Christoph Koettl
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@nytimes Visual Investigations journalist, with a weakness for satellite images. Austrian in NYC.
New York, NY
Joined October 2008
Breaking: Pentagon admits mistake in Kabul drone strike that killed aid worker and members of his family, confirming findings of the New York Times Visual investigation published last week
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Took a little pic of the White House a.k.a. demolition site today. 🛰️📷 via @planet
https://t.co/QaAbkDerRl
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U.S. strikes boat in Pacific, first strike against civilians outside Caribbean https://t.co/LT2voH9HdK
nytimes.com
It was the eighth known strike, and the first outside of the Caribbean, in the Trump administration’s campaign against what it says are boats carrying drugs bound for the United States.
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Gift link to the article here:
nytimes.com
About 10,000 U.S. troops and dozens of military aircraft and ships are in the region as the Trump administration increases pressure on Venezuela.
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Much of the attention on the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean has focused, understandably, on the ships and planes sent to the region. But there's a lot more than that going on. 🧵👇
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Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for the deadly attack on Gaza hospital https://t.co/zsnNfF9JXG
reuters.com
The August 25 attack on Nasser Hospital killed 22, including five journalists.
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AP reporting calls into question why and how Israel attacked a #Gaza hospital. Israeli forces struck a position well known as a journalists’ gathering point, because — a military official said — they believed a camera on the roof was being used by Hamas to observe troops.
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The world's leading genocide scholars' association passed a resolution Sunday saying Israel's actions in Gaza "meet the legal definition of genocide." The vote among the 500-member body passed with 86 percent support:
reuters.com
The world's biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on...
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New video piece on the Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital that killed six journalists. From @ckoettl, @sanjanamv, @NatalieReneau
nytimes.com
The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a...
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This video compilation shows a series of other videos with a number of journalists at the same exterior staircase location at Nasser Hospital, back in January 2024. It was clearly a place where journalists regularly filmed/streamed, for years now. https://t.co/8JWWf9trHX
Palestinian journalist Abdelrahman Alkahlout posted a video on his social media highlighting the importance of Nasser Hospital for journalists working in Khan Younis. “Since the beginning of the war, I have relied on this spot at Nasser Medical Complex as the only window to
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For the first time, CIR has uncovered the location of a Sudanese RSF military camp in the desert of Sudan’s neighbour, Libya. It is directly linked to the war in Sudan. We will show you where, we will show you how. Watch in full now: https://t.co/6gTlaNTcJ4
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The L.A.P.D.’s widespread use of less-lethal weapons on protesters in June was intended to limit injuries and deaths. But our analysis shows how officers misused the weapons, violating department protocol by shooting and severely injuring two protesters with 40-mm sponge rounds.
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The #NewsEmmys Award for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story – Short Form goes to She Survived an Airstrike that Killed Her Entire Family in Gaza (@nytimes).
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Israel destroys Iranian refueling plane in Mashhad. 747 seems OK 🛰️📷 @Planet (Skysat and Planetscope comparison) https://t.co/4a6BMY83tJ
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@Maxar And an @umbraspace SAR image shows the estimated size of the debris field (colored area). 🛰️📷 via EUSI
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@Maxar New @maxar imagery from today captures a dust cloud (lower right side) from another, smaller landslide at the Birchgletscher in #Blatten, #Switzerland. 🛰️📷 via EUSI
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Dramatic satellite imagery of the glacier collapse in #Blatten, #Switzerland. A small lake started to form where the river that was running through the village is now blocked. 🛰️📷 via @Maxar
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