Washington ‘Cannot Verify’ Whether Israel Using US Intel to Massacre Civilians

The US has provided an 'extraordinary amount' of intelligence to Israel amid its genocidal campaign in Gaza

US lawmakers fear Israel may be using US-supplied intelligence to carry out bombings that kill civilians in Gaza, the Washington Post reported on 14 June.

Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, the US has shared “an extraordinary amount of drone footage, satellite imagery, communications intercepts, and data analysis using advanced software, some of it powered by artificial intelligence,” current and former US and Israeli intelligence officials told the newspaper.

Some US officials described Israel’s demand for more intelligence as “insatiable.”

However, given Israel’s regular targeting of civilians and repeated claims that there are no “innocent” Palestinians in Gaza, including children, this raises questions about how the intelligence is being used.

Israel has killed over 37,000 Palestinians in its horrific eight-month bombing campaign while turning huge sections of Gaza into a “moonscape.”

The Post reports that some US lawmakers worry that the intelligence provided by the US is making its way into data repositories that Israeli forces use to conduct airstrikes or other military operations and that there are no effective means of monitoring how the information is used.

The White House claims it has forbidden Israel from using any US-supplied intelligence to target regular Hamas fighters in military operations. The intelligence is only to be used for locating the captives held by Hamas and targeting the top leadership of the group, including Yahya Sinwar and Mohammad Deif.

However, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said last month that the intelligence is “not tied or conditioned on anything else,” and Israel killed 247 Palestinians during an operation to rescue four captives last week that relied in part on US intelligence.

The Post adds that “practically speaking, Israel is on its honor not to use US-supplied intelligence for proscribed purposes,” current and former US officials familiar with the intelligence-sharing relationship said.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

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