War between Hamas and Israel Israeli civilians band together to

War between Hamas and Israel: Israeli civilians band together to locate the hostages

Published on October 15, 2023 9:20 p.m

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In Tel Aviv, Israel, private companies and civilian technology experts came together to track down the hostages.  On-site report.

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In Tel Aviv, Israel, private companies and civilian technology experts came together to track down the hostages. On-site report.

Dozens of wanted notices circulated again on social networks on Sunday, October 15th. What happened to these missing men, women and children? Israeli civil society is organizing. In Tel Aviv (Israel), the exhibition center was converted into a crisis unit. 450 computer scientists, high-tech specialists or simple volunteers live in this hive.

A duty for volunteers

Your mission? Find the 1,400 missing people on their list. For Omer Bialer, an IT developer, like the others, it has become a chore. “For example, our teams scan photos of missing people and use artificial intelligence to search for matches. We try to match information with images published by Hamas or the Israelis,” he explains. The research center was improvised by Karine Nahon, a university professor and figure in recent protests against the Netanyahu government.

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