Microsoft says it has stopped providing some of its cloud and AI services to Israel's Ministry of Defense following a report in Britain's Guardian newspaper, which alleged Israel used the services to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The Guardian report , published in August in conjunction with Israeli outlets +972 Magazine and Local Call, claimed Israel's military surveillance agency — called Unit 8200 — used Microsoft 's Azure cloud platform to store recordings of millions of cellphone calls made by Palestinians.

These calls could be played back by intelligence officers, and The Guardian cited three sources within Unit 8200 who said the database was used to help shape military operations in Gaza and the West Bank, and to prepare

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