This illustration image created on June 7, 2024 in Los Angeles, shows anti-Qatar websites on a computer and smartphone screen. Shady websites calling for a boycott of Qatar, a New York Times Square billboard targeting its rulers, and a Vietnamese marketing shop floating hundreds of slander-ridden Facebook ads -- a sprawling influence operation seeks to vilify the Gulf state mediating between Israel and Hamas. The murky operation, which began late last year and spans multiple countries, is the largest ever to target the tiny emirate, disinformation researchers say, as the nine-month war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group rages on. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP) / Restricted to Editorial Use (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)