Rowena De Silva

@rowenadesilva.bsky.social

investigator @airwars.bsky.social https://airwars.org/authors/rowena-de-silva/

The OSMP offers nearly 1000 reference images of a variety of munitions from active conflict zones, each reviewed and assessed by at least two munitions experts. They also have easy to understand guides to key munition types, explainer videos, and a glossary of key terms.

Since the fragile Gaza ceasefire, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have returned home. Airwars’ new short film, A Long Return, presents two videos of the same road taken before and after the war, showing how 'home' has been rendered unrecognisable. long-return.airwars.org

A Long Return - Airwars

A short film juxtaposing two videos along the same section of Salah al-Din Road, a main thoroughfare connecting north and south Gaza

long-return.airwars.org

The new issue of Fragments is out, featuring an article on OS methods used in our @airwars.bsky.social investigation, 'The Killings They Tweeted'. I wrote about the importance of interrogating military narratives of precision when it comes to the deployment of munitions in densely populated areas.

Explosive Weapons Monitor@weaponsmonitor.bsky.social · last yr.

4/5 Rowena De Silva shares the open-source investigative methods of @airwars.bsky.social used in their recent investigation of IDF strike footage in Gaza, where more than 400 civilians were likely killed in just 17 strikes.