Benedict Garman
@benedictgarman.com
Investigative journalist, currently with BBC Verify.
This is what has become of the ceasefire in Gaza. Smoke plumes earlier today east of Khan Younis (POV is ~31.362011, 34.298249)
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is what has become of the ceasefire in Gaza. Smoke plumes earlier today east of Khan Younis (POV is ~31.362011, 34.298249)
Two tanks, gunfire and smoke plumes from explosions in a video filmed from IDF position in western Gaza City, 400m from the (no-longer operational) Al Quds hospital building. This area is now an IDF stronghold as they continue to advance in the city. Video uploaded 30 Sept. POV 31.507616, 34.435320
October 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Two tanks, gunfire and smoke plumes from explosions in a video filmed from IDF position in western Gaza City, 400m from the (no-longer operational) Al Quds hospital building. This area is now an IDF stronghold as they continue to advance in the city. Video uploaded 30 Sept. POV 31.507616, 34.435320
Six excavators moving on Gaza City from IDF held Netzarim Corridor. Smoke from distant explosions rises over the cityscape. (Uploaded 30 Sept. POV 0-10s: 31.491255, 34.434879, 10s-end: 31.492520, 34.435776)
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Six excavators moving on Gaza City from IDF held Netzarim Corridor. Smoke from distant explosions rises over the cityscape. (Uploaded 30 Sept. POV 0-10s: 31.491255, 34.434879, 10s-end: 31.492520, 34.435776)
Maxar has become Vantor. New logo etc. Still apparently not on Bluesky though. vantor.com/blog/vantor-...
October 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Maxar has become Vantor. New logo etc. Still apparently not on Bluesky though. vantor.com/blog/vantor-...
Particularly poignant clip of people fleeing Gaza City this evening past "Souvenirs from Gaza" shop sign. The shop is here: 31.520628, 34.442153 on Omar Al Mukhtar Street. Source: www.instagram.com/stories/majd...
September 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Particularly poignant clip of people fleeing Gaza City this evening past "Souvenirs from Gaza" shop sign. The shop is here: 31.520628, 34.442153 on Omar Al Mukhtar Street. Source: www.instagram.com/stories/majd...
Gaza City on 9 Sept vs 16 Sept (this morning). Camps abandoned en masse, IDF vehicles where tents once stood (circled). Satellite imagery captured by Planet Labs PBC @planet.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Gaza City on 9 Sept vs 16 Sept (this morning). Camps abandoned en masse, IDF vehicles where tents once stood (circled). Satellite imagery captured by Planet Labs PBC @planet.com
Redford was probably the closest thing I ever had to a Hollywood idol. Absolute legend. Time to rewatch Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Again.
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Redford was probably the closest thing I ever had to a Hollywood idol. Absolute legend. Time to rewatch Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Again.
UN commission of inquiry says what's happening in Gaza is genocide.
September 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
UN commission of inquiry says what's happening in Gaza is genocide.
Israel continues to flatten high rise buildings in Gaza City. This is Al Kawthar tower (31.516631, 34.431417). An evacuation notice was issued beforehand.
September 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Israel continues to flatten high rise buildings in Gaza City. This is Al Kawthar tower (31.516631, 34.431417). An evacuation notice was issued beforehand.
Consider the sprawling and inescapable ubiquity of AI, its costs and environmental costs, its devastating impact on trust, truth and integrity... Then read this list of "upsides". What a trade, eh?
September 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Consider the sprawling and inescapable ubiquity of AI, its costs and environmental costs, its devastating impact on trust, truth and integrity... Then read this list of "upsides". What a trade, eh?
Scenes like this we sadly see often, but they're no less shocking every time. Aid trucks drive through dense crowds in southern Gaza. This drone clip was filmed around 1km north of the IDF's Morag Corridor (31.317803, 34.284942)
September 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Scenes like this we sadly see often, but they're no less shocking every time. Aid trucks drive through dense crowds in southern Gaza. This drone clip was filmed around 1km north of the IDF's Morag Corridor (31.317803, 34.284942)
Huh, this is news to me. The irony that if you demonstrate you are human by blocking their actual robot trackers, websites like this refuse to interact with you.
September 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Huh, this is news to me. The irony that if you demonstrate you are human by blocking their actual robot trackers, websites like this refuse to interact with you.
The Israeli military issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza city.
September 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The Israeli military issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza city.
The Israeli military published a map on Saturday showing what it calls a ‘humanitarian area’ in Al Mawasi near Khan Younis. This is the first time the IDF has designated a zone like this since attacks resumed in March following a two-month ceasefire. More: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
September 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Israeli military published a map on Saturday showing what it calls a ‘humanitarian area’ in Al Mawasi near Khan Younis. This is the first time the IDF has designated a zone like this since attacks resumed in March following a two-month ceasefire. More: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
A fourth high rise flattened in Gaza city, a few hours after the IDF issued it with an evacuation warning. Four in four days. Details on the other three here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1... Source:
www.instagram.com/p/DOV3I3WjNuE/
www.instagram.com/p/DOV3I3WjNuE/
September 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A fourth high rise flattened in Gaza city, a few hours after the IDF issued it with an evacuation warning. Four in four days. Details on the other three here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1... Source:
www.instagram.com/p/DOV3I3WjNuE/
www.instagram.com/p/DOV3I3WjNuE/
The IDF publish video of controlled demolition of around 20 multi-storey buildings in south Gaza city. They say they're destroying a tunnel. IDF vehicles were stationed at this position until very recently, which suggests they could be advancing again. Drone POV about here: 31.495254, 34.462073.
September 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The IDF publish video of controlled demolition of around 20 multi-storey buildings in south Gaza city. They say they're destroying a tunnel. IDF vehicles were stationed at this position until very recently, which suggests they could be advancing again. Drone POV about here: 31.495254, 34.462073.
Tanks, excavators, a D9 bulldozer and rubble. Video captured around 10 days ago shows the view from an IDF forward operating base (previously Al Furqan primary school) towards Gaza city. (POV: ~31.488938, 34.445581)
September 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Tanks, excavators, a D9 bulldozer and rubble. Video captured around 10 days ago shows the view from an IDF forward operating base (previously Al Furqan primary school) towards Gaza city. (POV: ~31.488938, 34.445581)
Satellite photos captured by Planet Labs yesterday show construction work has nearly finished on two new aid distribution sites in Rafah run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The IDF says they replace SDS1 (the original Tel as Sultan site). More here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
September 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Satellite photos captured by Planet Labs yesterday show construction work has nearly finished on two new aid distribution sites in Rafah run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The IDF says they replace SDS1 (the original Tel as Sultan site). More here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Hard to believe UK banks are still forcing users to create weak passwords. 20 character cap. No symbols.
August 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hard to believe UK banks are still forcing users to create weak passwords. 20 character cap. No symbols.
Anas Al-Sharif, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, has been killed, according to his colleagues. Anas was an invaluable and indefatigable source of information about developments in Gaza. Especially important given Israel's refusal to grant foreign journalists independent access.
August 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Anas Al-Sharif, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, has been killed, according to his colleagues. Anas was an invaluable and indefatigable source of information about developments in Gaza. Especially important given Israel's refusal to grant foreign journalists independent access.
Rafah street view, south Gaza, published earlier today. This is just a few hundred metres drive. Practically all of Rafah looks like this now, and many other places too (see my earlier posts about Beit Hanoun, for another example). POV starts here: 31.296275, 34.241656
August 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Rafah street view, south Gaza, published earlier today. This is just a few hundred metres drive. Practically all of Rafah looks like this now, and many other places too (see my earlier posts about Beit Hanoun, for another example). POV starts here: 31.296275, 34.241656
You can see some of this demolition work in action in another aerial vid, shared at the start of August by one of the contractors involved. (This one starts around here: 31.534503, 34.536026)
August 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
You can see some of this demolition work in action in another aerial vid, shared at the start of August by one of the contractors involved. (This one starts around here: 31.534503, 34.536026)
Drone footage published at end of July shows former city of Beit Hanoun in north Gaza now rubble. (POV starts about here: 31.534634, 34.542251).
August 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Drone footage published at end of July shows former city of Beit Hanoun in north Gaza now rubble. (POV starts about here: 31.534634, 34.542251).
The UN’s satellite centre (Unosat) has published its most recent assessment of damage in Gaza: around 78% of buildings there were damaged or destroyed by Israel by July this year. More than 40% completely destroyed. Here's an example of what that looks like in Abasan al-Kabira in the south.
August 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The UN’s satellite centre (Unosat) has published its most recent assessment of damage in Gaza: around 78% of buildings there were damaged or destroyed by Israel by July this year. More than 40% completely destroyed. Here's an example of what that looks like in Abasan al-Kabira in the south.