'The war room': Israeli tech workers band together in hostage search
It looks like any other scrappy Tel Aviv tech start-up, with staff in hip clothing huddled around laptops and downing espressos, but they are the volunteers in a “war room” assembled to help Israel bring home the hostages.
Refael Franco was the deputy head of the Israeli National Cyber Directorate, and he’s led civilian efforts to track those held captive by Hamas and other militant groups.
Inside the cyber ‘war room’ where Israeli AI experts work to locate Hamas hostages
Refael Franco took i through the process of tracking the hostages. The group collects data on social media usage within Gaza, with graphs showing the number of texts sent and app usage on the tracked phones – even down to the number of times particular emojis were sent.
Inside the ‘civilian war room’ where Israeli volunteers hunt for the prisoners of Hamas
Freeing the captives has become a national cause in Israel, but first they have to be found. It’s a significant challenge, and Rafael Franco decided to try a technological approach.The day after the attack, he reconfigured his Tel Aviv cyber company to search for the disappeared.
Israeli ‘Cyber War Room’ Uses Amazon Facial Recognition To Find Missing And Dead After Hamas Attack
Forbes: Over the course of two weeks, the project, which was led by former deputy director of the Israeli government’s National Cyber Directorate, Refael Franco, was able to identify some 60 missing people and provide new leads on the whereabouts and status of five others.
Israel’s “Civilian War Room”: Using high technology to track down hostages and spread the truth
VOA Chinese: It was under this circumstance that two Israeli high-tech company executives jointly established the “Civilian War Room” to use high-tech means to search and locate missing and abducted persons, and at the same time spread the truth about the Israel-Hamas war to the world.
EXCLUSIVE. In Israel, our report with cyber spies searching for the missing
Veteran intelligence officers set up a Hamas social media analysis center to try to locate Israeli hostages. These specialists confirm the active role of Iran.
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