Los Angeles Times details Israel's AI targeting system
A Los Angeles Times investigation by Nabih Bulos examines Israel's AI-assisted targeting system that processes mobile phone data to identify individuals and recommend strikes. The system issues direct phone warnings to selected targets before missiles are launched. In one case the system flagged 62-year-old Ahmad Turmus who received a call presenting a choice between dying alone or with others. Two missiles then struck his car in under 30 seconds. The reporting traces how phone-derived data feeds real-time operational targeting decisions.
Israel is technologically very capable, and militarily incredibly effective.
The reason they're a bad ally is that they dragged us into the disastrous Iran War. We can't have that.
An absolutely astonishing account of Israel's AI-assisted targeting in the @latimes They called 62-year-old Ahmad Turmus and asked: “Ahmad, you want to die with those around you or alone?” His response, below, is chilling. Story by @nabihbulos https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-05-04/inside-israels-ai-targeting-system-how-data-from-phone-become-death-sentence