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24.06.2026 - 04:10 [ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) / Büro des Hohen Kommissars für Menschenrechte ]

“The essence of childhood has been destroyed”: Israel’s deliberate targeting of Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 7 October 2023

56. On 24 January 2024, at around 08:30, a family was preparing to evacuate from their ground-floor apartment in a seven-storey building at al-Amal, west of Khan Younis, following receipt of an evacuation order by the Israeli security forces. The father noticed quadcopters hovering over the area and presence of the Israeli security forces about 100 meters east of their house, instructing people to head west to Al-Mawasi in Khan Younis. His 15-year-old son stepped out of the house holding a white cloth, when the father, who was inside the house, heard a gunshot from the eastern side where Israeli soldiers were located. The boy was hit in the left foot, and he fell on his face. As he attempted to stand, two more gunshots were fired within seconds from the same direction. One shot hit the boy on his back and another on the left side of his neck. Seeing this, the boy’s 20-year-old brother ran towards him and was also shot on the left side of his chest. He collapsed on top of his younger brother.

57. The victims’ mother waved her hands at the south side window to signal for an ambulance when the Israeli security forces fired bullets which hit her too, slightly injuring her in her left hand. The father tried several times to pull away the bodies of both his sons but, every time he tried to advance towards them, the Israeli security forces fired in his direction. He then left the neighbourhood with the rest of his family. In early March 2024, he learned that two days after the incident, an ambulance arrived to retrieve his sons’ bodies. To date, the family is unaware where the bodies are buried.

58. The Commission assesses that the 15-year-old boy holding the white flag was shot by Israeli soldiers using a DAN.338 calibre bolt-action sniper rifle, commonly used by Israeli snipers, from a position located around 200 metres away. Given that sniper rifles used by the Israeli security forces normally have a precision accuracy range of more than 1,200 metres, the Israeli shooter should have been able to see that the target was a child and that he was holding a white flag. The additional two shots fired after the boy was hit were likely meant to ensure that he was dead. The additional killing of the boy’s brother points to a deliberate effort by the Israeli security forces to target the boy as well as any person that came to retrieve him. The Commission could not find any indication of a threat towards members of the Israeli security forces from the family’s location. The Commission finds that the Israeli security forces’ 98th Division were operating in the area at the time of the incident.

Injuring of a 10-day-old baby by quadcopter inside the tent in Nuseirat camp

59. On 12 April 2024 at 13:00, a 10 day-old-baby boy was shot by a quadcopter while being breastfed by his mother inside their tent in Nuseirat camp. The mother was alone in the tent, breastfeeding her baby, when a single bullet from a quadcopter hit the baby in the head and exited through the back of his head, hitting the pillow behind her. The baby survived but sustained brain injuries and now suffers from seizures.

60. The Commission viewed and analysed images of the bullet that hit the baby. The Commission concluded on reasonable grounds that the bullet was fired from a sniper rifle mounted on a quadcopter. Considering that the shooting occurred in broad daylight, the
Commission concludes that the quadcopter controller would have been able to see inside the tent and assesses that the target was a mother and a baby.

Injuring of a four-year-old girl in Khan Younis displacement camp

61. On 24 August 2024, at around 08:00, a four-year-old girl was hit by a bullet to her head while she was eating with her family in her tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza…………..

18.06.2026 - 20:45 [ ZDF ]

Operation Rubikon

(August 27, 2020)

Jahrzehntelang belauschten BND und CIA die verschlüsselte Kommunikation von über 100 Staaten. Die Operation „Rubikon“ wurde bis heute geheim gehalten. Sie gilt als größter Erfolg des BND.

Opfer des Lauschangriffs waren arabische und südamerikanische Länder, aber auch NATO-Partner. Sie vertrauten der Krypto-Technik eines schweizerischen Herstellers – und wurden betrogen. Welche politischen Folgen hatte das jahrelange Mitlesen geheimer Nachrichten?

Politische Handlungen durch Rubikon

Die „Rubikon“-Papiere belegen erstmals, dass BND und CIA zum Beispiel frühzeitig über den Sturz des chilenischen Präsidenten Allende 1973 und die schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch die argentinische Militärjunta informiert waren. Politische Folgen, etwa in Form von Protesten der Bundesregierung, hatte das nicht.

Auch im Falklandkrieg kamen die für den Sieg der Briten notwendigen Informationen aus der Operation „Rubikon“: Der BND konnte den militärischen Funkverkehr der Argentinier entschlüsseln. Das britische Militär war so über die Bewegungen der argentinischen Streitkräfte informiert. Einer der klar belegbaren Fälle, in denen „Rubikon“ konkrete – und blutige – Konsequenzen hatte.

Kühn und skandalträchtig

Einer der größten Abnehmer für die manipulierten schweizerischen Verschlüsselungsgeräte war der Iran. Jahrzehntelang waren Deutsche und Amerikaner deshalb bestens über die geheimen Regierungskommunikationen des Ajatollah-Regimes informiert und nutzten diese Kenntnisse zum Beispiel in der Geiselaffäre, um die US-Botschaftsangehörigen freizubekommen.

Geheimdienstexperte Prof. Richard Aldrich wertete die dem ZDF exklusiv vorliegenden geheimen Akten aus. Sein Fazit: „Die Operation Rubikon war eine der kühnsten und auch skandalträchtigsten Operationen, denn über hundert Staaten zahlten Milliarden Dollar dafür, dass ihnen ihre Staatsgeheimnisse gestohlen wurden.“

Der Dokumentation liegen langjährige Recherchen von ZDFinfo, „Frontal 21“, der „Washington Post“ und der „Rundschau“ des Schweizer Fernsehens SRG zugrunde.

18.06.2026 - 20:37 [ SRF Dokus & Reportage / Youtube ]

Cryptoleaks – Wie CIA und BND mit Schweizer Hilfe weltweit spionierten | Doku | SRF Dok

(Februar 13, 2020)

Die CIA und der BND spionierten mit manipulierten Chiffriergeräten der Schweizer Firma Crypto AG jahrzehntelang mehr als 100 Staaten aus, darunter auch befreundete Länder. Dies belegen Recherchen von SRF Rundschau, ZDF und Washington Post.

m Zentrum steht ein Aktenordner mit explosivem Inhalt: 280 Seiten, bisher unbekannte Papiere der Geheimdienste CIA und BND. Sie belegen eine weltweite Geheimdienstoperation. Die geleakten Papiere werfen ein höchst fragwürdiges Licht auf die Schweiz und auf das Zuger Unternehmen Crypto AG, eine Firma für Verschlüsselungstechnik.

Über manipulierte Chiffriermaschinen der ehemaligen Verschlüsselungsfirma horchten die Geheimdienste CIA und BND jahrzehntelang über hundert Staaten ab. Im Nahen Osten, in Asien, in Südamerika und auch in Europa wurde die geheime Kommunikation befreundeter und feindlicher Staaten abgefangen und ausgewertet. Alle abgehörten Länder hatten ihre Crypto-Chiffriermaschinen im guten Glauben in der neutralen Schweiz gekauft.

Welche Folgen hatte die Überwachungsoperation auf die internationale Politik der Nachkriegszeit? Wie gingen die Geheimdienstleute der CIA und des BND vor? Wie wurden die Schweizer Chiffriergeräte manipuliert? Was wussten die Schweizer Behörden? Und was bedeutet dieser Skandal für die Schweizer Neutralität?

18.06.2026 - 20:25 [ Tagesschau.de ]

BND-Gesetz – Dobrindt bremst offenbar Reform

Mandy Sarti, NDR, tagesschau, 11.06.2026 • 16:08 Uhr

18.06.2026 - 20:21 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Massenüberwachung und Hacking: Der BND soll neue mächtige Instrumente bekommen

(January 12, 2026)

Sowohl Verkehrsdaten als auch Inhalte von massenhaft abgegriffener Kommunikation soll der Geheimdienst bis zu einem halben Jahr speichern und durchforsten dürfen. Am deutschen Internetknoten DE-CIX in Frankfurt/Main dürfte der BND neben dem eingehenden nun auch den ausgehenden Datenverkehr überwachen.

Das geplante neue Gesetz soll aber auch ganz andere Türen öffnen, die den Geheimen aktives Hacken und Sabotage erlauben würden. Der Geheimdienst dürfte dann in Netzwerke eindringen und sich an aktiven Hacking-Angriffen beteiligen, wenn nach BND-Anfrage nicht freiwillig kooperiert wird. Um Staatstrojaner auf informationstechnischen Systemen aufzubringen, sollen BND-Leute laut FAZ auch heimlich in Wohnungen einbrechen dürfen.

09.06.2026 - 21:14 [ AboutIntel.eu ]

The Club de Berne: a black box of growing intelligence cooperation

(April 1, 2020)

“To date, neither the public, nor Parliament, nor other departments have been informed of the existence, let alone the extent, of the practices of this secret service exchange”, Guttmann notes. Her research work in the Swiss Federal Archives however, does not go beyond the 1980s, as more recent files are subject to the usual 30- to 50-year retention period for documents held by federal authorities. Since then, the CdB has largely been a black box.

09.06.2026 - 20:13 [ Aviva Guttmann / Asia Times ]

Israel’s crack spy agencies rely on help from their friends

(October 16, 2025)

When Israel launched its attacks on Iran in the early morning of June 13, many news reports marvelled at the quality and ingenuity of its intelligence agencies in enabling the Israel Defense Forces to strike with such precision. But one element was not talked about in any detail: Israel’s network of relationships with other countries’ intelligence agencies and their contribution to these covert operations.

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While searching the Swiss national archives, I found a large cache of encrypted telegrams that had been shared in a network called Kilowatt. This network involved 18 countries and shared information such as the movements of specific Palestinian people identified as terrorists, including the safe houses and vehicles they used. Mossad was part of Kilowatt and could use the intelligence it received from European partners to plan and carry out its targeted assassinations in Europe. There is also ample evidence in the cables that western governments knew what Mossad was using the intelligence for.

09.06.2026 - 19:49 [ Admin.ch ]

“Club de Berne” meeting in Switzerland

(April 28, 2004)

The CTG was formed in September 2001. Since then it has provided threat assessments to key EU policymakers. Those assessments are based on information provided by member services having access to all relevant intelligence. CTG also provides a forum for experts to develop practical collaboration and an understanding of the terrorist threat.

09.06.2026 - 19:43 [ Heise.de ]

Europäisches Geheimdienstzentrum soll nicht im EU-Kontext operieren

(March 21, 2016)

Die EU-Kommission ist ebenfalls in der CTG vertreten.

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Die CTG wiederum hat der informelle „Berner Club“ ins Leben gerufen, den 1971 Deutschland, Frankreich, Italien, Großbritannien, Belgien, die Niederlande, Luxemburg, Dänemark und die Schweiz gegründet haben sollen. Obwohl dieses Geheimdienstforum einen Wikipedia-Eintrag hat, will sich die Bundesregierung dazu überhaupt nicht äußern.

Der entsprechende Frageteil könne „aus Gründen des Staatswohls nicht ­ auch nicht in eingestufter Form -“ beantwortet werden, schreibt das Innenressort.

09.06.2026 - 18:20 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Europäische Inlandsgeheimdienste sind weltweit vernetzt

(05.03.2020)

Das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz arbeitet im „Berner Club“ mit den Auslandsgeheimdiensten Mossad und CIA zusammen. Mit weiteren Behörden tauscht der deutsche Inlandsgeheimdienst Informationen zu „nicht-islamistischem Terrorismus“ sowie „Rechts- und Linksextremismus“. Wegen des „Staatswohls“ hielt die Bundesregierung diese Details bislang geheim.

06.06.2026 - 17:39 [ NBC News ]

Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say

Since a ceasefire went into place in early April, Trump has been pursuing a diplomatic deal with Iran to end the war Israel and the U.S. launched on Feb. 28. Israel has publicly expressed skepticism that Iran would abide by any negotiated deal. Netanyahu has pushed for a resumption of bombing raids against Iran and disagreed with Trump, who has pressed him to scale back attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to Western officials.

Israel is keenly interested in whether Trump decides to resume major combat operations against Iran or to end the conflict, the current and former U.S. officials and outside experts said.

06.06.2026 - 17:24 [ theCradle.co ]

Pentagon warns Israeli spying on White House has reached ‚critical‘ level: Report

The DIA reportedly posted an internal message raising the espionage threat level regarding Israel to “critical.” It also identified a series of specific incidents that heightened US concerns, one of the officials said.

The Pentagon is particularly concerned that Israel is surveilling top US officials to obtain information about internal deliberations among President Donald Trump‘s close advisors regarding decision-making on the conflicts in West Asia.

05.06.2026 - 21:31 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: UK adopts SpaceX‘s Starshield for military operations, sources say

(June 2, 2026)

Britain has begun using SpaceX‘s militarised satellite network Starshield, according to two people familiar ​with the matter, making it among the first countries outside the United States to adopt Elon Musk‘s government-focused variant ‌of Starlink.
Starshield, developed for the U.S. government, is designed for military and intelligence missions with enhanced security features, while SpaceX‘s standard Starlink broadband service is aimed at consumer and commercial use.

05.06.2026 - 21:27 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war

(May 26, 2026)

The ongoing disputes, which have not previously been reported, underscore how the Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX is handing Musk greater leverage over a critical layer of U.S. national security – at a time when SpaceX ​is seeking to boost revenue ahead of an IPO next month that could be among the biggest in history.
Unlike consumer Starlink terminals available at stores including Walmart, SpaceX sells a military-specific version called Starshield to the Pentagon under a 2023 agreement. Starshield terminals can connect to both commercial Starlink ​satellites and a separate, more secure constellation, also called Starshield, according to a person familiar with the matter.

05.06.2026 - 21:11 [ CNN ]

Exclusive: Israel sent troops to Azerbaijan during Iran war as part of secret network across region, sources say

The secret deployment to Azerbaijan, reported by CNN for the first time, was one of several military positions Israel maintained across the Middle East that gave its military unprecedented reach, highlighting the role Iran’s neighbors played — some with permission, some likely without — in facilitating operations against Tehran and becoming entangled in the conflict.

The locations in Azerbaijan were among numerous covert military sites and bases in multiple countries, the sources told CNN, including in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Somaliland. The forces, initially planned as potential rescue teams in the event of an emergency, expanded in scope to become military and intelligence gathering positions.

05.06.2026 - 02:51 [ GreyDynamics.com ]

Operation Rubicon: How the CIA and BND Spied on the World

(August 2, 2025)

Operation Rubicon was a joint covert operation carried out by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the West German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) during the Cold War. The operation involved the acquisition and operation of a Swiss company called Crypto AG, which was a leading manufacturer of encryption machines used by governments, militaries, and intelligence agencies around the world.

Under Operation Rubicon, the CIA and BND secretly purchased Crypto AG and then modified the encryption machines to allow the intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on the communications of foreign governments and intelligence services that used the machines. The operation reportedly began in the 1950s and continued until the early 2000s.

The operation was considered one of the most successful and longest-running espionage operations of the Cold War, allowing the CIA and BND to intercept and decipher sensitive communications from numerous countries, including Iran, Argentina, and Libya. However, the operation was eventually exposed in 2020 through investigative reporting by several news organizations, leading to widespread criticism of the intelligence agencies involved and calls for greater transparency and accountability in intelligence operations.

05.06.2026 - 01:55 [ ForeignPolicy.com ]

Starlink Has Privatized Geopolitics

(March 20, 2026)

Starlink is far more than a commercial connectivity service. It is strategic infrastructure that increasingly shapes how wars are fought, how states manage internal unrest, and how criminal networks operate in ungoverned spaces. What makes Starlink so politically consequential is not just its globe-spanning reach but also the governance model behind it.

A private company is now a gatekeeper in orbit, helping decide who connects as well as where, under what conditions, and with what technical constraints. In a growing number of conflicts, these decisions carry military and political effects that states struggle to replicate or control. If many strategic supply chains now depend on private firms, Starlink is an unusually concentrated case of private discretion over public security functions.

04.06.2026 - 16:04 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

„Lavender“: Die KI-Maschine, die Israels Bombardements in Gaza steuert (Teil 1)

Zusätzliche automatisierte Systeme, darunter eines namens „Where’s Daddy“, das hier ebenfalls erstmals enthüllt wird, wurden speziell eingesetzt, um die Zielpersonen aufzuspüren und Bombenangriffe durchzuführen, wenn diese die Wohnhäuser ihrer Familien betreten hatten.

Das Ergebnis war, wie die Quellen bezeugten, dass Tausende Palästinenser – die meisten davon Frauen und Kinder oder Menschen, die nicht an den Kämpfen beteiligt waren – „aufgrund der Entscheidungen des KI-Programms“ durch israelische Luftangriffe ausgelöscht wurden, insbesondere in den ersten Wochen des Krieges.

„Wir waren nicht daran interessiert, [Hamas-]Aktivisten nur dann zu töten, wenn sie sich in einem Militärgebäude befanden oder an einer militärischen Aktivität beteiligt waren“, erklärte A., ein Geheimdienstoffizier, gegenüber +972 und Local Call. „Im Gegenteil, die IDF bombardierte sie ohne zu zögern in ihren Häusern, als erste Option. Es ist viel einfacher, das Haus einer Familie zu bombardieren. Das System ist konzipiert, um sie in solchen Situationen aufzufinden.“

Die „Lavender“-Maschine ergänzt ein anderes KI-System, „The Gospel“. Informationen darüber wurden in einer früheren Untersuchung von +972 und Local Call im November 2023 sowie in den eigenen Veröffentlichungen des israelischen Militärs bekannt. Ein grundlegender Unterschied zwischen den beiden Systemen liegt in der Definition des Ziels: Während „The Gospel“ Gebäude und Strukturen markiert, von denen aus laut Armee Militante operieren, markiert „Lavender“ Menschen – und setzt sie auf eine Tötungsliste.

30.05.2026 - 18:18 [ TKP.at ]

Rumäniens Präsident zu Drohnen-Zwischenfall: „Kein russischer Angriff“ – Merz & EU-Poltiker eskalieren

Am 28./29. Mai 2026 schlug eine Drohne in ein Wohngebäude in Galați ein, nahe der ukrainischen Grenze. Es gab Verletzte, aber keine Toten. Statt besonnener Aufklärung folgte der übliche Reflex: Sofortige Schuldzuweisung an Russland, Forderungen nach NATO-Artikel 4 oder gar 5 und diplomatische Maßnahmen wie die Schließung des russischen Konsulats in Constanța. Der rumänische Präsident Nicușor Dan hat nun jedoch unmissverständlich erklärt: Russland hatte keine Absicht, Rumänien anzugreifen. Die Drohne war offenbar auf dem Weg zu einem ukrainischen Ziel (Hafen Reni) und wurde durch ukrainische elektronische Kriegsführung abgelenkt.

Hier der Bericht dazu:

21.05.2026 - 08:21 [ Drop Site News ]

Cuba Girds for Invasion as Trump Launches Raúl Castro Indictment Amid Punishing Blockade

And reports indicate that the number of U.S. military surveillance flights taking place near the island have skyrocketed in recent weeks, raising fears of an impending operation.

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Trump’s recent threats to “take” Cuba, however, coupled with the recent loss of energy supplies from Venezuela and the Castro indictment, may mark the most serious threat to the country’s independence since its 1959 revolution.

16.05.2026 - 06:31 [ New York Times ]

Trump Says Gas Prices Might Not Drop by Midterms, Underscoring G.O.P. Peril

(April 12, 2026)

Mr. Trump had long downplayed a sharp spike in gas prices driven by the war in Iran by casting it as a “short-term increase” that would subside within weeks. But on Sunday, Mr. Trump told Fox News that while he hoped gas and oil costs would drop before the midterms, prices “should be around the same” in November — and might be “a little bit higher.”

16.05.2026 - 06:20 [ CNN ]

Exclusive: Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations; officials suspect Iran is responsible

But, the sources cautioned, the US government may not be able to definitively determine who was responsible because of a lack of forensic evidence left by the hackers.

CNN has requested comment on the ATG hack from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The FBI declined to comment.