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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 22h

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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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · Aug 31

New video piece on the Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital that killed six journalists.
From @ckoettl.bsky.social, @sanjanamv.bsky.social, and Natalie Reneau
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack

The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a sec...

www.nytimes.com

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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · Jun 7

Abhorrent. “The soldiers film people fighting over the aid, and once it’s finished, they throw teargas to disperse the crowd. I saw displaced people who couldn’t get any aid picking pasta from the sand.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza

A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter

www.theguardian.com

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · May 21

We're hiring for a motion designer on our video team in London. Come work with us! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...

Motion Designer, Video

London, UK

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · May 2

Truly impressive investigative work.

Indeed difficult, but vital to watch.

In addition to @janinadill.bsky.social's analysis, a few LOAC notes:

--no claim of warning prior to firing on ambulances
--commander's failure to punish can also be war crime
--IDF personnel may face universal jx abroad

Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · May 2

Critical @nytimes.com visual Investigation of the IDF attack against three Red Crescent Vehicles. This is hard to watch, but we mustn't look away. With all available information I struggle to see how the attacks analysed here could be anything but a war crime.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza

Israel’s military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy repor...

www.nytimes.com

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Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · May 2

Critical @nytimes.com visual Investigation of the IDF attack against three Red Crescent Vehicles. This is hard to watch, but we mustn't look away. With all available information I struggle to see how the attacks analysed here could be anything but a war crime.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza

Israel’s military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy repor...

www.nytimes.com

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · May 2

Latest: The IDF investigated itself, but questions remain about how Israeli soldiers closed around on and fired for over six minutes at rescue workers who were unarmed, in uniform and praying, killing all of them. Our video investigation reconstructs what happened.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza

Israel’s military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy repor...

www.nytimes.com

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · May 2

Reported from Gaza, Israel, West Bank, Egypt, London and Ireland by Bilal Shbair, @sanjanamv.bsky.social, @ckoettl.bsky.social, Vivian Yee, Malachy Browne, Farnazfa Fassihi, Isabel Kershner, Fatima AbdulKarim. Video edited in New York & London by Natalie Reneau, Jon Hazell and Alexander Cardia.

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · May 1

Our investigation naming & linking RSF commanders to war crimes in Sudan was nominated for the #NewsEmmys. 🙏

Watch it here: youtu.be/H231YlstDKk

By @sanjanamv.bsky.social @ckoettl.bsky.social Natalie Reneau @declanwalsh.bsky.social Aaron Byrd with @cen4infores.bsky.social & Ayin Sudan.

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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · Apr 5

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...

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Apr 5

Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)

The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.

www.nytimes.com

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Apr 4

There's been a spike in Russian forces executing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the past year – we tried to unpick the reasons why, with Kim Barker, Yurii Shyvala + many more www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says

Live drone footage allows Ukraine to observe what it views as war crimes unfold in real time, soldiers say.

www.nytimes.com

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Mar 31

We found evidence of the IDF setting up watchtowers, creating roads & more within the borders of Syria + Lebanon – with Samuel Granados & Aaron Boxerman www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Israel Digs In Beyond Its Northern Border

Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted occupation in parts of the two countries.

www.nytimes.com

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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · Mar 25

Airwars has won an Overseas Press Club award for our investigation into civilians killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

The Kim Wall Award recognises creative and dynamic storytelling. We are honoured to be recognised alongside organisations such as NYT, WSJ and others.

x.com/opcofamerica...

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Mar 18

nicely done!

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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · Jan 23

Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian death. Officials are drafting a proposal to defund and potentially ‘disestablish’ the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, though Congress would have to approve doing so. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian deaths

The Trump administration is laying groundwork to wind down efforts to reduce civilian harm in U.S. military operations.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Centre for Information Resilience @cen4infores.bsky.social · Jan 17

Sudan Witness is continuing to monitor and document further footage coming out of Wad Madani and Gezira state, some of which indicates that there may have been violence against unarmed people in civilian clothing.

Flash report 👇

SAF takeover Wad Madani

SAF recaptures key city of Wad Madani

www.info-res.org

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Jan 16

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Jan 16

Our recent video investigation on the R.S.F, a paramilitary group in Sudan, now has Arabic subtitles – you can watch it here youtu.be/H231YlstDKk

How ‘Trophy’ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Jan 16

Our recent video investigation on the R.S.F, a paramilitary group in Sudan, now has Arabic subtitles – you can watch it here youtu.be/H231YlstDKk

How ‘Trophy’ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jan 7

Today the US declared the war in Sudan a genocide. It sanctioned the RSF's leader Hemeti and companies supplying his paramilitary forces. Last week we ran this video investigation by @sanjanamv.bsky.social & others naming RSF commanders overseeing atrocities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H231...

How ‘Trophy’ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social · Dec 31

Proud of the Sudan Witness team at @cen4infores.bsky.social and the work with @nytimes.com to track the commanders in Sudan responsible for some of the horrific events happening in the country. A painful but impactful documentary.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: How ‘Trophy’ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan

Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...

www.nytimes.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 31

Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times reveals widespread atrocities in Sudan committed by a shadowy paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces — often under commanders' watch.

Video: How ‘Trophy’ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan

Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...

www.nytimes.com

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Dec 31

Team working on this story – myself, @malachy.bsky.social, @ckoettl.bsky.social, Natalie Reneau, Aaron Byrd, @declanwalsh.bsky.social, alongside many others.

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Dec 31

What we found was a playbook of terror, carried out by the RSF, across the country. Watch our investigation here www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: How ‘Trophy’ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan

Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...

www.nytimes.com

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Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social · Dec 31

We teamed up with Ayin Network, an organisation of Sudanese reporters working anonymously inside the country, to speak to survivors who had experienced the RSF’s tactics firsthand.

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