Caught on satellite: a B-52 bomber flies above the Caribbean on October 15th, less than 150 miles from the Venezuelan coast. More on the escalating US military campaign here: www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

1/ In recent months, we began documenting remnants of an unknown Israeli munition being used in Gaza. Its use has allegedly resulted in civilian casualties. To date, Israel has not publicly declared the munition’s existence.

Here’s what we know so far:🧵

www.cbsnews.com/news/netanya...

The Bar was first reported to have been used by the IDF in August 2024, and the IDF released video showing multiple Bar missiles being fired by a Lahav.

IDF Release on the Bar:
www.idf.il/291369/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK0R...
Additional Info:
www.israeldefense.co.il/node/64118

First visual evidence of a Romach/Accular 122mm or Bar missile I've seen in Gaza. These are 122mm rockets that have been upgraded with guidance. This is likely the Bar, as it is an upgrade over the Romach and has improved accuracy.

"Un harcèlement ça se voit"

Something to note on the Nasser Hospital attack — there's a direct line of sight to the Reuters livestream position to a large IDF excavation northeast of the hospital. The livestream had even filmed what appear to be two IDF tanks moving in the area on Aug 21: www.youtube.com/live/uN78d9M...

Today Kenyan civil society organisations have called upon the Kenyan government and the UN security council to take action following our reporting with the Daily Nation. We found Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces depot in Sudan. pressrelease.co.ke/news/375

In our latest Bellingcat Stage Talk we discussed how we monitored the immigration raids in LA using footage shared on social media. Listen to the episode with @koltai.bsky.social, @sergioolmos.bsky.social of @calmatters.org and Kevin Clancy of @evidentmedia.org here: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

A July 26 SkySat image from Planet Labs showing a large crowd of Palestinians visible around an aid convoy in southern Gaza. There are enough people in the crowd to make it very easily visible in the satellite imagery. There's a large amount of destruction in the area and an IDF outpost is nearby.

A massive crowd of Palestinians surrounding aid trucks is visible in July 26 SkySat imagery from @planet.com near the so-called Morag Corridor at 31.3104, 34.2822 in southern Gaza.

July 26 video from Ibrahim Alsallout on Instagram showed the crowd from the ground: www.instagram.com/p/DMkmVvNo6n...

Someone spotted the CBP MQ-9 Reaper circling over Los Angeles tonight.

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Ukraine’s Missile Evolution 2014–2025: From Long-Range Drones to Heavy-Hitters Tracing the rise, setbacks, and future of Ukraine’s long-range strike industry

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Fabian Hoffman's new write up

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🇫🇷🌡️ Six départements de la moitié sud du pays vont s'ajouter aux 5 déjà placés en vigilance orange "canicule" pour la journée de vendredi, qui marquera le début de la deuxième vague de chaleur en France cet été, a annoncé jeudi Météo-France ⤵️

Swedish Air Force did a ”surveillance mission” between Sweden and Denmark a few hours ago.

Post contains an image of Russian Navy Neustrashimy class frigate 772 Neustrashimy. So presumably they are the object of attraction.

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TLDR: Collect evidence of munition remnants > estimate direction of origin > overlay to know where to look for launch systems > identify military units > trace back chain of command.

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How Many Law Enforcement Agencies Are Involved in LA Immigration Protests? (Gift Article) A Times analysis identified more than a dozen agencies that were on the ground in the past week. See which are represented, the gear they carry and how they interact.

on the dozen+ agencies operating at the Los Angeles anti-immigration raids protests www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

France24 reports an Iranian source told them that if Israeli strikes continue after 3:30 Jerusalem time (30 minutes from now), it will be considered an annulment of the ceasefire agreement.

Per TW-@ThetiMapping

Iranian government 340-313, EP-IGA is currently over the Gulf of Oman leaving Iran. This is normally the VIP aircraft for the president of Iran.

Iranian government 340-313, EP-IGA is currently over the Gulf of Oman leaving Iran. This is normally the VIP aircraft for the president of Iran.

Iranian government 340-313, EP-IGA is currently over the Gulf of Oman leaving Iran. This is normally the VIP aircraft for the president of Iran.

Morón AB is becoming quite the tanker party zone. Depending on whether 61-0299 returns, Morón Airbase should be at 16-17 tankers since Sunday. Four outbounds, six arrivals the last 24 hours. Morón had 14 tanker arrivals on Sunday.

Morón AB is becoming quite the tanker party zone.

Depending on whether 61-0299 returns, Morón Airbase should be at 16-17 tankers since Sunday. Four outbounds, six arrivals the last 24 hours.

Morón had 14 tanker arrivals on Sunday.

Nasa FIRMS reading in Shiraz

Traces of Israeli bombardments North of Shiraz (Iran). firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#t:tsd;d...