Israel employs a “highly sophisticated AI-powered targeting platform” that rapidly fuses massive amounts of data from smartphones, drones, traffic/security cameras, Wi-Fi signals, and social media to identify, profile, and execute strikes in Lebanon. Platforms such as Palantir’s Maven play a key role in standardizing and analyzing the data to map personal networks and generate threat profiles in seconds.
A notable example is the case of 62-year-old Hezbollah liaison Ahmad Turmus, who received a warning phone call from an israeli officer before being killed by a missile strike shortly after leaving his location. Other israeli systems involved include Lavender, Gospel (Habsora), and Where’s Daddy?, along with tools like Pegasus spyware for data collection. These systems were originally developed and heavily used in Palestine and have since been deployed in Lebanon, Iran, and elsewhere.
The United States has the most advanced equivalent through Project Maven (also known as the Maven Smart System by Palantir — which NATO also uses) and was heavily used recently in Iran; Palantir’s Gotham platform (the domestic counterpart to Maven) has been deployed for years by major US police departments and federal agencies (LAPD, NYPD, ICE, FBI, and more).
Internationally, many other nations use these systems or ones just like them. Palantir’s Maven has also been used/tested in Ukraine for battlefield data analysis.
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Israel’s Lavender, Gospel (Habsora), Where’s Daddy? systems (Gaza & Lebanon): → +972 Magazine (Lavender Report) → LA Times (Lebanon/Hezbollah AI system)
Palantir Maven (US Military & NATO): → Reuters – Pentagon adopts Maven as core system
Palantir Gotham (US Domestic Police Use): → BuzzFeed News – LAPD & NYPD usage
Ukraine AI Drone Targeting (ZIR & others): → ZIR System Official → CSIS Report on Ukrainian AI Drones