Jake Godin

2 weeks ago | bellingcat.com | Carlos Gonzales |Jake Godin

On March 23, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced an operation in southern Gaza’s Tal as-Sultan neighborhood and urged civilians to evacuate using a road north to a humanitarian zone. Hours before the statement was shared online, a rescue convoy was traveling along that same road before all contact was lost. The convoy was made up of aid workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Palestine Civil Defense and the United Nations.

4 weeks ago | bellingcat.com | Jake Godin |Thomas Bordeaux

Scroll Down to view interactive photogrammetry produced for this story; you can expand both models to view them in full screen mode and explore them for yourself. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 165 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023. In fact, according to CPJ, last year was the deadliest year for journalists worldwide since they began documenting deaths in 1992.

2 months ago | bellingcat.com | Jake Godin

Thousands of people have begun returning to their abandoned homes in northern Gaza after Israeli forces opened the Netzarim corridor, which separates the northern and southern parts of the territory, on Monday, Jan. 27. Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement in Gaza following more than a year of negotiations. The deal was announced on Jan. 15 and went into effect four days later.

Oct 17, 2024 | bellingcat.com | Jake Godin

On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during an operation in southern Gaza. As part of its announcement, the IDF’s media channel on Telegram shared images and video shot from the location where they said Sinwar was killed. Using the IDF video as well as the images shared by the IDF in their Telegram post and videos geolocated previously by volunteers, it is possible to geolocate the house to Gaza’s Tal as-Sutlan area at 31.3055, 34.2467.

Oct 8, 2024 | bellingcat.com | Jake Godin

New SkySat imagery from Planet Labs PBC shows Israeli military vehicles outside a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) base in the southern part of the country. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are near a post where Irish peacekeeping troops are stationed. The images, shared by Planet Labs, were taken on October 5, days after Israel announced it was officially launching ground operations in the region to combat Hezbollah.