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WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app

Russia began limiting calls on messaging platforms last year, accusing them of refusing to share information with law enforcement.

Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a Whatsapp logo in this illustration taken September 11, 2025.
Hackers from the Handala group claimed to have hacked former MK Ayelet Shaked's phone.

Handala hackers claim to have hacked former MK Ayelet Shaked's phone, share pictures, videos online

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Privacy takes a leap: The end of the phone number on WhatsApp?

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts by UNRWA, in Gaza City September 19, 2018.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry names two UNRWA employees as Hamas terrorists, citing new evidence


Apple to embrace RCS messaging: SMS replacement coming soon

Apple to support RCS messaging technology that replaces old SMS/MMS. What to know about the new feature & changes in text messaging. Get ready for a new era in communication!

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Hamas celebrates UN call for probe into alleged IDF abuses of Palestinian women

The UN statement reported allegations that Palestinian women and girls had been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, frequently along with family members, including children.

Palestinian women sit at the debris of a house destroyed in an air strike in the southern Gaza Strip November 13, 2019

IDF says it ran unauthorized '72 Virgins - Uncensored' Telegram channel

On October 9, the unit, whose primary targets are foreign and enemy audiences, created and operated the channel, this time veered toward an Israeli public, without authorization.

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad incitement: The writing is on the Telegram wall – cyber report

"For the sake of our bleeding blood in Gaza, it's time for the roof of the bus to fly."

Photo of a child in Gaza holding weapons in front of a Hamas poster

Israeli man charged for inciting terror, rape, genocide of Palestinians

Noam Dayan, 34, was charged for inflammatory social media posts targeting Muslims and Gazan Palestinians in one of the most serious terror incitement cases of the Israel-Hamas War.

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Telegram blocks Palestinian propaganda channels for iOS users

The now-blocked channels had been used to share videos of kidnappings and killings of Israeli civilians and IDF forces.

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In wartime, Yair Netanyahu's social media goes 'below the radar'

A recent analysis says "only a small minority of the posts published on [Yair's social media] are those that can be defined as 'information' and not as political propaganda for internal purposes."

Yair Netanyahu, son of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in the defamation lawsuit filed by former MK Stav Shafir in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022.

IDF opens channels for Gazans to report Hamas humanitarian violations

"Share with us if Hamas prevents you from moving south on the Telegram account at the attached number!" IDF Arabic language spokesman Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee said.

 A Palestinian woman uses a Phone app that allows Gaza women to report domestic abuse anonymously, outside Gaza Women's Center in Gaza City May 31, 2022

Hamas channels blocked on Telegram on Android

Telegram has served as one of the central platforms for Hamas to publish statements and propaganda.

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President Herzog's Telegram account hacked, Israel's Shin Bet probing

The account was quickly returned to normal after the Shin Bet was charged with handling the situation.

 President Isaac Herzog meets with Israel's political parties to hear their recommendations for prime minister, November 10, 2022.