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The nuclear scientists were killed using a special weapon whose details were barred from publication, Channel 12 says.

The 10th nuclear scientist was killed shortly after the other nine, as part of the overnight Thursday-Friday Israeli operation, which included strikes on Iran’s ballistic missile program and the Natanz nuclear site, along with the elimination of top members of the Islamic Republic’s military leadership, the network says.

The nuclear scientists were all killed while they were sleeping in their beds, with Israel deciding to carry out the assassinations simultaneously so that there wouldn’t be time to tip off those being targeted.

The scientists apparently believed they were safe from such targeting in their homes, a senior Israeli official tells Channel 12, noting that previously assassinated nuclear scientists were killed while heading to their cars after work.

Israel had been tracking Iranian nuclear scientists for years and the ten killed last week were marked for assassination in November of last year, Channel 12 says.

Just when I feel like dystopian news can't really disturb me anymore...

Leaving this totally unrelated article about Palantir and Israel here for absolutely no reason at all...

How Israel Uses AI in Gaza—And What It Might Mean for the Future of Warfare:

 A program known as “The Gospel” generates suggestions for buildings and structures militants may be operating in. “Lavender” is programmed to identify suspected members of Hamas and other armed groups for assassination, from commanders all the way down to foot soldiers. “Where’s Daddy?” reportedly follows their movements by tracking their phones in order to target them—often to their homes, where their presence is regarded as confirmation of their identity. The air strike that follows might kill everyone in the target's family, if not everyone in the apartment building.

Abraham, whose report relies on conversations with six Israeli intelligence officers with first-hand experience in Gaza operations after Oct. 7, quoted targeting officers as saying they found themselves deferring to the Lavender program, despite knowing that it produces incorrect targeting suggestions in roughly 10% of cases.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

the most dangerous profession in the world has gotta be iranian nuclear scientist.

[–] Jamil@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They are targeting anyone with a degree in nuclear physics. Someone posted that his colleague was killed and they had nothing to do with the enrichment program. It's murder.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

So no proof then? Complete bullshit, man

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Who is someone? What is the proof of the murder?

[–] killingspark@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I need names and addresses! For... Reasons unrelated to any lethal plans

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Usually you need to provide sources for your claims, that’s a normal thing that people will ask for, you know.

[–] killingspark@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago

Oh my god people. This is just a tongue in cheek joke about the ridiculousness of the two comments above me. The first one is either completely made up or pretty much unverifiable if true. The second one is an unreasonable request if the first comment was true because it would obviously endanger the source. It was meant as a test for whether the first comment was telling the truth but it's completely failing at doing that.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sir we all know that if you just want to post fake bullshit you can just say so, it's not illegal

[–] killingspark@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

I didn't post anything besides a snarky comment below yours

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That, or perhaps high ranking Iranian general.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I dunno, I'm sticking with crab fishing in the Arctic

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Logging, fishing, hunters, steel, mining and roofing workers are the most high risk professions in all the planet

About 92% of the fatalities are men, about 2 men die per hour just by working on the more dangerous professions in the whole world

🫡

[–] barooboodoo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Sure

You can go to the bureau of labor statistics website, there is a section related to fatal work injuries:

https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/civilian-occupations-with-high-fatal-work-injury-rates.htm

There is also the national safety council website

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/work/industry-incidence-rates/most-dangerous-industries/

They have the aggregate for worker injuries by sex, you can just filter the ones:

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/work/industry-incidence-rates/worker-injuries-and-illnesses-by-sex/

The bureau also has specific reports for this

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/fewer-women-than-men-die-of-work-related-injuries-data-show.pdf

It has reached the news, from time to time, this one article is old but still stands

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2018/12/19/fatal-employment-men-10-times-more-likely-than-women-to-be-killed-at-work/

The count you can get by using the latest 2023 census data from the bureau

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf

Worst offender is China, their latest years birth policies have All but skewed that ratio

https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/macro-indicators/the-gender-ratio-of-china-325417/