Israeli Regime spies on journalists and human rights defenders

A joint investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Inside Story, and the investigative group WAV, along with a technical analysis by Amnesty International, has exposed the internal mechanisms of the company Intellexa.

This company is a mercenary spyware firm linked to the Israeli regime and was founded by Tal Dilian, a former intelligence officer of the Israeli regime. Intellexa is the company behind the Predator spyware, which has been used to target journalists, activists, and human rights defenders in several countries.

Leaked documents and training videos show that Intellexa has developed advanced hacking tools capable of silently infecting mobile phones—even through malicious digital advertisements—and accessing private messages, calls, cameras, microphones, and location data.

These revelations also show that the company’s employees maintained remote access to government surveillance systems, enabling them to monitor ongoing espionage operations and the data of victims.

Previously, news and human rights sources had also reported on the Israeli regime’s surveillance of activists and human rights defenders—especially those opposing the regime’s crimes and genocide against Palestinians—carried out through tools such as the Pegasus spyware.