An Israeli Finance Ministry request sought 21 staff positions for a proposed West Bank land-protection district, drawing scrutiny because the Israel Land Authority already uses AI for land monitoring.
The request was dated Aug. 12, 2025. Peace Now, an Israeli group, said the authority's AI tools might be used by the proposed unit. The group described direct land-authority operations in the occupied territory as a step toward annexation.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recorded 1,164 Palestinian-owned structures demolished for lack of Israeli-issued permits across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, from Jan. 1 through Sept. 14, 2026. More than 1,500 people were displaced. The count does not establish whether AI played a role in those demolitions.
ImiSight said on March 30, 2025, that its software searches satellite, drone and aerial images for unauthorized land use on behalf of the authority. The company said its system scanned thousands of square kilometers in 2024, but gave no breakdown by location. Its statement did not identify a West Bank deployment, and Peace Now did not report that ImiSight was involved in the proposed unit.
At Hebron checkpoints, Red Wolf scans Palestinians' faces without their consent, Amnesty International reported in 2023. Amnesty said the system checks faces against biometric records and can prevent people from passing. The rights group also documented Blue Wolf, a phone application, and Wolf Pack, a database Israeli forces use to retrieve information about Palestinians.
In Gaza, +972 Magazine and Local Call reported in April 2024, citing six Israeli intelligence officers, that Lavender marked as many as 37,000 Palestinians as suspected militants during the war's early weeks. One officer described spending about 20 seconds per person reviewing some selections. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Lavender helps analysts cross-reference intelligence, does not itself select or approve attack targets, and leaves approval of attacks to commanders.
Microsoft said Sept. 25, 2025, that it had disabled specified cloud-storage and AI services for a unit within Israel's Defense Ministry. The company said its review found evidence supporting elements of The Guardian's reporting about Azure use, but that it had not accessed the ministry's customer content.
