The full article, written and researched by CNN's Lauren Kent, @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social, Sarah El Sirgany, Abeer Salman, and me, is here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/m...
The five journalists killed were Reuters contractor Al-Masri, freelance visual journalists Mariam Abu Dagga and Moath Abu Taha, who both worked with the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters throughout the war, freelance journalist Ahmed Abu Aziz, and Mohammad Salama, a cameraman for Al Jazeera in Gaza.
Combined, Israel's back-to-back strikes on Nasser Hospital killed at least 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews, and five journalists.
A satellite image taken by Planet Labs on August 22 shows more than a dozen combat vehicles, including tanks, at an IDF base 1.5 miles northeast of Nasser Hospital. Multiple IDF bases are further northeast. It is not clear whether the shells came from those nearby tanks or from another IDF position.
Video shows the projectiles that hit the hospital staircase were coming from the northeast and were consistent with tank shells, according to an analysis by @easybakeovensz.bsky.social, a former US Army senior explosive ordnance disposal team member.
Jenzen Jones, the director of Armament Research Services, also said that the two near-simultaneous shells seen in the new video are likely to be from “multi-purpose” tank guns, such as the Israeli M339 model.
New video analysis reveals that the second “tap”
the IDF fired at a group of first-responders and journalists on Monday was in fact two near-simultaneous tank rounds.
"It’s hard to read too much into that, but it suggests a more carefully coordinated attack," said weapons expert N.R. Jenzen-Jones.
New investigation: ‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting edition.cnn.com/2025/06/04/m...
Proud that two of our investigations into Israel’s war in Gaza have been nominated for #NewsEmmys. Powerful reporting by @tqiblawi.bsky.social, @allegragoodwin.bsky.social, @jomanak.bsky.social, @mickbk.bsky.social, @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social and many more. cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/05/01/c...
For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
“Come to me, Dad, help me… we were targeted by the Israelis, and they are now shooting at us directly.” Audio and video capture last moments of aid workers killed in Gaza. Yahya Abou-Ghazala, @jeremydiamond.bsky.social, @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social and team report: edition.cnn.com/2025/04/07/m...
The OSMP has added two images published by CNN's @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social of an Israeli M339 tank gun projectile reportedly recovered from a United Nations compound in central Gaza on March 19.
The UN said a Bulgarian staff member died, with five others injured.
osmp.ngo/osmp1214/
Illegal Israeli herding outposts have proliferated in the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7, new analysis reveals. With Trump in office, Palestinians fear annexation could be next.
@allegragoodwin.bsky.social, @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social and Nada Bashir report: edition.cnn.com/2025/03/20/m...
NEW INVESTIGATION: ‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town of Sanobar - w/@tqiblawi.bsky.social Sarah Sirgany @allegragoodwin.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2025/03/17/m...
CNN investigation sheds light on the massacre of an Alawite community in al-Sanobar, or Pine village, where government-aligned forces subjected largely unarmed villagers to summary executions, looting, arson and sectarian slurs. Bodies were piled in two mass graves. edition.cnn.com/2025/03/17/m...
NEW INVESTIGATION: ‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town of Sanobar - w/@tqiblawi.bsky.social Sarah Sirgany @allegragoodwin.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2025/03/17/m...
Drawing on survivor interviews, satellite imagery and verified videos, reporting by @tqiblawi.bsky.social, Sarah El Sirgany, @allegragoodwin.bsky.social and @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social reveals the scale of sectarian violence that played out across Syria's coastal region earlier this month.
NEW VISUAL INVESTIGATION FROM @cnn.com
we pieced together the evidence of a massacre of a minority community in a coastal Syrian village
with @tqiblawi.bsky.social Sarah Sirgany and @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social
cnn.com/2025/03/17/middleeast/syria-massacre-alawite-minority-intl-invs/index.html
When I was diagnosed with PTSD about 10 years ago, my boss decided to tell me and the entire team that he had it as well from covering a conflict 20 years earlier. I still feel gratitude for that acknowledgment and how that set the tone for subsequent convos we had as a team on mental health.
A lot has been happening in Sudan but very little is talked about, which is a grave mistake given the SAF & RSF often intensify their attacks around December of every year, using the lack of media attention getting closer to the holidays. But one of the dealiest took place just 2 days ago 1/
What was the military strategy behind the takeover of Damascus? We pieced together the videos to find out. @allegragoodwin.bsky.social @averyschmitz.bsky.social @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social @isaacyeephoto.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2024/12/09/w...
1/ New @hrw.org #Sudan report : The Rapid Support Forces & allied militias carried out war crimes in South Kordofan, killing and raping civilians, and looting & destroying homes in attacks that displaced 10s of thousands & left ghost towns in their wake. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
🧵Look towards the light.
As Rebel forces in Syria advanced across Syria & never stopped a key question was why the Regime evaporated. Syria by night provides some clues on how the Regime's social contract collapsed.
Read my analysis here aspistrategist.org.au/just-look-at...
& read on
We looked into the surprise rebel attack in Aleppo, Syria: how it happened and what the videos tell us. OSINT work by @allegragoodwin.bsky.social @isaacyeephoto.bsky.social @averyschmitz.bsky.social + filming by Alex Platt + editing by Oscar Featherstone
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/w...
Let's make a more diverse osint starter pack - a 50/50 m/f split and a move away from westerners would be great. I've made a start (and yes, it's currently lots of men/westerners - help me shift the balance!) Can the community help me crowd source this?
go.bsky.app/36JpUBi
Speaking of the utterly broken Twitter search (RIP), here are instructions for searching on Bluesky. It requires a little more from you, but once you know the prefixes, I've found the search works just fine. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Cyber attacks, arson and spy ships: How Putin's hybrid war threatens the UK inews.co.uk/news/cyber-a...
Imagine standing next to Bob Dylan at a Nick Cave concert.
Just joined this platform! Excited to connect with fellow journalists/investigators and anyone who wants to chat about story ideas...
NEW: Russia’s ‘FBI’ was targeting US elections with a barrage of disinformation—just days before Nov. 5
We tracked how this network is carrying out a Russian mercenary’s vision with Clemson's Media Forensics Hub 👇👇
From @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social, Tim Lister, Saskya Vandoorne, and me:
