Lorenzo Tondo
@lorenzo_tondo
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Correspondent for @guardian.
Palermo, Sicilia
Joined June 2015
In the last year, I have helped expose the prosecutor’s alleged error: they arrested a #refugee and mistook him for a smuggler. The prosecutors have responded by wiretapping my conversations with one of my sources. Thanks to the @guardian for their support. #Italy #MigrantCrisis
Italian prosecutors wiretap Guardian journalist Lorenzo Tondo
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Israeli airstrikes on #Gaza on Tuesday night, which killed at least 60 people, exposed all the frailties of a #ceasefire that from the outset never resembled a genuine truce but rather a gun held by #Israel to the head of the #Palestinian people. My latest
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Attacks shatter Palestinians’ short-lived relief since start of ceasefire that now looks increasingly fragile
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The International Red Cross accompanied members of #Hamas inside areas of #Gaza still under the control of #Israel to facilitate the search for the bodies of Israeli #hostages, an official from the ICRC told @guardian. My latest. #Palestine #war
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Exclusive: Red Cross acts as ‘neutral intermediary’ to recover hostages’ remains in areas under Israeli control
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At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians returned by #Israel to #Gaza had been held in a notorious prison already facing allegations of torture and unlawful deaths in custody, officials from Gaza’s health ministry told @guardian . My latest.
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Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths
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Exclusive! #GretaThunberg, detained in #Israel after attempting to break #Gaza’s naval blockade with humanitarian #flotilla, is facing abuse by Israeli forces, who photographed her while forcing her to hold flags. My latest. #Palestine #war #Gaza #sumud
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Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
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Thank you @lorenzo_tondo for raising this topic to the readers of @guardian How the Israeli mainstream media is hardly covering the humanitarian crisis in #Gaza, and often adopt the official Israeli stance that there is no famine https://t.co/ZhR7U6SCH4
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A growing focus on hunger in Gaza in the global media has led some Israeli outlets to report on it for the first time
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Oggi alle 11 con @GiuliaDeLuca82 🎙️ - Gaza, l’apocalisse dall’alto @lorenzo_tondo @MSF_ITALIA - Israele contro Israele. Dissidi interni e affondi sul sistema educativo nel paese. @arieldavid1980
https://t.co/x8QYfT9V7u
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Gaza seen through our eyes. With @lorenzo_tondo for @guardian Here the article: https://t.co/0mUMPn02JH
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Una terra desolata fatta di macerie, polvere e tombe: come appare Gaza dal cielo - un pezzo di @lorenzo_tondo con foto di @AlessioMamo
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The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive
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Seen from the air, #Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. The remnants of a city wiped out. But here there has been no natural disaster & no slow passage of time. My latest. #Palestine #Israel
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The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive
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Le lacrime di @robertosaviano sono il dolore di chi porta sulle spalle il peso di aver acceso i riflettori della stampa e della giustizia su una Mafia che era sconosciuta fuori dai confini della Campania. Lo ha fatto con le parole, quelle che il Governo vorrebbe imbavagliare.
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We interviewed Abu Shabab, leader of a clan operating in #Gaza & armed by #Israel to counter #Hamas. He is the 1st official collaborator with Israeli forces since the start of the conflict. And he could push #Palestine to the brink of civil war. My latest
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In email exchange, leader of clan that Israel acknowledges arming blames Hamas for war and for looting of aid trucks
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Exclusive: @PalestineRCS shares the account of a paramedic detained for 37 days by Israeli forces after surviving a deadly attack in #Gaza, where15 aid workers were buried in a mass grave. He says #Israel killed them while they were still alive. #Palestine
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Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life
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1 afternoon in #Gaza, 2 family tragedies: the childhoods cut short by Israeli airstrikes. A reflection of a daily reality in the territory: the killing and maiming of its youngest citizens & the destruction of a generation. My latest. #Palestine #Israel
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Relatives’ trauma over events of 23 May reflects a daily reality in Gaza: the killing and maiming of its youngest citizens
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Dr. Alaa al-Najjar couldn’t identify all 9 of her children killed by #Israel —some were burned beyond recognition, others decapitated. Now she stands outside the hospital room of her only surviving child—her last reason to live. My latest. #Gaza #Palestine
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Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivors
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Dr al-Najjar was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across #Gaza on Friday when she received the bodies of 9 of her children killed by a strike in Khan Younis. The eldest of the children was 12. My latest. #Palestine #Israel #war
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Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies
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2nd Italian journalist from @fanpage which exposed young fascists within #Meloni’s far-right party was targeted with mercenary spyware. @ciropellegrino is the 6th individual in #Italy subjected to spyware allegedly deployed by state actors
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Ciro Pellegrino of Fanpage, who has been critical of Meloni government, says notification provoked ‘horrible feeling’
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Matteo #Salvini’s far‑right party has admitted to using AI‑generated images of #migrants & muslims on its social media channels, which opposition parties have condemned as “racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic.” My latest. #Salvini #Razzismo #AI #IA #Italy
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Centre-left parties slam ‘racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic’ faked images posted on social media by League party
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The Israeli army lied.A clip found on the mobile phone of 1 of the 15 Palestinian health workers that they killed&thrown into a mass grave shows that the victims were traveling in ambulances,with headlights on&flashing emergency lights. #Israel #Gaza #war
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Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances
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Chronology of a Massacre. This timeline documents what we know so far about the killing of 15 Palestinian health workers, tied, tortured, beaten, shot, & buried in a mass grave by Israeli soldiers. #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #War
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A week after contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza, their bodies were found in a mass grave
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