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It would probably require far more than a one-off, short-term military operation, and a wider campaign presents a host of challenges.

Artificial intelligence has the ability to revolutionize human health. It is used to detect potentially cancerous lesions in medical images, to screen for eye disease, and to predict whether a patient in the intensive care unit could have a brain-damaging seizure. Even your smartwatch has AI built into it; it can estimate your heart rate and detect whether you have atrial fibrillation. But how good are these algorithms generally? The truth is, we just don’t know.

The Iron Dome system has been hailed as a technological marvel and a lifesaver for Israel, but in reality it creates a false sense of security

After forming a wartime cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a top rival, Benny Gantz, presented a united front to the Israeli people. Mr. Netanyahu also detailed more of the atrocities he said Hamas terrorists had committed.

Israel's missile defence system, known as Iron Dome, has intercepted thousands of Hamas rockets in the past few days.