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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

An analysis of dozens of 3D animations published by the Israeli army discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries and content creators as far afield as Scotland and Port Orchard.

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

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08.10.2025 17:06 — 👍 49    🔁 34    💬 5    📌 4

Someone just shared your great and speedy reporting on this, hence the follow. Will be keeping an eye on your work going forward!

24.09.2025 01:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How an Attempted ICE Arrest Near Chicago Turned Deadly (Gift Article) The New York Times analyzed surveillance, police body-camera footage and bystander videos to understand what happened when an immigration agent shot and killed a motorist in a Chicago suburb.

Earlier this month, an ICE officer shot and killed Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant, in a Chicago suburb. We analyzed surveillance, body cam and bystander videos, and found that key aspects of the DHS description of events do not hold up.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

23.09.2025 13:41 — 👍 31    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 2

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ [FREE TO READ] A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back

NEW: Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ via @FT
GHF’s plan forces hungry Palestinians to trek miles to aid sites, often through the IDF’s active military areas. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured. This is how…
www.ft.com/content/6c74...

14.07.2025 06:19 — 👍 392    🔁 255    💬 11    📌 14

a side view of the photogrammetry model of a trench.

a detail from the photogrammetry model showing what appears to be teeth marks from an excavator

a historical aerial image showing the approximate location of the najha cemetery

We interviewed neighbors and former workers, as well as reviewed dozens of photos, videos, recent and historical satellite and aerial imagery of mass grave sites. My colleague Charlie Smart reported from Damascus and captured one remaining trench with photogrammetry.

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How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims (Gift Article) A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar al-Assad.

Our investigation into the Assad regime’s use of mass graves shows how the practice grew from a few bodies in existing tombs to industrial-scale trenches. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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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/...

13.06.2025 15:18 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Guantánamo Migrant Operation Has Held Fewer Than 500 Detainees, and None in Tents

We kept an eye on the migrant tent camp that the Trump administration spent millions building and used as a photo op backdrop. Weeks later and after no migrants were ever held there, the tents are coming down. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

06.05.2025 15:38 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0