Mis/Disinformation Thread - Iran/Israel 2025 This thread is for you to be aware of what reports/photos/videos are verified Fake News (with sources). 1. This video is from Kyiv, Ukraine - 2022 (Source: x.com/talhagin/statu…).

Lots of denials but stats I got hold of v clear: B/n 27.5 and 19.6, Red Cross clinic in Rafah saw 1,874 “weapon-wounded patients” with 18 “mass casualty incidents”. vast majority of patients said were wounded trying to access aid at/near GHF sites. theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

Mixed signals from the Axis of Resistance - except Houthis - won't make decisions any easier for Khamanei and co as they weigh retaliation. my quick report (yesterday) theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

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JNIM, the ‘ghost enemy’, have launched in the Sahel one of the most effective offensives for years by an Islamist militant organisation momentum ... no one watching obvs because we are all looking to Middle East but this is not at all good ... theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

Supporters see a big win - and years in power; critics see an unprincipled opportunist whose political career will soon be over ... who is right? my piece: theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

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Post-apocalyptic’: medical staff struggle as gangs fight over aid supplies in Gaza Militants, clans, Hamas and criminal gangs bring violence and anarchy as they vie for power amid Israeli strikes my report here: theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away? One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to another conflict. This is our timeline of what happened theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe our report on how a devastating Israeli strike transforms peaceful scene at al-Baqa into horror theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

The IDF dropped a 500lb bomb into a cafe in Gaza on Monday. We saw & identified fragments. They had conducted "aerial surveillance" so knew it was crowded with civilians. They had other precise munitions available. Up to 40 died, more injured. My report: theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Hopes and fears in Gaza - and a 12 year old who just want not to be "torn apart" a report with my brilliant colleague Malak A Tantesh theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Ceasefire hopes and fears in Gaza - and a 12 year old who just wants not to be "torn apart" report with brilliant colleague Malak A Tantesh and me theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…