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Microsoft's campus in Herzliya, Israel, inaugurated in Nov. 2020 (Amit Geron)
May 13, 2026, 6:20 pm
Microsoft Israel head ousted reportedly over IDF’s controversial use of cloud tech
Alon Haimovich’s departure comes after the US tech giant, over the past year, conducted a review into the alleged unethical use of its cloud platform for surveillance of Palestinians
By Sharon Wrobel
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras are pictured in a street in Tehran, Iran, on April 10, 2023. (Atta Kenare/ AFP/ File); Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, February 1, 2026, ahead of the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 3, 2026, 3:18 pm
Report: Israel hacked Tehran traffic cameras to track Khamenei ahead of assassination
Financial Times reports IDF used algorithms to interpret troves of data, allowing it to build pattern-of-life models for top bodyguards; CIA had human intelligence on supreme leader
By Lazar Berman
Senior Academic Officer Tomer Eiges who died in jail on May 16, 2021. (Courtesy)
February 8, 2026, 2:10 am
Identity revealed of soldier who died in jail while facing security charges in 2021
Tomer Eiges, 24, computer wiz accused of grave security offenses while serving in IDF intel unit, collapsed several times in his cell over months before mysterious death
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Washington. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File)
September 25, 2025, 9:41 pm
Microsoft said to block IDF from cloud system over use in surveillance of Palestinians
Report says tech giant told army that unit 8200 ‘violated terms of service’ in storing of phone recordings; military officials say unit backed data up ahead of time, no info lost
By ToI Staff
Houthi officers carry the coffin of Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, who was killed along with others in Israeli airstrikes on Thursday, out of the Shaab Mosque during his funeral in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
September 2, 2025, 9:20 pm
Katz: Top Houthis ‘escaping Sanaa’ after IDF killed Yemeni terror group’s PM, ministers
Report says strike that killed Houthi PM, colleagues came after hundreds of key IDF personnel, along with US CENTCOM, worked for weeks in secret bunker to gather intel
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A soldier from the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate works at a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 26, 2025, 10:57 am
Israel using AI to pinpoint Hamas leaders, find hostages in Gaza tunnels — report
AI programs, including chatbot and audio-based location tool, reportedly developed by Unit 8200 soldiers and reservists from big tech firms, said to have raised ethical concerns
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A ceremony for the incoming head of Military Intelligence's Unit 8200 in the Gelilot base, north of Tel Aviv, on April 6, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
April 11, 2025, 4:25 pm
250 IDF intel reservists sign letter calling to end war; PM: ‘noisy anarchists’
Latest letter comes amid growing wave of criticism from reservists arguing that hostages must come first; Netanyahu says letters are ‘encouraging’ Israel’s enemies
By Stav Levaton, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinians ride on an Israeli military vehicle taken from an army base inside Israel overrun by Hamas, in Gaza City, October 7, 2023. (AP/Abed Abu Reash)
January 5, 2025, 11:17 am
Officer’s warning of Hamas onslaught plans was kept from top IDF brass in Aug. 2023 – report
Channel 12 cites ‘Maj. Nun’ as writing that while IDF was preparing for worst-case scenario of 4 simultaneous incursions from Gaza, Hamas was planning a far more significant attack
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A person types on a laptop keyboard, June 19, 2017. (AP/Elise Amendola/File)
December 16, 2024, 10:01 pm
US private equity firm said to bid for Israeli spyware maker Paragon
Paragon’s Graphite phone-hacking software targets data backed up to the cloud; is deployed by government bodies in the US and Israel; firm is backed by former premier Ehud Barak
By Sharon Wrobel
Emergency services at the scene of a suspected truck ramming attack in Glilot, north of Tel Aviv on October 27, 2024 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty); inset: Bezalel Carmi, 72, from Rishon Lezion, who was killed in the attack. (Courtesy)
October 27, 2024, 4:06 pm
One dead, 32 wounded in suspected terror truck-ramming at bus stop north of Tel Aviv
Driver ‘neutralized’; medics say 8 people were trapped under truck that plowed into crowd at Glilot near intel, Mossad bases; many of the injured were elderly Israelis on day trip
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Smoke rises by destroyed buildings from the site of an Israeli airstrike the previous day on the neighborhood of Mreijeh in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 23, 2024. (AFP)
October 23, 2024, 3:08 pm
Hezbollah targets central and northern Israel, as IDF expands Lebanon strikes to Tyre
Two long-range rockets intercepted as terror group says it targeted Glilot base near Tel Aviv; IDF strikes weapons caches in Beirut area, ground troops destroy tunnels near border
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
In Beirut's southern suburbs, the remains of exploded pagers used by Hezbollah on display at an undisclosed location, on September 18, 2024, in a stealth attack blamed on Israel. (AFP)
September 19, 2024, 3:11 pm
Hezbollah pager explosions put spotlight on Israel’s cyber warfare Unit 8200
Elite IDF intelligence unit is said to have been involved in the technical side of testing how to implant explosive material during the manufacturing process of the pagers
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with soldiers of Unit 8200, the Israeli military’s main signals intelligence unit, at one of the unit's bases, May 19, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
September 12, 2024, 6:27 pm
‘I did not fulfill my mission’: Commander of IDF’s 8200 intelligence unit resigns
Brig. Gen. Yossi Sariel acknowledges his unit failed to act to prevent October 7 attack, despite gathering ‘detailed information’ about Hamas’s operational attack plans
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians celebrating, near a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Hassan Eslaiah)
August 18, 2024, 4:08 am
IDF leaders didn’t know intel chiefs obtained Hamas battle plan in April 2022 – report
Television report says 40-page document detailing Hamas’s plans for Oct. 7 assault was withheld from military, political leadership even after concerns were raised
By ToI Staff
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 23, 2024, 11:33 am
Google’s $23b deal to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz reported to fall apart
Cloud security startup, which propelled its founders onto small list of Israeli billionaires, will seek IPO instead; deal may have collapsed over antitrust concerns, insiders say
By ToI Staff
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