Unit 8200

IDF enhances wartime surveillance, deploys facial recognition in Gaza

The technology allows intelligence personnel to pick faces out of crowds and grainy drone footage and identify them. However, the technology is not entirely accurate. 

Should IDF intel. Unit 8200 be blamed for October 7 massacre?

How should defense issues be fixed, and how much is the highly regarded IDF Unit 8200 to blame for the failures leading up to the massacre?

The roots of the October 7 failure are far deeper than Israeli intelligence

How should defense issues be fixed, and how much is the highly regarded Unit 8200 to blame for the failures leading up to the October 7 massacre?

Lt.-Col. Dori Saar during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Who is to blame for October 7 massacre? A guide for the perplexed

The latest leaks that came out about Unit 8200 talked about an internal IDF report which mostly exonerated Unit 8200’s current commander “Y” from any special fault.

IDF official warned of fatal intel. failures right before Oct. 7 massacre

IDF intelligence unit commander's Yom Kippur message on maintaining military readiness, two weeks before the country's largest intelligence failure on October 7, is haunting in retrospect.

26/02/2024

Inside Unit 8200: Moving forward after the October 7 intelligence failure

The IDF's main intelligence unit was shocked on Oct. 7. Two commanders recall events on Oct. 8.

25/02/2024
 THE WRITER conducts a Zoom session with ‘Sophie.’

How a new Israeli friend showed me the power of language

The truth is that “hate” is unsustainable, in any language.

By SHARI ADLER
08/02/2024

IDF elite intel officer warned about Hamas attacks, ignored - report

This is the response they received from him: "I don't want to hear about this nonsense again. If you bother me with these things again, you will stand trial."

8200 Impact program to focus on accessibility, inclusion 

The program has supported 'impact-tech' for almost a decade

Israel received critical Iran intel from IDF soldier's 15-year side project

SWO (res.) E. began monitoring Iranian communications in the 1960s, back when they were still an ally.

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