Yuval Abraham

Yuval Abraham

Yuval Abraham is a journalist and filmmaker based in Jerusalem.

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+972 Magazin
I broke a major story two days ago. Here’s what it has done so far
This week, we at +972 Magazine and Local Call published a huge story that I’ve been working on for a long time. Our new investigation reveals that the Israeli army has developed an artificial intelligence-based program called “Lavender,” which has been used to mark tens of thousands of Palestinians as suspected militants for potential assassination…
By Yuval Abraham April 5, 2024
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal.
By Yuval Abraham April 3, 2024
Large boulders block the entry and exit of cars outside Beit Jala, occupied West Bank. (Yuval Abraham)
Settlers and army blocking West Bank roads to Palestinians
Makeshift barriers erected since October 7 have sealed off dozens of Palestinian communities. Those who try to cross risk being shot.
By Yuval Abraham February 23, 2024
Armed Israeli settlers harass Palestinian farmers and activists from the Faz3a campaign during olive harvest in the village of Jibya, West Bank, October 28, 2022. (Anne Paq/Activestills)
Israel is surveilling U.S. data on settler attacks to thwart sanctions, sources reveal
Intelligence sources say Israel seeks to counter information sent privately to the U.S. by the PA, fearing actions against violent West Bank settlers.
By Yuval Abraham February 14, 2024
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the fence, January 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
A hostage’s mother says toxic gas from Israeli bombs killed her son. Is she right?
Sources say the Israeli army knows that weapons targeting Gaza tunnels can disperse toxic byproducts, which families fear may have killed three hostages.
By Yuval Abraham January 31, 2024
Musa Mleihat in front of the tent that is now his home, near Fasayil, occupied West Bank. (Yuval Abraham)
Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives after West Bank settler pogroms
A surge in settler violence since Oct. 7 has robbed multiple Palestinian communities of their land and livelihoods. Now they don't know where to go.
By Yuval Abraham January 18, 2024
Palestinian men detained by Israeli forces in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, are moved to areas near the beach, December 7, 2023. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees
Palestinians arrested in the northern Gaza Strip describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike, from severe deprivation to brutal physical violence.
By Yuval Abraham January 5, 2024
People walk by photographs of Israelis held hostage in Gaza at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, December 12, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
‘The hostages weren’t our top priority’: How Israel’s bombing frenzy endangered captives in Gaza
Contrary to initial claims, the Israeli army carried out relentless strikes with little intelligence of Israeli hostages’ whereabouts or precaution for their safety, a +972 and Local Call investigation shows.
By Yuval Abraham December 17, 2023
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in several location in the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.
By Yuval Abraham November 30, 2023
Hashim al-Birawi. (Courtesy)
A Gazan worked in Israeli kibbutzim for decades. Then came Oct. 7
Among the victims of Hamas' massacres in southern Israel were several Palestinian laborers from the Gaza Strip. Here is one of those stories.
By Yuval Abraham November 6, 2023
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