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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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[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago

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 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 7 points 1 week ago

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 10 points 1 week ago

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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[-] thedruid@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

How is this all normal and ok?

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

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[-] doctortofu@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

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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[-] flandish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

It is “statistically” normal in that governments and corporations will always choose death because it is profitable.

It is not and never has been ok.

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[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

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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[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

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

[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

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 5 points 1 week ago

You mean like when Gerald Bull was killed? Surely an accident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull

Which is why I am sitting in disbelief that Iran could be so monumentally stupid.

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[-] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago

I wonder how many civilians Israel killed in the process. It's probably a lot more than 0.

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[-] anas@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

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

[-] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

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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[-] mhague@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

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!

[-] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 14 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago
  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 12 points 1 week ago
  1. Why is it ok for them to assassinate civilians?
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[-] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

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 5 points 1 week ago

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 11 points 1 week ago

A huge mistake, apparently

[-] Makhno@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, seems like the lesson is build nukes at all costs, as it's the only safeguard against attack.

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[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Few things say "you need a nuke, you need it right now" like foreign states killing your scientists, in their beds in the dead of night

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[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

How can people be so fucking stupid as to keep their key personnel vulnerable like that?

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[-] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

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 6 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Times of Israel

Should be called Crimes of Israel

[-] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Since when is it legal to kill civilian scientists in another country?

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[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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...

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