New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Microsoft has launched an 'urgent' probe into allegations that the Israel military has used the company's technology to facilitate mass surveillance on Palestenians.

According to a report by Guardian, the Microsoft investigation comes after the news outlet's earlier report that the Satya Nadella-led tech firm's Azure cloud platform was utlised to store a vast collection of everyday Palestinian mobile phone calls by the Israeli Unit 8200 spy agency.

Microsoft in a statement said "using Azure for the storage of data files of phone calls obtained through broad or mass surveillance of civilians in Gaza and the West Bank" would be prohibited by its terms of service.

The investigation is being overseen by lawyers at the...