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A satellite identifies tank tracks in the dirt, and a mall security camera catches the moment a bomb in Gaza detonates. While journalists' access to the war in Gaza is limited, a flood of video from all sorts of sources documents what is — and isn't — going on. That means combing through an endless supply of video posted on sources like X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, Instagram, Telegram and Facebook. Sometimes images from video games are passed off as real, but experts can usually spot them. Satellite images, video and photos helped The Washington Post track where Israeli forces went during their initial incursion into Gaza.

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☆ Police Investigate Death of Man at Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestine Rallies Near Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A vigil was held Monday for Paul Kessler, who died following an altercation at dual pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Photo: Sergio Olmos/StoryfulPolice are investigating the death of a 69-year-old man as a possible homicide following an altercation at dual pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrations near Los Angeles. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said Monday it was investigating the death of Paul Kessler in the city of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and had not ruled out a possible hate crime.

Persons: Paul Kessler, Sergio Olmos Organizations: Storyful Police, Ventura County Sheriff’s Locations: Oaks, Calif, Los Angeles, Ventura County, Thousand Oaks

☆ Police Investigate Death of Jewish Man at Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestinian Rallies Near Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Gareth Vipers | Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A vigil was held Monday for a Jewish man who died following an altercation during demonstrations held in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Photo: Sergio Olmos/StoryfulPolice are investigating the death of a 69-year-old Jewish man as a possible homicide following an altercation at dual pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrations near Los Angeles. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said during a press conference Tuesday it was investigating the death of Paul Kessler in the city of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and had not ruled out a possible hate crime.

Persons: Sergio Olmos, Paul Kessler Organizations: Storyful Police, Ventura County Sheriff’s Locations: Thousand Oaks, Calif, Los Angeles, Ventura County

☆ Hamas, Israel Release Footage Showing Operations in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hamas, Israel Release Footage Showing Operations in GazaHamas released footage it said shows militants dropping explosives and fighting Israeli troops in Gaza. The Israeli military also released videos on Thursday of its operations in the Palestinian enclave. Photo: Al-Qassam Brigades/Storyful

Persons: Storyful Locations: Israel, Gaza Hamas, Gaza

☆ Watch: Video Shows Car Being Fired Upon Near Gaza City
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Watch: Video Shows Car Being Fired Upon Near Gaza CityA video verified by Storyful appears to show a car being fired on by an Israeli tank in an area southeast of Gaza City. An Israeli military spokesman said the IDF wasn’t shown any proof it was a civilian car, and have no way of knowing who is a militant or a civilian in Gaza. Photo: Yousef Basam via Storyful

Persons: Storyful, Yousef Basam Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Israeli

☆ They are tasked with viewing ‘the worst imaginable images’ of the Israel-Hamas war. Its taking a heavy toll
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The task is taking a particular toll on journalists whose specific roles are tasked with surfacing video and images from the war and subsequent humanitarian disaster and authenticating the imagery for use in reporting. However, viewing this graphic footage does have an impact on our team,” James Law, the editor-in-chief of Storyful, told me Wednesday. Storyful is a news organization that sifts through the vast ocean of content posted on social media. “As a result, it is our duty to look closely at the most confronting content posted online,” Law said. Newsrooms have recognized the mental toll that the work is taking on their journalists, with many offering support resources to their staffs.

Persons: ” James Law, Storyful, ” Law, Law, “, Newsrooms Organizations: CNN, ” Locations: Israel, ISRAEL

☆ Video Shows Damage From Rocket in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Hamas rocket that hit a residential neighborhood in Tel Aviv left debris on the street and several vehicles and a multi-storey building damaged, according to a video by Israel’s emergency services organization that was verified by Storyful. The destruction was at the intersection of Ben Yehuda Street and Mendele Mokher Sfarim streets.

Persons: Ben Yehuda Organizations: Hamas Locations: Tel Aviv

☆ Videos on Social Media Show Capture of Civilians, Soldiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A number of Israeli soldiers and civilians have been captured and taken into Gaza, according to videos on social media that were verified by Storyful. In one video, Palestinian fighters dragged a bloodied Israeli soldier from a car parked in Gaza on Saturday, drawing a loud crowd. One man had his foot on the soldier, who was in an Israel Defense Forces uniform and appeared severely wounded or dead.

Organizations: Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza

☆ Fact Check-Video of people escaping a waterspout predates Hurricane Idalia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Video of a waterspout approaching a beach lined with blue tents dates to June 2023 and is not related to Hurricane Idalia that made landfall on Florida’s coast on Aug. 30, 2023. “Hurricane Idalia has started,” read posts linking the waterspout video to Hurricane Idalia on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here) and Facebook (here) and (here). People visible at 0:21 in the video shared on social media are also visible in the fire department video. Millions of residents evacuated or hunkered down in homes and shelters as Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 storm on Aug. 30, 2023, Reuters reported (here). Video of a waterspout is not related to Hurricane Idalia.

Persons: Idalia, ”, Dr Mike, Danielle Tarjoman, Read Organizations: Facebook, Storyful, Rescue Department, Reuters Locations: Clearwater Beach, Florida, Clearwater, Orlando

☆ Video shows a fireball erupting next to Moscow's glitzy skyscrapers as the capital's finance district is struck by drone attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Footage shows a drone strike in Moscow causing a huge explosion in the capital's business district. The capital's mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, said on Sunday that two office buildings in Moscow were damaged by drone attacks, accusing Kyiv of carrying out the strikes. Russia's Ministry of Defense said Moscow's air defense systems destroyed one drone on Sunday, while jamming another two drones that lost control and crashed into a building. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy referenced the drone attacks in his daily address on Sunday. Footage of the aftermath posted on Telegram and social media showed one of Moscow's skyscrapers clearly damaged from the strike.

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☆ Allen, Texas, Mall Shooter Had Eight Weapons, All Legally Obtained, Police Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Dashcam footage circulating online appears to show the moment an alleged gunman exits his car and opens fire on a crowd of people outside a Texas mall. Image: StoryfulAuthorities said Tuesday that the gunman they said was responsible for killing eight people at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, legally obtained the weapons he used and had neo-Nazi ideation, but said they don’t believe he targeted a specific group of people. Hank Sibley , North Texas regional director for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said it appeared to him that Mauricio Garcia targeted the Allen Premium Outlets as a location and not anyone specifically. Among the dead were women, men and children, some of them of Asian descent. Seven people were wounded in the shooting.

Dashcam footage circulating online appears to show the moment an alleged gunman exits his car and opens fire on a crowd of people outside a Texas mall. Screengrab: StoryfulThe gunman authorities said was responsible for the deaths of eight in Allen, Texas, was terminated by the Army for mental-health reasons three months after he enlisted in 2008, and recent social-media postings officials are examining show links to white-supremacist views. Mauricio Garcia, 33 years old, was shot dead by a police officer after opening fire at Allen Premium Outlets, authorities said. He used an AR-15-style rifle in the attack and multiple other firearms were found at the scene, according to the officials.

☆ At Least Six Dead After Dust Storm Causes Crashes on Illinois Highway
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A dust storm caused a pileup of dozens of vehicles on Interstate 55 in Illinois, police said. Photo: Nathan Cormier/StoryfulAt least six people died and dozens were injured in Illinois after a dust storm caused more than 60 vehicles to crash along a two-mile stretch of Interstate 55, police said. Authorities said at least 30 commercial vehicles and 40 to 60 passenger vehicles were involved in the pileup Monday, which occurred on the northbound and southbound lanes of I-55 south of Springfield, Ill. At least two commercial trucks caught fire.

☆ Dust Storm Causes Pileup on Illinois Highway, Killing Multiple People
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A dust storm caused a pileup of dozens of vehicles on Interstate 55 in Illinois, police said. Photo: Nathan Cormier/StoryfulMultiple people died and more than 30 were injured after a dust storm caused more than 60 vehicles to crash on Interstate 55 in Illinois, police said. The crashes occurred around 11 a.m. local time, south of Springfield, Ill., according to Illinois State Police Maj. Ryan Starrick.

☆ Fact Check-Video of looting at Target is not recent, was taken in Minneapolis in 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video that shows looting in a Target store was taken in Minneapolis in May 2020 in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, contrary to online posts falsely linking it to Chicago or Philadelphia in April 2023. Another post said, “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Target is literally turned into a zoo. The video was first posted in May 2020, however, according to a keyword search (tinyurl.com/2p93596b). Reuters reporting on the protests and looting in Minneapolis in the days after the killing of George Floyd can be seen (here). This video showing looting in a Target store was filmed in Minneapolis in May 2020, contrary to posts falsely claiming it was filmed recently in Chicago or Philadelphia.

☆ After SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Explosion—Debris, Data and Analysis
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: @LabPadre via StoryfulSpaceX on Friday is taking stock after the company’s Starship rocket exploded a few minutes after lifting off the day before in southern Texas. So are several local officials, regulatory and environmental agencies. Regulators said they were analyzing what the launch meant for nearby natural areas and public safety. Environmental groups and some local residents have raised concerns about the impact of SpaceX’s activities on and around its base.

☆ Video shows the moment dozens of frantic sharks in the middle of a feeding frenzy surrounded a fishing boat off the coast of Louisiana: 'Never seen anything like it'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A TikTok video showed a fishing boat off the coast of Louisiana surrounded by feasting sharks. One of the fisherman told Storyful he'd "never seen anything like it." The frantic sharks appeared to be eating a pod of small fish that could be seen in the water. At some points in the video, small fish can be seen frantically swimming below the surface in the midst of the sharks, which were even causing water to splash up onto the boat. Some of the sharks most commonly found along the coastlines include bull, thresher, hammerhead, nurse, and blacktip, among others.

☆ Fact Check-Video of cats with glowing eyes was taken in November 2022, not after the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of dozens of cats with glowing eyes was taken from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in November 2022, but users online are sharing the clip as if it were from the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey. An Instagram user shared the video on Feb. 7 with text on screen that says: “animals feeling the earthquake before the earthquake” (here). A search for cats with glowing eyes leads to a similar video from November 2022 licensed by Storyful (here), (here). Most of the clip shared online can be seen in a TikTok posted on Nov. 10, 2022 (here). A video of cats on the street originates from November 2022 in Saudi Arabia, not the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey.

☆ A Delta flight had to make an emergency landing just 60 miles after takeoff when flames shot out from under its wing
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Delta trans-Atlantic flight made an emergency landing near Glasgow on Friday after flames erupted from a wing. One passenger told local news that there was a "banging noise" and then the plane "nose-dived." The flight was "safely diverted to Glasgow Prestwick Airport after a mechanical issue with one of the aircraft's two engines," a Delta spokesperson told Insider. BBC Scotland News reporter Laura Pettigrew, who was on the flight, told the BBC that the plane's engine made loud noises during the flight. Fire trucks and firefighters rushed towards the plane when it landed down at Glasgow Prestwick, she said.

☆ Watch: U.N Earthquake Aid Arrives in Rebel-Held Northern Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Watch: Algerian Team in Syria Joins Earthquake Search and Rescue Efforts A group of Algerian rescue workers joined search efforts in Syria on Thursday, four days after powerful earthquakes hit the region. Footage showed the workers searching through rubble and carrying victims in body bags. Photo: Algerian Civil Protection via Storyful

☆ Covid in China: What’s Next for Travelers as U.S., Others Impose Tests
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aerial Footage Shows Extent of Winter Storm in Buffalo as Death Toll Rises Many cars and homes in the Buffalo area were buried under snow after the region became the center of a deadly winter storm that paralyzed two thirds of the country over the Christmas holiday. The storm also brought flooding, power outages and canceled flights. Photo: Earl Reynolds via Storyful

☆ Russia Fires More Than 60 Missiles Targeting Ukrainian Cities
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aerial Footage Shows Extent of Winter Storm in Buffalo as Death Toll Rises Many cars and homes in the Buffalo area are buried under snow after the region became the center of a deadly winter storm that paralyzed two thirds of the country over the Christmas holiday. The storm has also brought flooding, power outages and canceled flights. Photo: Earl Reynolds via Storyful

☆ Winter Storm Brings Extreme Cold, Blizzard Conditions
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Wsj Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

High winds and snow have combined to create whiteout conditions. Governors in some states have declared states of emergency and cities across the U.S. rushed to move homeless people off the streets. President Biden urged the public to heed the warnings of local officials. Low visibility on roads in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Wednesday. Video: Wyoming Highway Patrol/Storyful

In the video, one of the columns — labeled M11.1 in the original drawings — is not visible. It is unclear whether that column, which was near the portion of the building that would soon collapse first, had failed or whether it could not be seen because of debris that could have fallen from above. Video by Adriana Sarmiento via Storyful

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