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Ben van der Merwe

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Digital investigations journalist @SkyNews. @JSchofieldTrust fellow 2025. Signal: bvdm.22

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An Egyptian company is making up to $1 million a DAY by charging Palestinians to flee #Gaza. Hala is the only way out of Gaza for most people, and has raised its prices 14-fold since the war began. news.sky.com/story/the-pric…


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Illegal Israeli settlers are making the olive groves in the West Bank a battleground, forcing out local communities.


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The final moments of Palestinian Doctor Adnan Al-Bursh's life have been revealed through claims made in new testimony by an inmate at the Israeli prison where he died. Sky’s John Sparks has been speaking to those who saw him in his final days. ➡️ trib.al/AssGt4O


Jabalia boys' middle school Oct 11 vs. Nov 12 Source: Planet

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Mohammed, 16, was separated from his family as they were forced to leave North Gaza. He's one of 60,000+ who fled in October as the IDF steps up its assault against Hamas in the area. Our latest investigation, by @OliveLineham @celinealkhaldi @_BvdM youtube.com/watch?v=V1K0PU…


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Thousands have fled North Gaza in recent weeks. Using geolocated videos, speaking w/ a teen held in a school by Israeli forces & evacuation orders, we investigate the conditions some civilians faced while leaving. Latest w/ @celinealkhaldi & @_BvdM news.sky.com/story/teenager… 1/6


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Across Lebanon's border villages, at least 5,868 buildings have been left in ruins, 80% of them since the invasion began. In some places, such as the villages of Ayta al-Shab and Kfar Kila, nearly half of all structures are gone. Many village centers have been erased.

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‘I couldn’t cry over my children like everyone else’: the tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael al-Dahdouh theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…


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Ahead of the budget tomorrow, I look at low-income households who are caught in a precarious position, earning too little to comfortably support themselves, but too much to qualify for significant financial help and how the budget could make things worse: news.sky.com/story/how-the-…



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