Ben van der Merwe
@bvdm.bsky.social
Digital investigations journalist at Sky News
NEW: IDF shot at unarmed medics from as close as 12 metres With @oliveelineham.bsky.social @adamparkr.bsky.social and Michelle Inez Simon news.sky.com/story/israel...
Israeli troops shot at medics from as close as 12 metres, audio analysis suggests
Analysis shared with Sky News calls into question Israel's claim that there was "no firing from close distance" in the IDF attack which killed 15 aid workers last month.
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Illegal online casinos are using Roblox to draw children as young as 12 into online gambling - @bvdm.bsky.social and I have been investigating for Sky News:
Illegal casinos are using Roblox to draw children into online gambling
A Sky News investigation has found a network of illegal casinos allowing children to gamble using their accounts on the hugely popular children's game Roblox. In response to our investigation, the Gam...
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This post is misinformation, and the CIA is to blame. A lesson in data presentation🧵
This is how we went about verifying the strike footage from Dnipro. The first piece of footage was this, while its poor quality the pattern of chimneys and spire at the end of the residential buildings match.
What satellite images tell us about north Gaza, a piece by our OSINT team - news.sky.com/story/what-s...
What satellite images tell us about North Gaza as report accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing'
The Israeli military's latest offensive in northern Gaza began last month. While it's difficult to understand the full extent of the operation with independent media access into Gaza denied by Israel,...
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Israel said Gazans could flee to this neighbourhood - then it was hit. We found that a home in Deir al Balah was hit on 5 December, one day after Israel told civilians they could flee to the city. news.sky.com/story/israel...
Israel said Gazans could flee to this neighbourhood - then it was hit
A Sky News visual investigation shows a building in Deir al Balah was hit one day after civilians were told they could flee to the city. Israel says it struck military targets in the area that day. Th...
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It’s been three weeks since Israel captured #Shifa_Hospital - which they say was home to Hamas HQ. We’ve gone over all the available evidence to build the fullest picture possible. Here’s everything we know so far: news.sky.com/story/secret...
Secrets of the tunnels: What lies beneath al Shifa Hospital?
It was once the largest and most advanced medical facility in Gaza Now it's a battleground.
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There is some scepticism around the number of people killed in Gaza, as reported by the (Hamas-controlled) Gaza Ministry of Health. Here's what we do know, from me and Michelle Inez Simon: news.sky.com/story/israel...
Israel-Hamas war: What social media videos and satellite images tell us about the number of dead in ...
Sustained airstrikes, communications blackouts and a lack of access for foreign press has made it difficult to verify the number of people killed during the war in Gaza.
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One of the clearest independent looks at the damage wrought in Gaza by the excellent @bvdm.bsky.social (with some geolocation from me!) news.sky.com/story/gaza-w...
Israel-Hamas war: Satellite data shows Israel intensifying bombing of south Gaza
Sky News analysis of satellite radar suggests that Israel has intensified its bombing of southern Gaza in the last two weeks, despite ordering residents of the north to flee southwards.
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