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Yuval Abraham

Yuval Abraham is a journalist and filmmaker based in Jerusalem.

Recent Articles

Family and friends mourn near the body of Palestinian journalist Saed Sabri Abu Nabhan, who was shot and killed by an Israeli army sniper, at Al Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, January 11, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

‘Legitimization Cell’: Israeli unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas

Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive army intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters.

By Yuval Abraham August 14, 2025

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Microsoft's Israel R&D Center. (World Economic Forum/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0; Gili Yaari/Flash90))

Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians

The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, a joint investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham August 6, 2025

Awdah Hathaleen celebrates his 27th birthday with friends, in Um Al-Khair, the West Bank. (Emily Glick)

‘The most peaceful person’: Umm Al-Khair mourns activist slain by Israeli settler

Contrary to the settler’s account, eyewitness testimony and analysis of video footage shows that Awdah Hathaleen was gunned down in cold blood.

By Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham and Oren Ziv July 29, 2025

Medics rush to rescue a Palestinian wounded at an aid site in northern Gaza City, June 17, 2025. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

‘Double tap’ airstrikes: How Israel targets Gaza rescue efforts

In the aftermath of bombings, the Israeli army routinely fires on Palestinian rescue workers, paramedics, and other civilians to prevent them from saving the wounded, an investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham July 24, 2025

Israeli soldiers release a drone (model unknown) from a building in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 13, 2024. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/CC BY-SA 3.0)

Autel denies selling drones to Israel. So why are they roaming Gaza’s skies?

Responding to a +972 investigation, the Chinese firm said it never knowingly sold or authorized its drones for use by Israel’s army. Importers say otherwise.

By Yuval Abraham July 17, 2025

A rendering of an EVO drone hovering over the ruins of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 11, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘Like a video game’: Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones

The Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to police expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return, an investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham July 10, 2025

Israeli soldiers raid the village of Khilet Al-Dabe’, Masafer Yatta, in the southern West Bank, June 3, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

New Israeli directive expedites ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta

The military order removes the last legal barriers to the wholesale demolition and displacement of 12 Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank.

By Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra June 25, 2025

Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike, in the Jabalia area, Gaza, on June 1, 2025. (Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)

Israel is falsely designating Gaza areas as empty in order to bomb them

The army is using an algorithm it knows to be inaccurate to declare Gaza neighborhoods as “green,” or cleared of residents, and carry out airstrikes — killing hundreds of civilians in recent weeks, a joint investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham June 4, 2025

An Israeli soldier photographs a Palestinian man using an AI facial recognition tool during a raid in Wadi Qutyna, Al-Mughayer, occupied West Bank, January 17, 2025. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

Israel developing ChatGPT-like tool that weaponizes surveillance of Palestinians

The Israeli army is building an AI language model using millions of intercepted conversations between Palestinians, which could accelerate the process of incrimination and arrest, a joint investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham March 6, 2025

Fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Bomb the area, gas the tunnels: Israel’s unbridled war on Gaza’s underground

Unable to pinpoint Hamas commanders in Gaza’s tunnels, the Israeli army decimated entire residential blocks with bunker-buster bombs to crush the passages below and flood them with lethal fumes, an investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham February 6, 2025