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Jake Godin
@JakeGodin
Senior Researcher @bellingcat Previously @ScrippsNews #OSINT/#OSI Mastodon: @godin@journa.host Bluesky: @.godin.bsky.social
Oct 17 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Geolocation for where Sinwar's body was found in Tal as-Sultan area. House is located at 31.3055, 34.2467. Gazebo (green) is visible with white tower (red) and house across the street (pink) visible in other reference imagery.

Map link:

CC: @GeoConfirmed google.com/maps/place/31%…Image Reference imagery:

IDF photos and video from the site released today: t.me/idf_telegram/1…

Video of IDF soldier driving by the house from September (geolocated by @NemoAnno): t.me/amitsegal/38288

Video with white tower visible in background: x.com/JoeTruzman/sta…
Oct 7 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
There's @planet PlanetScope imagery available for the area of UNP 6-52 from October 7 where, compared with September 30 PlanetScope imagery, we can see some changes in the area from possible military activity (new tracks, blackened fields, possible clearings). Image
Image There's limited SkySat imagery of Maroun El-Ras, but the most recent is unfortunately from September 29.

Compared with older imagery from June 5, can see there's some additional damage from airstrikes in the area, especially around the Iran-themed park at 33.09843, 35.45092. Image
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Aug 22 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Hard to say for sure without more reference imagery, but given the timeframe it's possible this is the New Al Bureij Cemetery which is one that the IDF carved a road through in early January.

2023 ref imagery:

2022 ref imagery: facebook.com/Boreij2014/pos…
facebook.com/Boreij2014/pos…




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Image Other cemeteries near Khan Younis that were destroyed or damaged in late December/early January:

Sheikh Nasser/Bani Suheila Cemeteries:

Ma'an Cemetery:

Not sure details in the video from Younis match with those cemeteries though.
Jun 26 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
Our new video investigation with @scrippsnews and @bellingcat documenting damage to important cultural heritage sites in Gaza is out.

Overall we looked at 150 sites, most of which are mosques, and which showed signs of being damaged or had been destroyed.
There were many archeological sites in our list, one of which is a 1,500 year old Byzantine mosaic found underneath an olive grove in 2022 near Bureij. At the time, it was hailed as one of the “greatest archaeological treasures ever found in Gaza”. bbc.com/news/world-mid…
May 27 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
Area where reported IDF airstrike & fire took place in western Rafah tonight near the UNRWA facility still had a large amount of IDPs in it in May 24 @planet imagery.

Potential geolocation, possible image of large fire was at "Kuwaiti Peace Camp" just north of the warehouses.

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Image Some additional reference imagery via Getty Images / Anadolu showing the site of the fire at the Kuwaiti IDP camp near the UNRWA logistics center during the daytime (CC: @TuiteroMartin).

Link: gettyimages.com/detail/news-ph…



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May 23 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
The same set of library shelves that are on fire in the background of the photo shared by Younis can be seen in an Instagram story saved by the IUG/Aqsa University Central Library in 2022.

Instagram link: instagram.com/centrallibrary…


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Image Another note on this since there are people claiming it's AI-generated (?).

You can see matching visuals in other photos from the IUG Central Library's FB page, such as a matching "No Cell Phone" sign that appears to be in a different section.

FB link: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…

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May 14 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Video of IDF bulldozer carving "66" and a Star of David into the land is visible in @planet imagery from January 19 in southern Gaza near Al Qarara and the Kisufim Road at 31.379082, 34.353045. Video was filmed between Jan 19 and Jan 16.

Map link: google.com/maps/place/31%…


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Image Note: Number likely an "86" — apparently a reference to an Israeli social media New Years trend referring to January 1st as "October 86th" since hostages have not been returned yet.

Given this video was filmed in January, it'd make sense there'd be a reference to the trend.
Jan 1 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The large Egyptian Red Crescent/Palestinian Red Crescent Society camp shown in the video below is visible in recent @planet imagery from December 31 at 31.336298, 34.256586, about 2 miles SW of Khan Yunis near the Al Mawasi area.

Map:

CC: @GeoConfirmed google.com/maps/place/31%…

Image More reporting on the PRCS camp via @MadaMasr:

Camp has four phases with eventual goal of having 1,000 tents. Will have access to water, food, energy and shelter. Tents will have mattresses, blankets, cooking and cleaning tools.

Dec 13, 2023 • 40 tweets • 25 min read
Appears that IDF are using bulldozers on the Al-Faluja Cemetary in Jabalya in northern Gaza. Satellite imagery from @planet shows what appears to be bulldozer activity in the cemetery between Dec 06 and Dec 10.

Location: 31.533749, 34.489628

Map link: google.com/maps/place/31%…

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Image Seen in on-the-ground video shared by Abdul Sabah, who posted this video to his Instagram showing the Al-Faluja Cemetary and the apparent bulldozer tracks.

IG link: instagram.com/abd.sabbah/
Oct 7, 2023 • 20 tweets • 12 min read
Hamas military spox says “dozens of captured officers and soldiers” are being held in “safe places and resistance tunnels”.

Statement via Telegram: t.me/spokesman_2020… Hamas military statement claims they’re still active in southern Israeli cities including Mishmar Hanegev, Netivot and Ofakim while “engaged in fierce confrontations in Be'eri and Sderot”.

Telegram statement link: t.me/hamasps/16309
May 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Seeing folks point out people on the roof shortly before the drone strike at the Kremlin proves something fishy was happening (false flag, etc).

But, as RFE/RL's @kromark noted—this appears to be video of the *second* drone and the people were checking out damage from the first. Evidence for this comes from two videos from a Moscow broadcaster showing the strikes.

In the first, the Spasskaya Tower clock shows the time at ~2:27am and shows the drone splash fire on the domed Kremlin building.
tvc.ru/news/show/id/2…
Apr 27, 2023 • 12 tweets • 9 min read
The attachments to the government's Motion in Support of Pretrial Detention for Jack Teixeira that just dropped has some interesting bits in it.

Here's an interaction on Discord where Teixeira seems confident the leaks can't be traced back to him (oops).
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… Image Also includes some conversations Jack had with other users once his images started making the rounds outside the servers he was active in.

And there's the farewell message he wrote in March that @AricToler already dug up. ImageImageImage
Sep 12, 2022 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Appears that Ukrainian forces are back in control of Sviatohirsk. Images shared online show the Ukrainian flag at the city council building and soldiers in the city across the river from the Sviatohirsk Lavra. ImageImageImageImage There are also photos/videos from Bohorodychne nearby. This video shows what's left of the city's monastery buildings, one of which was destroyed on May 17 by an apparent Russian cruise missile strike.
Jun 7, 2022 • 8 tweets • 8 min read
@RALee85 Exact location for this video is at 49.045789, 37.579826 in Sviatohirsk. Someone had shared it on a local Telegram group chat.

Map link: google.com/maps/place/49%… ImageImage @RALee85 Another drone video from Sviatohirsk showing two tanks near this spot at 49.045134, 37.574961:

Telegram link: t.me/svyatonline/88…

Map link: google.com/maps/place/49%…
Jun 7, 2022 • 18 tweets • 14 min read
Latest @Newsy + @bellingcat investigation is on Ukraine’s cultural heritage, which has become another front in Russia’s war in Ukraine. @MaximEdwards and I looked at multiple sites that’ve been damaged since the invasion began. Video by @vandiche here: One particular area that’s been hit hard is the famous Sviatohirsk Lavra near the border of the Donetsk/Kharkiv Oblasts.

The Lavra itself has been shelled at least 3 times since early March and 5 other church buildings associated with the Lavra have been damaged or destroyed. Image
Apr 9, 2022 • 25 tweets • 19 min read
Quick thread with some previous Tochka uses in Ukraine so far. On February 24 there was evidence of a strike near a hospital in Vuhledar in the Donetsk oblast:
On March 1 there was the strike in Mariupol that Eliot quote tweeted above. There were photos of both the Tochka tail section and submunitions nearby: ImageImageImageImage
Mar 22, 2022 • 9 tweets • 8 min read
Images of what appears to be a nose section for a 9M54-series guided missile near Avdiivka just north of Donetsk. These were shared on Facebook by the Ukrainian National Police as well as a local media outlet:

Link 1: facebook.com/UA.National.Po…
Link 2: facebook.com/vostochniyvari… For reference, see this write-up on a previous incident with cluster variant of the 9M54-series in Pokrovsk earlier this month by @Arms_Research: armamentresearch.com/russian-9m54-s…

Also used in Chornomorske village, documented by @EliotHiggins in this thread here:
Jan 9, 2021 • 20 tweets • 12 min read
The man who broke into a Capitol window using a police riot shield in this video from @BGOnTheScene appears to be both a Proud Boy and, possibly, a former Marine. A short thread on what we know:
First off, we need a better image of the man's face. Getty Images has one such photo showing him flanking a man who would later be identified as Doug Jensen, from Des Moines, Iowa.
gettyimages.com/detail/news-ph… ImageImage
Jan 8, 2021 • 11 tweets • 8 min read
Latest @Newsy + @bellingcat video on the Capitol riots is out. Working with @gianfiorella, @N_Waters89 and the rest of the team we searched through videos of Trump supporters who had broken into the Capitol building and pinpointed where they were.
The main crowds of Trump supporters outside the Capitol built up on both the east and west sides of the building. On both sides they eventually overran the thin lines of Capitol Police and swarmed the building's entrances.
Jan 7, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Some of these folks have already been ID'd, such as Jake Angeli (the "Q Shaman") and Jason Tankersley (the neo-Nazi bearded guy on page 14 with the Dishonored tattoo on his hand rightwing people accused of being Antifa). Another one of the persons of interest in the @DCPoliceDept release apparently worked for a local Maryland marketing company:
Nov 13, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Latest @Newsy + @bellingcat investigation takes a look at the massive trove of leaked data tied to neo-Nazi forum Iron March. There were more than a thousands users on the forum of varying backgrounds. Worryingly, some appeared to be in the US military. The leaked data included lots of data like emails, dates of birth, IP addresses & login times — all of it tied to individual usernames. Using that data, Newsy and Bellingcat were able to identify a handful of former and active duty service members with the Navy, Marines and Army.