Archive for March 11th, 2025

11/03/2025

Israel Developing ChatGPT-like Tool That Weaponizes Surveillance of Palestinians

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By Yuval Abraham | +972 Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service*

The Israeli army is building an AI language model using millions of intercepted conversations between Palestinians, which could accelerate the process of incrimination and arrest, a joint investigation reveals.

An Israeli soldier photographs a Palestinian man using an AI facial recognition tool during a raid in Wadi Qutyna, Al-Mughayer, occupied West Bank, 17 Jan 2025. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

6 Mar 2025 – The Israeli army is developing a new, ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence tool and training it on millions of Arabic conversations obtained through the surveillance of Palestinians in the occupied territories, an investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call, and the Guardian can reveal.

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11/03/2025

Gaza: “Every Pregnancy These Days Is a Struggle”

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By the UN Population Fund*

GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 10 March 2025  – Two weeks into her ninth month of pregnancy, Roozan Abu Jbarah hoped she would manage to give birth safely.

A temporary health centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is supported by UNFPA through health workers, essential medicine and equipment. © UNFPA / Yasmeen Sous
A temporary health centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is supported by UNFPA through health workers, essential medicine and equipment. © UNFPA / Yasmeen Sous

“I’ve been having pain and my water broke,” she told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.

“What I’m most concerned about is the baby’s health, because the basic things haven’t been available.”

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11/03/2025

Gaza Power Cut by Israel Impacts Safe Water Access for Hundreds of Thousands

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‘1.8 million people – over half of them children – urgently need water, sanitation and hygiene assistance.’

A family gathers in a damaged building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
© WFP | A family gathers in a damaged building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
(UN News)* — Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday .
The situation has deteriorated further following Israel’s decision on Sunday [9] to cut power to the enclave – in a bid to increase pressure on Hamas over hostage releases – disrupting vital desalination operations.
Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF official in Gaza, reported that 600,000 people who had regained access to drinking water in November 2024 are once again cut off.

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