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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier

Children watch as smoke billows in the background near the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza on 19 June.
Children watch as smoke billows in the background near the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza on 19 June. Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images

Israel identified about 1,000 potential targets a day during the first two years of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon with its command and control system, according to a presentation by the country’s largest arms supplier, Elbit Systems.

A total of 850,000 targets were detected in real time by the Israeli Tzayad digital army programme across all the military’s theatres of war between 7 October and the end of 2025, the company said at a military conference in London.

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