Sarah Blume

visual verification journalist
currently at @ajplus. Formerly @storyful @nyukevo.

[Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck]

Imagine being a parent forced to choose which of your children to save. And then having to explain that decision to the world.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

NEW: Israeli forces have been publishing degrading photographs and videos of detained Palestinians, including children, a form of inhumane treatment and an outrage on their personal dignity. These acts amount to war crimes.

Read more: https://t.co/FYJI71OzB8

[Laila Al-Arian @LailaAlarian]

Our documentary film on Gaza “The Night Won’t End” has been age-restricted by @YouTube, which means it will now effectively be buried. It won’t be a suggested video and the view count will stop without people posting and sharing it widely so please do so. https://t.co/rvaNvg3HOD

[Cate Malek @catemalek]

It took almost three weeks of meticulous research and editing to get this out. I’m so proud to work with the team who produced it. Thank you @sarahnblume, @thekareem, @JulietteTalk, @jonlaurence, @kutlay_dede @tksshawa, @rekhashanmugham

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING Gaza population 'starving to death': World Health Organization (WHO)

[Healthcare Workers Watch - Palestine @HCWWatch]

Our investigation in collaboration with @GazaMedicVoices and @ajplus found that more than 110 Palestinian healthcare workers were abducted by IOF. We have received a number of horrific testimonies of torture from those released.
#NotATarget #Palestine #GazaGenocide #Gaza

[Fadah Jassem @FadahJassem]

@AJEnglish Here is an image that reportedly shows the crater left behind in the bombardment of Jabalia camp. It tallies up with live images @AJEnglish are broadcasting.

The scale of destruction is staggering. Witnesses say between 30-40 homes were demolished.

[Mohammad Alsaafin @malsaafin]

Struggling to comprehend how rescuers, EMTs & doctors in Gaza will ever deal with the horrors they’ve had to deal with. No rest. Nonstop death and mangled bodies covered in dust.

Meanwhile, men in clean suits stand at podiums thousands of miles away and say this has to continue.

[Omar Shakir @OmarSShakir]

Breaking: @hrw has confirmed—based on verified video & witness accounts—that Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza & Lebanon. White phosphorus causes excruciating burns—causing lifelong suffering—& can set homes afire. Its use in populated areas is unlawful https://t.co/AzN4bAHkau

[AJ+ @ajplus]

We spoke to two men who say they know where many of the people who disappeared inside Syrian government prisons ended up — because they prepared the mass graves where their bodies were dumped.

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

This is a classic case of the most craven disaster capitalism, plantation-style.

Prof. Kapuaʻala Sproat and I wrote about Hawai’i Governor Josh Green, the Maui wildfires and Native Hawaiian resistance: https://t.co/FXZuU3k6UW

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

In a desolate area on the Tunisia-Libya border, Black refugees have been waiting in scorching heat without an end in sight. https://t.co/QcIFoBhtTD

[The IMEU @theIMEU]

If you're a journalist covering Israel's latest attack on the Palestinian city of Jenin, the IMEU can connect you with experts and sources on the ground.

Send us a DM here or an email at [email protected].

[Andrew Stroehlein @astroehlein]

"The (mass drowning) story is undoubtedly political as it involves immigration policy, various EU governments, and the conditions that drive people to take extraordinary risks… And yet much of the (media) coverage … fails to address these complexities"
https://t.co/e0LIAPdx1H

[Ruth Michaelson @msrmichaelson]

Thousands of people fleeing violence in Sudan have paid extortionate fees or even walked to reach the borders. On the Egyptian border in particular, people who have crossed describe a "deadly" journey with thousands trying to cross.

My piece for @guardian
https://t.co/zlRYVvNBUG

[Ramzi Kaiss / رمزي قيس @kaiss_ramzi]

#Lebanon: Human Rights Watch @HRW is alarmed by reports that the Lebanese armed forces are deporting dozens of Syrian refugees back to #Syria. Syria is not safe. These deportations are illegal under international law.

https://t.co/MAtWFx05tK

[Molham Team | فريق ملهم التطوعي @molhamteam]

بفضل الله، إنقاذ عائلة كاملة بعد أكثر من 40 ساعة من عمليات الإنقاذ للدفاع المدني في الشمال السوري.

الحمدلله استطعنا رؤية خبر جميل في هذه الأيام الحزينة، هذا الفيديو زرع في نفوسنا التفاؤل والأمل بإنقاذ ما تبقى من العوائل..

#زلزال_سوريا

[Storyful @Storyful]

Damaged building in Aleppo topples in aftershock. Storyful's @sarahnblume has the story.

[Aseel AlBajeh أسيل البجة @AseelAlBajeh]

1) An unreported story from the Jenin Massacre. This Palestinian family home (3 children & their parents) was used by Israeli forces as a military base. For 2 hours, the family was kept in a room where a fully armed force was firing shells & live bullets from their home’s windows