Palestinians are exhuming bodies from the grounds of the Nasser Medical Complex hospital complex in Khan Younis, Gaza.
This is occurring at the same location where mass graves were dug and burial ceremonies had taken place by Palestinians in recent months. (Proof in this thread)
Footage from Palestinians digging graves/mass graves dated 25 January, 28 January and 03 February while IDF entered the hospital around 15 February.
Quote from
“In the hospital courtyard, civil defence members and paramedics have retrieved 180 bodies buried in this mass grave by the Israeli military." (By Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud)
Conclusion:
This is disinformation by Al Jazeera and others:
This is a known graveyard/mass grave and at least partially dug by Palestinians.
This does not exclude that graves could have been added when the hospital was occupied by Israeli forces.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/21…
25 JAN 2024 - Palestinian burials by Palestinian people in Nasser Hospital. (VID 01)
An estimation of 75 graves (3 rows of 25 graves) are visible on this video at the exact place where they claimed to have found a mass grave made by the Israeli military.
Still of the footage in VID 01 showing the source, the date and the estimated 75 graves.
28 JAN 2024 - As claimed "More than 30 bodies, most of them unidentified, were buried in a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis due to the siege of the IDF." (Vid 02)
03 FEB 2024 - In this footage you see Palestinians digging a mass grave 50m east, at the other side of the building visible in the footage above. (VID 03)
With this text:
"The bodies of thirty martyrs were buried in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis."
Claiming that 180 bodies were buried in a mass grave "by IDF" is disinformation, by Al Jazeera and others.
This is a known graveyard/mass grave and at least partially dug by Palestinians. This does not exclude that graves could have been added when the hospital was occupied by Israeli forces.
Remark:
It is highly likely that hospitals were forced to bury the deceased on their own grounds or in nearby areas due to safety concerns around transporting the bodies to a formal graveyard.
For example, in a video from Nasser hospital, people mention that the facility was under siege, indicating they were unable to take the deceased to a graveyard and had to bury them on the hospital premises.
According to Islamic funeral customs, Muslims are typically expected to be buried as soon as possible after death, often within 24 hours.
This helps explain why the hospitals opted to conduct burials on their own grounds, with the intention of providing a proper funeral at a later, safer time. Reburial is a known practice in conflict situations.
Overall, the decision to bury the deceased on hospital grounds or nearby areas was likely a pragmatic one driven by safety and religious burial practices, rather than any malicious intent.
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More information: this was just brought to our attention.
Jan 28: NBC News.
"Palestinians have dug a mass grave on the grounds of Nasser Hospital, as they lack a safe passage to transport bodies for proper burials. The hospital's manager says 150 bodies have been buried in the past few days after they started to decompose in the hospital's mortuary.'
This is the location visible in VID 03.
Reminder: This does not exclude that graves could have been added when the hospital was occupied by Israeli forces.
More information, this was just brought to our attention.
0:20 - "I am here to find the body of my son, his brother told me that he buried him here."
Reminder: in this thread we only proof that these mass graves existed before, just as the graveyards, and were at-least partially dug by Palestinians.
While the initial reporting spoke about "new mass graves" and people "buried in this mass grave by the Israeli military" with accompanying footage... while that footage taken was at the location of known mass graves.
I feel sorry for the fact that we are discussing now about how people should report... instead of making assumptions and unproven claims they should stick to facts.
All this while we should be talking about the important issue: Hundreds of people died and are buried at this place.
When Ukraine undertakes offensive operations, Russia attempts to manipulate/influence the information environment.
For nearly three years, we have been monitoring the war in Ukraine, and another notable trend has emerged:
whenever Ukraine initiates an offensive operation, social media becomes inundated with claims of significant Ukrainian losses. However, we have observed that these claims often consist of disinformation: they may reference outdated losses, incidents from different regions, or even Russian losses reported as Ukrainian losses... (I kid you not).
This misinformation is often compiled in a way that suggests Ukraine's offensive efforts are failing, thereby attempting to sway public perception.
Recently, as Ukraine commenced an offensive operation (January 4th, 2025), again bold claims were made about Ukrainian losses.
We took a few days to investigate two specific assertions: one from a relatively small account named @NewRulesGeo and another from 'North Wind,' a Russian channel associated with the military.
The thread by NewRulesGeo garnered over 4 million views, while the post by North Wind attracted nearly 100,000 views on Telegram.
As anticipated, the reality is not as it appears.
For an account calling itself NewRulesGeo, it is striking that the individual does not grasp that geolocation is accurate. A significant portion of their thread is unrelated to the newly launched Kursk operation; it includes either older footage, irrelevant content, or different videos of the same vehicle being attacked while implying they depict different vehicles, and they guess the outcome of strikes without any proof.
Some of the footage was indeed from the recent Ukrainian offensive operations in Kursk Oblast, and by mixing it with unrelated material, they attempt to enhance their credibility. This is a well-known technique in spreading disinformation: combining accurate information with falsehoods. People tend to recognize the accurate claims and, as a result, may assign greater credibility to the entire narrative, including the disinformation.
Regarding the North Wind post, the considerable number of vehicles shown at the end of their video are actually Russian vehicles destroyed in mid-December. They misrepresent their own losses as Ukrainian losses.
We prefer not to invest too much time in debunking disinformation, as a lie can be made in just a few minutes, but the debunking can cost you days.
For example, this fact-check took us several days and the effort of a few dedicated volunteers.
I want to thank volunteers @giK1893, @99Dominik_, @moklasen and @GeoRaccoon for their geolocation work, making this thread possible.
We hope our fact-checking thread receives more than 4 million views, because mis-/ and disinformation is a plague on X and Facts DO Matter.
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We will start by the North Wind claim.
"In the area of the settlement of Berdin in the Kursk region, several columns of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to attack the positions of the Severyans. For most of the armored vehicles and tanks, as well as their crews, the counteroffensive ended as soon as it began. FPV crews, operators of the Lancet loitering munitions, artillery and mortar crews of the Guards "North" actively struck enemy targets. We see the results in the footage.
Such a quantity of "smoking trash of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" clearly shows the attitude of the Ukrainian command to its servicemen. This was another ruthless "meat" assault in the style of Syrsky, and the units of the Guards "North" successfully repelled it."
Ironically, the large number of losses depicted starting at 0:29 are Russian losses incurred during their offensive in mid-December while attacking Ukrainian-occupied territory in Kursk from the west.
Picture two:
Green circle: Russian losses mid-December
Blue arrows: Ukrainian offensive operations which started January 4th, 2025.
Video: Russian losses filmed by the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade, published 17 December 2024
Conclusion: North Wind has presented Russian losses from mid-December, misrepresenting them as Ukrainian losses from the recent offensive. Geolocation analysis has confirmed that this footage does not even originate from the area of the recent offensive.
GeoConfirmed Investigation - Thread 3 - October 7th 2023.
Thread 3 - 'Nahal Oz' area.
This thread contains footage of the Nahal Oz area.
At least four different factions participated in the assault on the military base near Nahal Oz and the kibbutz itself:
a) Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of Hamas.
b) Al-Quds Brigades, military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
c) Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
d) Palestinian Freedom Movement, Al-Ansar Brigades
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GeoConfirmed 7OCT23.
At sunrise, a large convoy of Palestinian militants, over 30, drive towards Israel in jeeps and with motorcycles. They drive in the direction of Nahal Oz, whilst outgoing rocket fire can be heard and seen.
GeoConfirmed Investigation - Thread 2 - October 7th 2023.
Thread 2 - Zikim area.
This thread contains footage of the Zikim area, highlighting three events:
1) Destruction of Remote-Controlled Weapon Systems
Israeli guard towers along the fence were equipped with remotely controlled weapon systems. These systems were neutralized at the onset of the attack using grenades dropped from drones.
This tactic mirrors the widespread use of drone-dropped munitions observed in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
2) Coastal Infiltration
Militants also employed boats to infiltrate the area via the coastline.
3) Civilian Casualties
The attack resulted in civilian casualties, including teenagers, who were killed at close range.
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October 7th 2023.
Smoke emanating from two locations near the Shikma Reservoir, Israel filmed by a Hamas drone.
Point of View - 31.58415, 34.501819
Smoke 1: around 31.595433, 34.493592
Smoke 2: around 31.594119, 34.497942
GeoConfirmed Investigation - Thread 1 - October 7th 2023.
Thread 1 - Massive Rocket barrage.
The attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, began with an unprecedented rocket barrage at approximately 6:30 a.m. local time.
Thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, targeting various areas. This massive rocket attack forced many Israelis to seek shelter in bunkers and safe rooms.
The timing of the attack was strategically chosen to coincide with the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, when security forces were operating at minimum levels. This reduced security presence, combined with the early morning timing and the chaos caused by the rocket barrage, allowed Hamas militants to breach the Gaza-Israel barrier more easily.
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A Belgian journalist and his fixer were abducted in Beirut, Lebanon, while his cameraman was shot in the leg and left behind. The journalist and the fixer were released a few hours later, albeit with injuries.
Yesterday @WarMonitors made some unusual assertions regarding "a Zionist spy that many Lebanese have seen many times"
These claims were accompanied by two videos, which were initially difficult to geolocate.
Both tweets had over 13k likes and over a million views.
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In the morning, Belgian news agencies began reporting on the well-known war journalist @ramaekers_robin, who, along with his fixer, was kidnapped while covering the bombing of a specific apartment building in Bachoura Beirut, reportedly the office of Hezbullah's MP Amine Cherri.
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When Robin was speaking with eyewitnesses of the attack, things went wrong. A group of approximately twenty men assaulted the journalists. The men accused Robin and Stijn of spying for Israel and began shooting at Stijn, who was hit by two bullets in the leg. Robin and the fixer were beaten and dragged away. They were then locked in a basement, where they were beaten several more times and interrogated for hours.
After their release, both journalists were hospitalized for their injuries. Ramaekers suffered facial fractures, while De Smet was treated for a leg wound caused by gunshots.
❌"Cemetery of Ukrainian tanks in the Kursk region." ❌
These are Russian tanks that have been marked with Ukrainian symbols following their capture during the Ukrainian Kharkiv offensive in autumn 2022, near the village of Myrne. ✅
Factchecked by @BuschModelar and community noted.
Despite this, the post remains pinned to the profile and is going viral, currently boasting 1.1 million views.
In the comments, the author (@Ug_chelsea) is engaging in discussions with users who point out the flaws in his/her post, remaining entirely convinced of his/her perspective.
Now @EjShahid has geolocated this location, proving again that this is disinformation: