01 / PEOPLE
People and their lives
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03 / EVIDENCE
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Original accounts, named sources
Read what people described.
These are accounts published by UNICEF and B’Tselem, not interviews conducted by this website. The dates, original reporting and limits of what is known remain visible.
Water / February 2026
Latifa al-Farra
A mother of eight described the distance she had to travel for water, including when she was unwell. UNICEF later documented the relief provided by a water tank closer to her shelter.
Read the documented account ↗Context image, not the named subject · Fadi Thabet / UNRWA · 2025 · CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Education / January 2026
Jana
Seventeen-year-old Jana was preparing for the tawjihi examination while trying to keep borrowed textbooks dry in a cold, flooded tent. She spoke about wanting to study in safety.
Read the documented account ↗Context image, not the named subject · UNRWA · contextual school photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Home and family / February 2026
Nabilah ‘Abd a-Nabi
Nabilah remembered Friday gatherings in her family home before displacement and bereavement changed their lives. Her testimony was collected by B’Tselem in February 2026.
Read the documented account ↗Context image, not the named subject · Jaber Jehad Badwan · 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The legal and investigative record
The genocide finding, in the original record.
In September 2025, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israeli authorities and security forces had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Israel rejects that conclusion. The commission’s findings are not a final judgment by the International Court of Justice, which is considering South Africa’s case. The distinction matters, and the underlying evidence is available to examine.
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Historical investigation · Iran–Contra
Southern Air Transport and Iran–Contra
Airline ownership, the documented Iran–Contra record, later cargo operations and the remaining limits of original evidence.
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Iran–Contra · 133 indexed sources · 92 assessed claims
Southern Air Transport and the documentary record
Examine the documented United States–Israel dimensions of Iran–Contra, the history of Southern Air Transport and Polar Air Cargo, and the limits of claims about later ownership and financing. The source register identifies which records are verified and what remains unproven.
Read the investigation →Historical atlas · 1882–2026 · 79 records
Before the Mossad. Before the Alliance.
Explore how Zionist institutions, British rule in Palestine, Israeli intelligence agencies, and United States policy developed across more than a century of documented decisions. A searchable, animated historical atlas with parallel narratives and original archival records.
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October 2026 · Four articles
The Mossad Files
From the Kahan Commission's account of a disputed intelligence assessment to Jeffrey Epstein's contractual participation in an Israeli security-technology investment. Four independently sourced investigations with original documents and archival media.
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October 2026 · Beirut, Lebanon
Washington Knew the Marines Were Targets
Government records, contemporary warnings, and the decisions surrounding American forces at Beirut International Airport before the October 23, 1983 bombing.
Read the investigation →Voices and testimony
The people behind the records.
Civilian testimony and the experiences of service members and families belong alongside the official record. The Voices section begins with externally published survivor reporting, identified by its original publisher.
Evidence and methods
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