. Two killed today by an Israeli tank strike www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- $2.3million flowed to a firm set up by Netanyahu ally in Belgrade, records show - Money originated outside Serbia - Einhorn is a suspect in (1) Qatargate and (2) Bibileaks affairs and wanted for questioning in Israel www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- In case you missed it: 🚨UN funding Houthis' massive oil tanker haaretz.com/israel-news/... 🚨Iran exposes thousands of Israelis, veterans of classified units www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- 🚨U.S. pouring $1.5billion in military aid into building Israeli Army bases, documents seen by Haaretz show 🚨PLUS: We now know the locations of secret sites 911+81 in Israel www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- 🚨 NOW in English: Unguided and indiscriminate: How three Iranian cluster missiles hit 18 locations across seven Israeli cities Special @haaretzcom.bsky.social project www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- 2/ Militaries use cluster munitions to strike specific targets within a limited area. Iran dispersed unguided submunitions from high altitudes, with bomblets scattering across vast residential areas, many kms wide. This has one sole goal: ballistic terror www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
