U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services. Militaries have for years hired private companies to build custom autonomous weapons.

U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more targets in Gaza and Lebanon.

U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services. But the number of civilians killed has also soared,