Murtaza Hussain
On Friday, Israel struck what it claimed was Hezbollah’s center of operations in southern Beirut, aiming to assassinate the organization’s secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. Israeli Army radio is reporting it used F-35 planes with 2,000-lb. “bunker buster” bombs to hit southern Beirut and cited a senior official saying Israel had informed the U.S. of the strike. Follow our Twitter thread, which will be updated as new reporting emerges, as the event unfolds.
The strike came roughly at the same time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was addressing the United Nations. Excerpts from his speech, as well as news of the diplomatic boycott by dozens of diplomats, are in the same thread.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, Big Tech has faced increased scrutiny from the public and its own employees about its business dealing with the Israeli military and government. Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, among many other tech firms, have maintained close ties with Israel despite allegations of war crimes in Gaza and indictments targeting senior military and political leaders. This close relationship has included the provision of controversial artificial intelligence and cloud computing software alleged to be employed in Israeli military operations, including in the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
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