Israeli air strikes & bulldozers have destroyed key parts of Gaza's food infrastructure. We analyzed agricultural data, satellite imagery and interviewed experts and Palestinians in Gaza to show how an already vulnerable system is on the brink of collapse. wapo.st/44psBo6 Ashraf Omar Alakhras had a family farm in Beit Lahia near the border with Israel. In late January, he said, Israeli bulldozers plowed it under, along with his greenhouses and solar energy projects, to clear space for a militarized buffer zone. wapo.st/44psBo6

در روز ۳۰ سپتامبر در شهر زاهدان، واقع در استان سیستان و بلوچستان، ده‌ها نفر طی چند ساعت کشته شدند. کشته‌شدگان بین ۶۶ تا ۹۶ نفر تخمین زده می‌شوند. ما ویدئوها را راستی‌آزمایی کردیم و با شاهدین صحبت کردیم تا به شما تصویر کاملی از وقایع ارائه
کنیم. nyti.ms/3s2nO9L در روزهای پیش از تیراندازی، معترضین خواهان خیزش وسیع در شهرهای کوچک و بزرگ در بلوچستان شدند. پوستری که
تظاهرات‌ها را تبلیغ می‌کرد اعلام کرد که در همبستگی با کردستان و در اعتراض به تجاوز به دختری بلوچ هستند. nyti.ms/3s2nO9L

On Sept. 30 in Zahedan, in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province, dozens of people were killed in several hours. Estimates range from 66 to 96 dead. We verified videos and spoke with witnesses to give you the full picture of what happened. nyti.ms/3s2nO9L The day before the shootings, protesters began calling for a “broad uprising” in cities and towns across Baluchistan “in solidarity with Kurdistan and in protest of the rape of the Baluchi girl,” according to a poster advertising the demonstrations. nyti.ms/3s2nO9L

While covering the various protests against police brutality nationwide, one incident in particular stood out to us. On June 1 in Philadelphia, a protest that began peacefully ended with police using tear gas and pepper spray on the crowd. nyti.ms/2VkEUA1 We watched dozens of videos, reviewed police use of force guidelines and spoke with witnesses to understand how this unfolded. Here’s what we found. nyti.ms/2VkEUA1

Living in Brooklyn during the #coronavirus pandemic, I can hear two distinct noises: the wail of sirens and the songs of ice cream trucks. I wanted to find out more about who is delivering ice cream in the midst of a pandemic and why. nyti.ms/2YZLwGH Godfrey Robinson has driven his ice cream truck along the same route for 26 years. Though his business is down by more than half because of the pandemic, he’s out there, he says, to provide a sense of normalcy. nyti.ms/2YZLwGH

More than 237 people have died from the #coronavirus in #Iran, one of the highest death tolls outside China. I tracked the timeline of the government’s response to understand what happened. nyti.ms/2xoDcEt We found videos on social media that showed us scenes from inside Iran: a funeral procession for a doctor who died of coronavirus, protesters blocking a bus of clerics coming from an infected area and what appears to be a mass burial site in Qom. nyti.ms/2xoDcEt

Unsurprisingly news of the #IranProtests dominated newspaper headlines this morning. Here are a few from across the political spectrum. I'll translate headlines in the thread below. Reformist paper Aftab-e Yazd: "Academic Discusses Why Iran’s Economy Ended Up Here" and "Interior Minister Urges People Not to Attend Illegal Gatherings" #IranProtests