Advice from Nick Waters on working in war zones #gijc23

With the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh effectively under Azerbaijani control, there is the very real fear of forced expulsion and ethnic cleansing. This is a situation the international community need to rapidly address to protect civilians there. bellingcat.com/news/2023/09/2…

I think this is the first time we’ve been featured in original reporting by Bellingcat, super proud to support them. All data available to download, CC BY 4.0 if you read the article, there’s a link

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Ok, fun challenge: anyone got confirmed images of 155mm shell impacts they’d like to share? Happy to have people DM to me if they’re private.

We tracked an IDF combat engineering unit as they moved across Gaza, using social media and satellite imagery to build a picture of where they went, what they demolished and why. By their own count, they destroyed hundreds of homes. bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

An absolute masterclass in open source investigations from Nick Waters: Exposing one unit in the IDF, combat engineering battalion 8219 Commando, responsible for demolishing tunnels, houses, and mosques in Gaza. #Israel #Gaza bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

Really good piece pairing an IDF engineer unit’s own accounts with satellite imagery to demonstrate the extent of their demolition of Gazan homes. For context, while the 551st Paratroopers’ 8219th Engineer Battalion seems to have been particularly destructive, it was just one…