While Israelis and Palestinians have been slugging it out on the ground with guns and stones, others have gone into battle with mouse and modem. Although cyber-attacks are not in themselves new, this is the first political conflict in which two sides have fought each other in such an organised way over the internet.
A group of self-described ethical hackers are taking the reins of the Israelis' Web networks into their own hands in the Middle East's cyberwar. Known as the Israeli Internet Underground, the coalition of anonymous online activists from various Israeli technology companies has set up a website to disseminate information concerning the ongoing battle in cyberspace.
As hacker groups in the Middle East threaten to launch a "cyber-Jihad," or electronic holy war, against companies with ties to Israel, security experts said Internet security at most U.S. companies remains woefully inadequate to defend against such attacks.
New battles are raging on the computer networks of the Middle East and conflict zones around the world -- a kind of warfare experts say is redrawing the lines of combat.
The cyberwars of the Middle East have spread to Washington.
Michelle Goldberg argues that the attention paid to the 'cyberwar' raging between Israeli and Palestinian hackers trivializes the tragedy of the real conflict that occurs in the streets.
The unrest in the Middle East appears to have sparked a rising level of cyber attacks targeting both Israeli and pro-Palestinian entities.
Several Israeli websites containing the government's perspective on the Mideast conflict crashed after Islamic groups abroad jammed them with fake traffic. The cyberattack was the most intense since Israel's government launched its internet sites several years ago, and opens a new front in Israel's confrontation with the Arab world.
Several Israeli websites containing the government's perspective on the Mideast conflict crashed after Islamic groups abroad jammed them with fake traffic. The cyberattack was the most intense since Israel's government launched its Internet sites several years ago, and opens a new front in Israel's confrontation with the Arab world.