Mapped the evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army in south Lebanon over the past two days. The March 03 order marks a significant expansion beyond the immediate border towns and well beyond the Litani River. I counted 105 villages so far.
91% of documented white phosphorus strikes occurred before Israel's ground entry. 39% hit civilian areas and 16% agricultural land. Those figures contradict Israel’s version of its use and proximity to civilians.
More findings in this video interview for @france24.com. Full article: f24.my/BffV
One of Lebanon’s strongest open-source researchers, @baydoun.nl, spoke with The Observers on FRANCE 24 (in Arabic) about his investigation into Israel’s use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon.
Watch here:
"91% of white phosphorus strikes happened before Israeli forces entered southern Lebanon in Oct 2024, contradicting Israel’s official version. Of all strikes we documented, 39% hit civilian areas, 16% agricultural land, and only 44% uninhabited zones." @baydoun.nl in @france24.com.
“What does it say about us, as Lebanese, as Arabs, that we rent out our heritage? That the places meant to anchor us have become props for vanity? Perhaps it is not greed alone, but a deeper forgetting, a loss of measure.”
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/je...
After months of verification and mapping, the archive now includes 248 confirmed white phosphorus strikes across South Lebanon (2023-2024).
Only incidents with visual evidence were used, then geolocated, verified, and cross-checked with satellite imagery
Part of my PhD research at TU Delft.
Sumud at it's finest: 81-year-old Nouhad returns to her olive grove in southern Lebanon, bound to the land by love and memory. Israeli incursions and white phosphorus have scorched the soil, but neither people nor roots are so easily uprooted.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV52...
In een oorlog kan ook de leefomgeving een wapen worden. Zuid-Libanon ligt vol witte fosfor, resten van aanvallen door Israël. „Het is als het ware een langdurige bom.” buff.ly/Wdge2wz
My good friend @baydoun.bsky.social with a well-deserved interview in dutch newspaper @nrc.nl about his research on white phoshorus use in South Lebanon, highlighting a form of slow violence that has an impact on the environment and health on the longer term.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Two hours of terror.
"Our findings contradict not only Israel's initial account of the attack, but its subsequent accounts as well."
New evidence unearthed by Sky News contradicts Israel's official account of the killing of 15 aid workers.
news.sky.com/story/two-ho...
New piece at @bellingcat.com with my colleague Carlos Gonzales looking at the Palestine Red Crescent Society aid convoy that was attacked in southern #Gaza by the IDF in late March and what details we can glean from the audio: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
I contributed to this @amnesty.org investigation by geolocating 59 incidents and verifying over 347 images showing HD Hyundai machinery used by #Israel to demolish #Palestinian homes, shops, and infrastructure across the West Bank.
Full report here: amnesty.or.kr/132930/news/...
Damning testimony from the survivor of the killing of 15 Gazan medics and civil defense workers. Munther Abed says IDF soldiers deliberately fired at them and those sent to rescue them, then crushed and buried the cars and bodies.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/red-cresce...
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/...
#Israeli evacuation orders are back in #Beirut after exactly 4 months. The order targets 3 adjacent residential buildings (33.847108, 35.521289), just meters away from a school, and comes during school hours. #Lebanon
Since the fragile Gaza ceasefire, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have returned home.
Airwars’ new short film, A Long Return, presents two videos of the same road taken before and after the war, showing how 'home' has been rendered unrecognisable.
long-return.airwars.org
📢 Watch the shortlisted films in the short-form category of #CIRawards:
@cnn.com investigates 👇
Using open source techniques, CNN verified over 240 airstrikes across Lebanon during the first month of Israel’s offensive, identifying bombs dropped within lethal proximity of hospitals.
A view of northern Gaza as seen from the Israeli side of the fence.
A Palestinian woman went to pick olives from her family's trees with her husband and son, in the West Bank village of Faqqu’a. Despite receiving permission from the Israeli army to begin harvesting, a group of soldiers arrived and shot her dead
www.972mag.com/olive-harves...
Nearly all white phosphorus strikes by #Israel in South #Lebanon this past year fall within recently occupied Lebanese territories, as verified and geolocated by our team. This pattern of deliberate contamination blocks displaced residents from safely reclaiming their lands.
Mapped out the current Israeli military presence in #Lebanon and #Syria. The map tracks historical and current zones, showing Israeli expansion over time. Although #Israel claims today's expansions are temporary, the map reveals a strategic geographic pattern emerging.
What does it say about European politicians, who’ve recently said that Syria under the regime was “safe to return to” or that it was “negotiable” to forcibly return (read: deport) refugees to the war-torn country, now that you see the graphic images coming out ot Sednaya Prison?
Over a two-week period, we found that 59 buildings were flattened following Israel’s evacuation warnings in Beirut, some with less than 30 minutes notice. Legal experts warn this could violate International Humanitarian Law and potentially constitute war crimes.
Evacuation orders were frequently issued late at night and exclusively on X (Twitter), suggesting a strategy that may terrorize more than protect. This approach, maximizing fear, severely compromises civilian safety and raises serious human rights violations. #Lebanon
Check out my latest investigation with L'Orient Le Jour. We analyzed satellite imagery to reveal that about 25% of #Israel’s evacuation warnings in #Beirut’s southern suburbs were followed by airstrikes that destroyed much more than their intended targets. today.lorientlejour.com/article/1437...
After a year dedicated to researching the deployment of white phosphorus by Israel in Lebanon, we are proud to launch WhitePhosphorus.info. This platform is an essential resource for tracking this toxic weapon, especially as people begin returning to their lands. #Lebanon
My latest article on the buffer zone created in south Lebanon.
@weatherwar.bsky.social has extensively documented the use of white phosphorus in particular in south Lebanon
We are looking for someone who is experienced in ArcGIS Web Experience (Developer Edition) for a task. Please reach out if you or someone you know might be interested!
Apocalyptic scenes emerging from #Beirut this afternoon following 20 Israeli evacuation notices in its southern suburbs and an unannounced air strike in central Beirut that leveled a building. #Lebanon
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
