Hyderabad, April 8 -- Microsoft has terminated two workers who protested against the company's alleged ties to the Israeli military during an event marking its 50th anniversary.

Ibtihal Aboussad was dismissed on Monday, April 7, for "misconduct "designed to gain notoriety and cause maximum disruption to this highly anticipated event." The other employee, Vaniya Agrawal, had already submitted her resignation on April 11, which the company accepted, five days early.

Aboussad and Agarwal disrupted Microsoft's 50th anniversary event when the company's AI chief executive officer, Mustafa Suleyman, spoke. "You claim that you care about using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military. Fifty thousand people have died, ...