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Investigating state and corporate violence globally, presenting our findings from the courtroom to the gallery. Study with us at @GoldsmithUoL: https://t.co/jLCQTegr1I

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NEW: ‘A Cartography of Genocide’. Since October 2023, we have collected and analysed data related to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Our findings indicate that Israel has systematically targeted all aspects of civilian life.
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Preliminary analysis by FA, @alhaq_org & @earshot_ngo into the #AlAhli hospital blast in Gaza casts significant doubt on IOF claims that the source of the deadly explosion was a Palestinian-fired rocket travelling west to east.
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NEW REPORT: We analysed the visual material presented by Israel at the @CIJ_ICJ hearing on 12 Jan '24. We found 8 instances of the Israeli legal team misrepresenting materials presented through incorrect annotations and misleading descriptions. Full report
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NEW: Our analysis of reported data identifies at least 80 separate attacks by Israel on aid in Gaza since January. The frequency and widespread nature of these attacks suggests that Israel is systematically targeting aid.
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Our latest findings on the al-Ahli hospital blast: using 3D trajectory analysis, we dispute the Israeli military’s claim that the hospital was struck by a misfiring Palestinian rocket from a salvo of 17, with most of the damage caused by unspent rocket propellant.
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Israel has falsely claimed that ‘the IDF does not hit hospitals’. @alhaq_org has footage of an IOF strike on the Al-Ahli Hospital cancer ward on 14 Oct (see image stills), and WHO has reported 59 attacks on healthcare in Gaza and 137 across the Occupied Territory since 7 Oct.
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3D analysis shows patterns of radial fragmentation on the southwest side of the impact crater, as well as a shallow channel leading into the crater from the northeast. Such patterns indicate a likely projectile trajectory with northeast origins.
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We are devastated to have received the news yesterday of the loss of our dear friend, respected collaborator and co-founder of Ain Media, Rushdi al-Sarraj, killed by a reported airstrike on his family home in Gaza City.
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NEW INVESTIGATION: Since 7 Oct 23, the Israeli army has weaponised humanitarian measures such as ‘evacuation orders’, ‘safe routes’ & ‘safe zones’ to support their military operations & facilitate the mass displacement of Palestinians. View the platform:
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In reviewing our analysis, investigator & explosive weapons expert @CobbSmith agrees the fragmentation patterns may indicate the projectile came from the northeast—the direction of the Israeli-controlled side of the Gaza perimeter—and not from the west, as claimed by the IOF.
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Ethnic cleansing is unfolding in northern Gaza. We are witnessing an intensification and acceleration of military tactics previously used by the Israeli military throughout the Strip, this time aimed at enforcing large-scale displacement from the north. Analysis of Israeli ground
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Even after the announcement of a ceasefire, reports indicate that the Israeli military is continuing to flatten the remaining residential blocks in northern Gaza, leaving displaced civilians with no homes to return to. Satellite images from January 2025 reveal widespread
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Our/@CobbSmith’s analysis of the crater size suggests a munition larger than eg a Spike or Hellfire missile commonly used by IOF drones. It is more consistent w/ the impact marks from an artillery shell—but w/o additional material evidence, we cannot make a definitive assessment.
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A conclusive investigation into this attack requires full access to the site and munition fragments, as well as witness interviews. We continue our work on this case, and reaffirm our solidarity with Palestinian people under attack, including our friends & colleagues.
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The IOF has a long history of providing false and misleading information after it has targeted and killed civilians. See: our investigations into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh and the bombing of the Al-Katibah building
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Israel claims that the poorly worded 24 May ICJ ruling gives it license to continue attacking Palestinians in Gaza, if it warns civilians to evacuate combat zones and move to safe 'humanitarian zones'. But we have geolocated three strikes within areas Israel suggested were safe.
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Our aggregation of news reports since 7 Oct suggests that hospitals in Gaza are subjected to a repeated pattern of intimidation, direct targeting, siege, and occupation by the Israeli military:
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NEW INVESTIGATION: Since Oct '23, the Israeli military has systematically targeted agricultural land and infrastructure in Gaza. To mark Land Day in Palestine, we present our analysis of this widespread destruction as an act of ecocide that supports Israel’s genocidal campaign.
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@earshot_ngo analysed the recording released by IOF officials of an alleged exchange between members of Hamas implicating the Islamic Jihad in the attack. They found that the recording was manipulated and therefore not a credible source of evidence:
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On the morning of October 18th, Israel Defence Forces released this video performed an audio analysis and found that this recording was manipulated and cannot be used as a credible source of evidence. 1/4.
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A year ago today, doctors stood among the bodies of victims of the Al-Ahli blast, warning that if Israeli impunity continued, more attacks on Gaza’s hospitals would follow. Among them was surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a firsthand witness to the blast, whose testimony was
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Drawing upon available footage, our partner @earshot_ngo performed independent audio analysis of the missile attack, the findings from which lend further credibility to our preliminary assessment of directionality:
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performed a Doppler Effect analysis from two videos from the missile attack on the Al-Ahli hospital. The results cast doubt on the IDF’s claim that the missile that hit the hospital approached from the south-west. #AlAhli #IDF 1/7
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We are continuing to update our Cartography of Genocide platform with our analysis of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Half of the layers are currently updated through mid-January, highlighting the escalation in bombardments and forced displacement across northern Gaza over
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NEW: ‘A Cartography of Genocide’. Since October 2023, we have collected and analysed data related to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Our findings indicate that Israel has systematically targeted all aspects of civilian life.
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Israeli “evacuation orders” continue to be instruments of terror & displacement. Palestinians in Gaza’s old city & at Ahli hospital were ordered to evacuate west, only to be attacked there & receive another evacuation order under 24hr later, to a ‘safe area’ that doesn’t exist.
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Last week, we launched and asked you to share your footage with us of police brutality at the #BlackLivesMatter protests following #GeorgeFloyd's killing. We're turning that footage into an interactive platform, documenting violent acts by police.
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With @alhaq_org, we continue to monitor cases of reported attacks by Israel on medical facilities in Gaza. This task is made harder by Israeli disinformation; in the thread below, we demonstrate that Israeli media statements following the al-Ahli hospital blast were misleading.
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At the summit last week on 4 March, a new plan for Gaza’s reconstruction was presented by Arab leaders as an alternative to Trump’s plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza. Our analysis indicates that this initiative—which has gained support from the European Council—includes an
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We geolocated a video circulated this morning, showing the movement of IOF tanks within the designated humanitarian zone of Al-Mawasi in South Gaza. Reports from Gaza indicate a series of IOF attacks since last night on this 'safe zone', displacing thousands.
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Today at the ICJ, Israel claimed its targeting of medical facilities has military justifications. All hospitals in the northern region of the strip were rendered inoperable, irrespective of whether such military justifications were provided. See below:.
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Our aggregation of news reports since 7 Oct suggests that hospitals in Gaza are subjected to a repeated pattern of intimidation, direct targeting, siege, and occupation by the Israeli military:
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7 months ago Lucas Villa was killed in Pereira Colombia while participating in protests during a national strike. FA @bellingcat @cerosetenta @BaudoAP analyzed the incident inc previously unseen footage. Our analysis shows Lucas was targeted in a coordinated assassination. Thread
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Our joint investigation w/ @earshot_ngo and @AJFaultLines into the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab, her 4 cousins, her aunt and uncle, and 2 paramedics on 29 Jan 2024 challenges the Israeli Army’s claim that troops weren't in the area that day.
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A few examples to follow: 1) Israel’s legal team referenced an annotated drone image to claim Al-Quds hospital was used for military purposes and thus a justified target. We found the hospital boundary annotation was incorrect and no evidence of armed operations inside al-Quds.
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A ‘humanitarian zone’ from which displaced people are ordered to evacuate is a meaningless construct. This morning the Israeli army ordered Palestinians in the eastern part of what it had declared an 'expanded humanitarian zone’ on 6 May to evacuate west, towards areas already
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As with its relentless targeting of hospitals, Israel’s regular attacks on the so-called ‘humanitarian zone’ in al-Mawasi threaten to normalise such flagrant violations of international law. The deadly strike on Saturday is just one in a series of repeated attacks on the
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In its defence at the @CIJ_ICJ, Israel claimed it has protected civilians with ‘evacuation orders’ and ‘humanitarian/safe zones’. In the week leading up to today's ruling on provisional measures, Israel has repeatedly targeted shelters & hospitals within these humanitarian zones.
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Israel's new ground operation, aimed at forcibly displacing the entire population of north Gaza, accelerates a pattern of genocidal violence since Oct. 2023. Reports from Jabalia, where the refugee camp has been besieged for two weeks, show intensified attacks on Palestinians.
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2) The Israeli legal team incorrectly identified an annotated image of a crater as a Palestinian rocket launch site. We geolocated, modelled and measured the crater, finding it consistent with the impacts of Israeli bombs between 500 and 1000 lbs.
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We have continued to track Israeli military conduct since the ceasefire came into effect on 19 January. Our analysis confirmed 16 attacks on civilians and multiple incidents in which urban and civilian infrastructure was destroyed between 19 January and 9 February.
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The second Israeli raid on the al-Shifa compound in Gaza is still ongoing. The limited visuals that have surfaced depict horrific scenes of fires raging in the specialised surgery building and the arrest and detention of Palestinians, reportedly totalling in the many hundreds.
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Early Monday, Israeli soldiers raided al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for a second time and issued another evacuation order to civilians sheltering in and around the medical compound. We are continuing to document attacks on al-Shifa here:
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Israel's legal team repeatedly argued that hospitals, shelters, schools, residential buildings & 'safe zones' had lost protected status & were legitimate military targets—relying on singular cases, themselves unproven, to justify widespread targeting of civilian infrastructure.
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Our analysis of satellite imagery from Nov 2023 - Jul 2024 reveals evidence of a new Israeli military corridor east of Gaza City. This new corridor is the second Israeli-built east-west passage through Gaza, after the so-called ‘Netzarim Corridor’. These corridors are
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NEW: With @PLandSoc and Palestinian survivors, we uncovered new evidence of a massacre carried out by Israeli forces during the 1948 Nakba in the village of al-Dawayima. Together, we identified for the first time the likely locations of the massacre and the mass grave where those
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As Israeli forces advance into Rafah’s densely populated centre, bombing indiscriminately and targeting what little aid/medical infrastructure remains in Gaza, they are forcing the ~1.5m civilians in Rafah into a ‘humanitarian zone’ with no functioning medical infrastructure.
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Today is the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, when 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced. The Nakba continues today through ongoing occupation, dispossession, siege, home demolitions, and land confiscations across historic Palestine. End the ongoing Nakba.
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4) The Israeli legal team presented an image they claimed showed aid entering Gaza via the Rafah crossing. The trucks pictured are in fact heading in the opposite direction toward the Israeli Nitzana crossing, where many aid trucks were refused or subjected to lengthy delays.
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3) Israel's legal team used an annotated satellite image to claim Palestinians fired a rocket next to a ‘humanitarian zone’ & UN facility in Rafah. This annotation was misleading: the Israeli military had not identified this area as a ‘humanitarian zone’ in any public statements.
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Today is the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, the first human rights treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. When these pages were signed by world leaders, hundreds of Palestinian villages were in the process of being forcefully depopulated and demolished.
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After targeting Jabalia, the Israeli military is continuing its campaign to forcefully displace Palestinians from northern Gaza, this time from Beit Lahia. Multiple schools, serving as some of the last remaining shelters in the area, have been set on fire. Palestinians who
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Ethnic cleansing is unfolding in northern Gaza. We are witnessing an intensification and acceleration of military tactics previously used by the Israeli military throughout the Strip, this time aimed at enforcing large-scale displacement from the north. Analysis of Israeli ground
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Our analysis shows that all 17 rockets travelled 1.8-2km at 500-630m/s and stopped flaring at a 1km altitude, ~4km west of al-Ahli. According to an aerospace expert, these figures indicate that all rockets would have finished burning their propellant while still in mid-flight.
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On 31 July, the Israeli military carried out an airstrike on a vehicle carrying Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami al-Rifee in northern Gaza, killing both. Their deaths bring the total number of journalists killed by the Israeli military since 7 October up.
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As with its relentless targeting of hospitals, Israel’s regular attacks on the so-called ‘humanitarian zone’ in al-Mawasi threaten to normalise such flagrant violations of international law. The deadly strike on Saturday is just one in a series of repeated attacks on the
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Responding to the 17 May @CIJ_ICJ hearing, we assessed Israel’s actions re: provision of aid, shelter & safe passage to civilians. Findings suggest Israel is not only neglecting its humanitarian duties, but actively destroying conditions of life in Gaza.
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The devastating explosion at al-Ahli hospital has come to epitomise the information war surrounding Israel’s post-7 October invasion of Gaza. Using our 3D model, we will continue to track the dynamic airspace over Gaza to challenge key pieces of Israeli disinformation.
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These recent findings follow our previous analysis, which debunked claims made by an Israeli spokesperson about two videos he alleged showed the rocket responsible for the hospital blast:
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Our 3D reconstruction and trajectory analysis confirmed reports by @nytimes and @washingtonpost: the Israeli military and media maintain that the 17 Oct blast at al-Ahli was caused by a misfiring PIJ/Hamas rocket based on 2 videos, neither of which in fact shows what they claim.
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On 15 Feb @UNRWA posted a video of the ruins of al-Shati Refugee Camp, under which lies an archaeological site w/ remains from Iron Age, Hellenistic, Roman & Byzantine eras. Its destruction is an attempt to destroy Palestinian heritage, a key part of Israel’s genocidal campaign.
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Shocking footage shows unimaginable destruction in📍#Gaza city, including our health centre. 70% of civilian infrastructure- including homes, hospitals & schools- have been destroyed or severely damaged. 84% of health facilities have been affected by attacks. Nowhere is safe.
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NEW INVESTIGATION: On this day in 1893 in present-day Namibia, German colonial troops carried out a massacre at ||Nâ‡gâs, a settlement of the |Khowesin (Witbooi) Nama the colonists called Hornkranz. Working with descendants of survivors, we reconstructed the nearly erased site.
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Reports indicate at least 37 attacks on civilians seeking aid, all near the Israeli-controlled checkpoints on Salah al-Din Street and al-Rashid Street.
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Today we reveal new evidence about the massacres carried out by Israeli forces in the Palestinian village of Tantura after its occupation in May 1948. Our investigation establishes two very likely sites of mass graves—one newly identified.
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NEW Investigation by FA and @alhaq_org's FAI Unit into the 11 May extrajudicial killing of Shireen Abu Akleh uses previously unseen footage provided by @AJArabic and advanced spatial and audio analysis to reveal conclusive evidence. Full investigation: 1/9
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Today we publish our latest, months-long investigation with @counterinv, an interactive cartographic platform that archives, verifies and maps over 1000 ‘drift-backs’ in the Aegean Sea:
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One of Gaza’s most important archaeological sites—threatened previously by Israeli bombings/siege—has been mostly destroyed in the Israeli invasion. The site, near al-Shati refugee camp, consists of several excavations which suggest extensive remains throughout the area:
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The present destruction of the site by the IOF has unfolded in three stages: (1) airstrikes, (2) surface-level demolition, and now (3) the installation of water pumps ostensibly to flood underground tunnels.
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4 August 2011, Tottenham, north London: Mark #Duggan is shot dead by police, after his minicab is pulled over by undercover armed police. He leaps out, turns, and is shot twice. Officers said he was holding a gun - but could this be true? Our latest:
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Friends and comrades in Gaza are telling us about new kinds of destruction. Ferocious Israeli attacks weaponising the elements above and below Palestinian homes and commercial areas, producing human-made natural disasters -- targeted "earth-quakes" and "air-quakes"
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Since this last post from 20 October, @WHO reports that there have been more than 350 attacks on healthcare in Gaza, and over 750 across the Occupied Palestine Territory.
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Israel has falsely claimed that ‘the IDF does not hit hospitals’. @alhaq_org has footage of an IOF strike on the Al-Ahli Hospital cancer ward on 14 Oct (see image stills), and WHO has reported 59 attacks on healthcare in Gaza and 137 across the Occupied Territory since 7 Oct.
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Working with activists and lawyers in Jerusalem, we constructed an interactive urban narrative explaining the policies and practices through which Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah are being forcibly displaced, and their struggle with the Israeli courts and settler groups.
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Today marks 1 year since our beloved friend and colleague, co-founder of @AinMedia Roshdi al-Sarraj was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on his father's home. We miss you dearly, Roshdi, and still feel your great absence.
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Early Monday, Israeli soldiers raided al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for a second time and issued another evacuation order to civilians sheltering in and around the medical compound. We are continuing to document attacks on al-Shifa here:
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Our analysis reveals how Israel's systematic displacement of Palestinians, towards areas already rendered unliveable by attacks on critical civilian infrastructure, has occurred in three phases. Read our full text report here:
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Read more about our analysis and see a detailed breakdown of our 3D trajectory tracking methodology:
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At the @CIJ_ICJ, Israel cited its use of ‘humanitarian measures’ to defend itself against the charge of genocide. Our research reveals these measures in fact support Israel’s genocidal campaign, forcing civilians into unliveable areas, where they come under renewed attack.
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FA and members of the Investigative Commons have been monitoring the status of the @GazaFFlotilla as it embarked on a journey to deliver aid to Gaza under the ongoing genocide and total blockade. This morning just after midnight (CET), while just outside Maltese territorial
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These findings are preliminary and non-exhaustive. We will update the map as our research progresses on Israel’s systematic attack on aid. See our interactive map on aid attacks here:
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On 1 April, the IOF shot & killed Mohammad Al-Osaibi inside Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem. Our analysis challenges IOF claims that the incident was not captured by any of the dozens of cameras in Al-Aqsa. As occupying power, Israel is liable & must release all additional footage.
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Israel destroyed agriculture and water resources across Gaza, in many cases permanently damaging them and degrading the territory’s ability to sustain life. By 30 June, Israel had destroyed ~70% of agricultural land, 47% of groundwater wells and 45% of greenhouses in Gaza.
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Israel's abuse of ‘humanitarian measures’ continued even after the @CIJ_ICJ ruling on provisional measures on 26 Jan. Through Feb, attacks on ‘safe zones’ (including Rafah) escalated, confirming the conclusion of a UN assessment from 6 Jan 2024: ‘there is no safe place in Gaza’.
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We present our findings in a report and an interactive platform, revealing how Israel’s military campaign has fundamentally reshaped Gaza. Much of this reshaping appears to embody in practice the statements of genocidal intent made by Israeli state and army officials and media.
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In a press conference hours after the blast, Dr Abu-Sittah predicted further Israeli attacks on hospitals would follow. In the past year, Israel has attacked all aspects of Gaza’s healthcare system: . Ghassan thus refers to the blast as the moment ‘it
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With @bellingcat, we're looking to build the most comprehensive database of violence by police against protesters, journalists, and bystanders, to support legal efforts, advocacy, and accountability. Share your footage here:
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Evacuation orders announced by the Israeli military have affected ~67% of the total area of the Gaza Strip. These orders concentrated hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into areas that lack the basic infrastructure for survival – in violation of international law.
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See our ongoing analysis and mapping of the Israeli destruction of medical infrastructure in Gaza since 7 October:
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Phase 1 began 13 Oct, when the Israeli army ordered 1.1M Palestinians in the area north of Wadi Gaza to evacuate within 24h. A new 'border' checkpoint on Salah al-Din Street enforced the new north/south divide and prevented displaced Palestinians from returning.
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Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest in Gaza, has been subjected to this systematic process of destruction and depopulation. We brought together open-source evidence to tell its horrifying story day by day:
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Israel repeatedly attacked civilian infrastructure in Gaza: 71% of known shelters, 53% of utilities, 75% of schools, 80% of religious institutions, 91% of cultural heritage sites have been destroyed or damaged.
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Forensis, our sister group in Berlin @andrdimitra @counterinv compiled data on the scale of German weapons export to Israel which has further grown during the genocide… in support of a legal challenge seeking to halt it.
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Today, on behalf of three Palestinians in Rafah, we - a Berlin-based collective of lawyers - filed an urgent legal application against the German government to halt the export of war weapons to Israel. This legal action was taken in collaboration w/ @ForensicArchi & @elsclegal
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Israel has imposed a new system of spatial control on Gaza, destroying agricultural lands and buildings to create infrastructure that supports a long-term military presence, including roads, checkpoints and a 1 km-wide buffer zone.
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Phase 2: on 1 Dec, Israel published an online interactive ‘evacuation grid’, which announced evacuation orders by dividing Gaza into 623 blocks. Its use has been unclear, inconsistent, and contradictory, and amid communications blackouts, most Gazans cannot even access it.
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With Phase 2 still ongoing, Phase 3 began on 22 Jan, when the Israeli army invaded the ‘safe zone’ in al-Mawasi – Palestinians sheltering there were displaced once again. Today, Rafah, once declared ‘safe’, is under threat of imminent invasion and further displacement.
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Evacuation orders have consistently directed civilians to ‘safe routes’ & ‘safe zones’ that were not safe. On 13 Oct 2023, Salah al-Din Street was hit by an Israeli airstrike – the same day it had been declared a 'safe route' for evacuees moving south.
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Evacuation orders have directed civilians to ‘safe zones’ with conflicting & inconsistent boundaries. For example, the Israeli military published at least 4 different boundaries for the al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’.
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7 months
Israel systematically dismantled Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure, attacking hospitals and targeting medical workers. By August, 35 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals had been forced out of service at least once, and at least 595 healthcare workers had been killed, and 300 arrested.
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Forensic Architecture
4 months
NEW INVESTIGATION: Israeli forces repeatedly attacked Gaza’s main port in the week following 7 Oct 2023. By Jan 2024, after months of continued attacks, all vessels docked in the port had been rendered non-operational, devastating Gaza’s fishing industry and increasing
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Forensic Architecture
1 year
The present destruction of the site by the IOF has unfolded in three stages: (1) airstrikes, (2) surface-level demolition, and now (3) the installation of water pumps ostensibly to flood underground tunnels.
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Forensic Architecture
5 months
Delighted in the liberation of the torture prison of Saydnaya. In 2016 we met five survivors and together reconstructed the prison from their recollections.
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Omar Abu Layla
5 months
🚨🚨🚨🚨. The first moments of taking control of the infamous Saydnaya prison and freeing thousands of Syrians whom the Assad regime had detained and tortured for many years. #newsyria
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@ForensicArchi
Forensic Architecture
7 months
Israel weaponised ‘protective measures’, repeatedly ordering the displacement of civilians to areas of Gaza it then attacked, conducting deadly strikes within the constantly shifting boundaries of an Israeli-designated ‘humanitarian zone’.
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Forensic Architecture
4 years
Our latest investigation is out. With @risestjames, we built tools to find lost cemeteries of enslaved people threatened by industry in Louisiana’s ‘Death Alley’ and used fluid dynamics to evidence the impact of toxic petrochemicals on Black communities.
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Forensic Architecture
3 years
Im Februar 2020 wurden neun Menschen bei einem rassistischen Anschlag in #Hanau ermordet. Das Vorgehen der Polizei an diesem Abend wirft viele Fragen auf. Wir arbeiten mit @19februarhanau und den Familien der Opfer zusammen, um einige dieser Fragen zu untersuchen.
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@ForensicArchi
Forensic Architecture
3 years
FA is pleased to announce its first collaborative investigation with @CST_echo. Just over 3 months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we present a detailed analysis of one of the first symbolically significant events of the war, the Russian missile strike on the Kyiv TV tower.
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Forensic Architecture
7 months
The interrelated and compounding effects of these various dimensions of Israel’s assault on Gaza indicate a deliberate effort to render the territory incapable of supporting life, both in the present and in the long-term. Read our full report here:
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@ForensicArchi
Forensic Architecture
2 years
Our 3D reconstruction and trajectory analysis confirmed reports by @nytimes and @washingtonpost: the Israeli military and media maintain that the 17 Oct blast at al-Ahli was caused by a misfiring PIJ/Hamas rocket based on 2 videos, neither of which in fact shows what they claim.
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@ForensicArchi
Forensic Architecture
3 years
Our latest investigation + our first ‘open source archaeology’, documents the ancient city of Anthedon near Al-Shati camp in Gaza—Palestinian heritage under threat from coastal erosion, repeated bombings & the humanitarian disaster of Israeli occupation.
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Forensic Architecture
7 months
To identify patterns across thousands of data points, we developed an interactive cartographic platform. This turns rows of data into a navigable map of Gaza, within which it is possible to define regions, periods in time, and select certain categories of events. See the platform.
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