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Nov 14, 2023 13 tweets 5 min read
Several Israeli shells hit Al Shifa Hospital on Friday during intense fighting in Gaza.

Seven people were killed in at least four strikes on different parts of the sprawling complex.

Latest with @NeilCollier. 🧵
nytimes.com/2023/11/14/wor… @NeilCollier The IDF said that errant Palestinian projectiles targeting Israeli forces in the area hit Al Shifa. It provided a map showing launches in a western direction. idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC10112023932…
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Oct 25, 2023 16 tweets 7 min read
The missile that the IDF, US intel and several others believe caused the hospital blast was not launched from Gaza, but from Israel, our team found. Moreover, it exploded 2 miles away from the hospital and likely didn't cause the blast. Gift 🔗 & 🧵 nyti.ms/3Qauy15 In the days after the explosion, IDF officials said in briefings and interviews that the missile in the video showed a rocket in a Palestinian barrage misfiring and hitting the hospital. Yesterday U.S. officials asserted with “high confidence” the same - nyti.ms/3Fwp3Fa
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Dec 22, 2022 13 tweets 9 min read
Using exclusive phone logs, military files and 23TB of video, we unmasked the Russian unit and commander that killed dozens of people on one street in Bucha

By @YousurAlhlou @MashaFroliak @ckoettl @heytherehaley @dim109 @ajcardia @NatalieReneau & more 👇
nytimes.com/2022/12/22/vid… Reporters @YousurAlhlou @MashaFroliak spent months in Bucha interviewing residents, collecting security camera & drone footage and reviewing records from Ukrainian officials. In NYC, colleagues analyzed the materials to reconstruct the killings along Yablunska St to the minute.
Jun 10, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
LIVE: Footage played in Thursday’s hearing showed a meeting between Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys, and Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the anti-government Oathkeepers militia on the eve of Jan 6. nytimes.com/live/2022/06/0… LIVE: USCP officer Caroline Edwards is describing the arrival of Joe Biggs and the Proud Boys at the Peace Circle by a Capitol entrance. Biggs "started turning the tables on us," she said. Footage shows how she suffered a head injury as she was attacked.
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Apr 4, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Not true, Russia. Here's the evidence. nytimes.com/2022/04/04/wor…

Russian armored vehicles shoot at cyclist in Bucha. It's the same location as above, where more than a dozen other bodies were found.
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Dec 28, 2020 30 tweets 23 min read
No cameras captured the final minutes of Breonna Taylor’s life. We used crime scene evidence and testimony to reconstruct what happened and show the mistakes that led to her killing by police. With @singhvianjali @NatalieReneau @DrewJordan_NYT Thread 👇
nyti.ms/3mSUptT Our investigation began when we obtained over 1,000 crime scene photos of Breonna Taylor’s apartment. One immediate revelation then was the police fired several more bullets (32) that initially claimed (~18).
Jun 14, 2020 22 tweets 8 min read
On Friday, Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe shot Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy's drive-thru as he was running away w/ a Taser. Mr. Brooks died in hospital. What happened in the minutes before he was killed? @Tina_Kelso & I broke down the critical moments nytimes.com/2020/06/14/us/… 22:33 APD officers are called to Wendy's in South Atlanta. Mr. Brooks had fallen asleep in his vehicle, which was parked in the drive-through, causing other customers to drive around him, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases…
May 18, 2020 17 tweets 8 min read
In retracing Ahmaud Arbery's final minutes, we found that he ran from two vehicles for 3-4 minutes, over & back along two roads.

Thread: Here's how we sequenced videos with 911 calls, & police reports

Video w/ @DrewJordan_NYT @dim109 & @tiefenthaeler
nytimes.com/video/us/10000… Security video sent to us by @schindy was important evidence. It showed when Arbery first appeared on Satilla Drive. But the timecode was wrong.
Jan 30, 2020 9 tweets 23 min read
Today in @nytimes print: 4 data-filled pages on hospital & civilian attacks in Syria, the UN's limited inquiry into these, and the perpetrators, which the UN will likely withhold. Design by @talasafie, @cgee and @gianordoli. Interactive here: nytimes.com/interactive/20… @nytimes @talasafie @cgee @gianordoli @trbrtc @SyriaCivilDef @P4HR @ActionForSama @dim109 @Step_Agency @SyriaCivilDefe The locations of these facilities were given to the UN & coordinates shared with warring parties. But that didn't stop them being hit. Attacks continue: in one week this month, at least 81 civilians incl 13 women, 14 girls and 20 boys were killed. reliefweb.int/sites/reliefwe…
Jan 14, 2020 7 tweets 7 min read
NEW: Video confirms that 2 missiles fired 30s apart downed Ukraine International Flight #PS752, killing all aboard. With @evanchill @john_marquee @babimarcolini @tiefenthaler and thanks to @gianfiorella.
nytimes.com/2020/01/14/wor… @evanchill @john_marquee @babimarcolini @tiefenthaler @gianfiorella We previously estimated that the plane flew for 21-28 seconds between transponder going off and what we now know is the second strike (map below). This video fills that gap, and shows that two missiles hit around 23 seconds apart, the first most likely disabling transponder
Jan 13, 2020 7 tweets 11 min read
Just nominated for Oscars are two documentaries set in Syrian hospitals whose staff bravely continued to work while under siege. Congrats to @waadalkateab @watts_edward @nevmab the team behind @forsamafilm and @FerasFayyad, director of The Cave for their important work. @waadalkateab @watts_edward @NevMab @forsamafilm @FerasFayyad Waad, Hamza, Feras and Ed have been helpful to us during our investigations of attacks on healthcare in Syria - as have @P4HR and others. Hospitals continue to be attacked in Syria nytimes.com/2019/10/13/rea…
Jan 8, 2020 13 tweets 11 min read
By analyzing photos of debris, structural damage & blood spatter, and video of the crash, we determined that flight #PS752 had turned around and was heading back twd Tehran airport when it crashed, some 10 miles from where its transponder last pinged nytimes.com/2020/01/07/wor… Two videos we verified of the crash - including this posted early on by an Iranian journalist - confirm #PS752 was ablaze, kept some altitude, before exploding and downing fast. Debris and remains spread over large area. @trbrtc geolocated a 2nd video.
Jun 19, 2019 28 tweets 18 min read
The UN report on Khashoggi's murder is really chilling. Combined with prior reporting, it shows state-coordinated premeditation, intent to kill and cover up. A thread on the chronology - and a helpful video reconstruct - are below First, let's go back to 2011. Maher Mutreb is one of several Saudi intel officers who was trained on using spyware on phones and computers. Mutreb would become a central figure in Khashoggi's killing.
Oct 23, 2017 24 tweets 10 min read
1/ Here the steps we took and tools we used for our investigation mapping how the Las Vegas shooting unfolded nytimes.com/2017/10/23/ins… 2/ First, search across social platforms for eyewitness videos of that night. Also use newswires @Storyful and @APVideoHub. We gathered 40.