Imogen Piper

What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby. The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.

Authorities have arrested a man for starting a fire on New Years that caused the Palisades blaze several days later.
Our investigation from Jan. used satellite and visual analysis to show that a fire on New Year’s Day likely smouldered for days before being reignited 6 days later. wapo.st/4pWUKNX

Crush of flights routinely strained National Airport capacity before crash Air traffic managers urged fewer flights to reduce risks at Reagan National Airport before the fatal January collision, but testimony shows the FAA bowing to political pressure.

In the 18 minutes before the DCA crash, the air traffic controller managed the movement of 29 different aircraft, including the arrival or departure of six flights within 5 minutes.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Hi David, I'm a reporter from The Washington Post. Could you message me, we're interested in publishing your photo. Thanks!

Israeli strike hit four areas in notorious Tehran prison. Civilians among the dead. A Post review of satellite imagery and videos revealed damage that pointed to multiple strikes, with structures nearly 2,000 feet apart in ruins.

Multiple Israeli strikes on Evin Prison in Tehran caused damage across 2,000 feet. The strikes killed civilians and damaged structures including a visitor gate, visitor hall, medical center, and solitary confinement cells.
wapo.st/3Id3k9Q

Indian strikes on Pakistan damaged six airfields, Post analysis finds A review of satellite images and aftermath videos found that the strikes damaged three hangars, two runways and a pair of mobile buildings used by the air force.

Our analysis of satellite Imagery showed impacts on aircraft hangars, runways and a likely air force control area.
wapo.st/4j8TnqP

Our Visual Forensics/International coverage of Israeli atrocities in Gaza was announced last night a Pulitzer Prize finalist!

The nominated stories were reported with rigor and care. They centre human stories and harness innovative techniques to uncover hidden truths from afar. Proud of our team!

Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house Experts say images obtained by The Post show blast patterns and shell fragments that are consistent with two Israeli tank shells. The IDF has denied responsibility for the strike, which killed a Europ...

Visual Evidence indicates UN guesthouse in Gaza was hit by two Israeli tank rounds, killing aid worker Marin Marinov, known to U.N. colleagues for his warmth and kindness, and severely injuring 5 others.

Read our story here: wapo.st/4jv2uCI

Unable to publish crucial satellite imagery evidence from the moments after the incident, we recreated the scene in 3D.

Six emergency vehicles are visible in a hole just south of where medics' bodies would be exhumed a week later.

20 IDF vehicles are within a 0.5mile radius.

While the Israeli military said the soldiers shot from afar, gunfire was initially 150 feet away or less when they opened fire on the convoy of emergency vehicles and later was within about 50 feet, according to the estimates of two audio forensics experts who analyzed audio for The Post.

How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.

Our story reconstructs the moments before and after the killing and mass burial of health workers in Gaza.

The initial Israeli gunshots that targeted Palestinian paramedics were fired from 150 feet or less, audio suggests.

Gift link: wapo.st/4cowWMq

Palestinian paramedics said Israel gave them safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed.
Gift link - t.co/m5uFT5qIqo

Israel is demolishing northern Gaza and fortifying military positions, imagery shows
Gift link - t.co/8TsOCvDB1o

Threading some of the stories that won...

Drone footage raises questions about Israeli justification for deadly strike on Gaza journalists
Gift link - t.co/PYrw8C9H5u

It is an immense honor to be awarded The Shireen Abu Akleh Award for continuing coverage of a conflict from @opcofamerica.bsky.social for our accountability-driven stories about the war in Gaza.
We will continue to report on this war, as we are doing today.

At this point if the helicopter pilot had misidentified the incoming plane for one further behind, it would have become increasingly difficult for them to realize their mistake as the AA 5342 jet's lights merged with the city lights below as it arced to the east preparing to land at runway 33.

Our examination shows how the American Airlines jet, AA5342, and the second plane AA3130, though separated by miles, would have appeared close to one another near the horizon and the helicopter crew could have confused the two jets when the tower first warned of incoming air traffic.

3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash From the perspective of the helicopter cockpit, the lights of the incoming American Airlines jet could have also been obscured by the glow of the city skyline, pilots said.

Helicopter pilot's request for "visual separation" from passenger plane complicated by city lights and potential confusion with another jet in line of sight, our new 3D reconstruction shows.
wapo.st/4htyTJf

Sentinel-2 satellite imagery taken on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m., around 20 minutes after the Palisades Fire began, indicates that the origin of the smoke overlapped with the burn scar from the New Year’s Eve fire. Smoke extends in the direction of the wind, to the south.

The Post identified the burn scar of the New Year’s Eve fire using false-color satellite imagery taken before and after the blaze. The near-infrared spectral band helps track changes to vegetation in satellite imagery. Healthy plant cover appears red, while the scorched ground appears blue to brown.

What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.

Our new investigation uses visual evidence and radio coms to show how the burn scar from a New Year's Eve fire may have started the Palisades blaze 6 days later. wapo.st/3Ci3ASa

New clearings and demolitions over the last two months were concentrated in the south of Jabalya, flattening almost half of the camp, including the main market area.

As of Dec. 1, a third of all buildings across the North Gaza governate had been destroyed since the beginning of the war.

The establishment of this corridor, the clearing of tracts of land on either side of it and the construction of square-shaped protected outposts resemble the IDF’s transformation of the Netzarim Corridor, a strategic Israeli military zone in the center of Gaza, analysts said.

The visual evidence shows almost half of Jabalya refugee camp was demolished or cleared between Oct. 14 and Dec. 15, connecting a preexisting road in the west to an expanded vehicle track in the east — carving out a military axis that stretches from the sea to the border fence with Israel.

Israel is demolishing northern Gaza and fortifying military positions, imagery shows Visual analysis and interviews show how Palestinians have been forced from their homes in the north as the Israeli military cuts a new corridor through Gaza.

Our new VF story analyzes satellite Imagery alongside witness accounts to show how Israel is establishing a new corridor in North Gaza, fortifying military positions, demolishing huge swathes of Jabalya and Beit Lahia, and forcing civilians out.

wapo.st/4gFoSrO

Revenge attacks in post-Assad Syria fuel fear and mistrust Across Syria, the country’s rebel leaders are struggling to contain revenge attacks, as vigilantes seize on the chaos of the moment to settle personal scores.

Our story draws on testimony and verifies videos to trace acts of violent retribution and extrajudicial killings across Syria post Rebel takeover.

w/ @ntabrizy.bsky.social, @leloveluck.bsky.social, Loveday Morris, Susan Haidamous and Mustafa Salim

wapo.st/49IXjeO

The decisions that cost some lives and saved others during Helene’s wrath Victims and survivors filmed Helene’s flooding in Tennessee, showing what went wrong as a hospital was evacuated and six people were swept away at a nearby factory.

During Helene, dozens were dramatically rescued from the roof of a Tennessee hospital. A mile away, 6 workers died at a factory.

We spent 2 months investigating why some lived — and some died — in Erwin, analyzing visuals, flood maps, weather data + interviewing survivors and relatives. GIFT LINK:

Pentagon urged to make payments for slain, injured civilians Groups have appealed to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to address a backlog of civilian casualty claims before the Biden administration leaves office.

“They lost homes, limbs and loved ones.” Some families lost their sole breadwinner, others are left with chronic medical needs.
@megkelly.bsky.social on the even greater urgency, post-election, of making payments to the families of civilians killed in US strikes.
wapo.st/3YUeyov

Paratroopers arrived at Miqdad's home to rescue the hostages & special forces after their vehicle broke down.
Miqdad told The Post troops shot two of his grandsons; one, 12yr old Yamen, later died in the hospital.
Helmet cam shows the civilian escape vehicles parked out front.

After the vehicle carrying the three male hostages was shot at and broke down on the way out of Nuseirat, the forces stopped outside the family home of Abdul Raouf Miqdad and waited for paratroopers to arrive to rescue them.

A video filmed half a mile from the site of the raid, shows the aftermath of a strike. At least 15 people are dead or severely wounded.
Another large strike is recorded near a busy market. Because the raid is occurring during the day, the streets are full.