Published on, Sept. 27 -- September 27, 2025 6:40 AM

Microsoft said on Thursday it has disabled some services used by an Israeli military unit after preliminary evidence supported a media investigation that reported mass surveillance of Palestinian phone calls.

A joint investigation published in August by the Guardian and other media outlets found that an Israeli military was making use of Microsoft's Azure software to store countless recordings of mobile phone calls made by Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza.

That prompted an internal review by Microsoft.

"We do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians," Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a company blog.

The review is ongoin...