A Palestinian woman reacts at the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building in Gaza City October 25, 2023.
Social media platforms have been flooded with horrific footage from Israel and Gaza since Oct. 7 — the day the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a surprise assault on Israel, armed with cameras and smartphones in the arsenal of weapons used in the slaughter and kidnapping of hundreds of Israeli civilians.
But the effort it takes to collect and verify such information is more complicated than ever, say OSINT experts, due to the sheer volume of content that has emerged so quickly and the amount of false or misleading material muddying the waters. Carvin's first foray into gathering OSINT happened while working for a policy research organization after the 2001 Sept. 11 attacks, when he developed an email list for eyewitnesses, journalists and others to share their accounts of what happened. He further honed his OSINT gathering techniques while leading the social media team at NPR and monitoring the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa.
Once verified, Gill explained, analysts can then attempt to piece the puzzle together by cross-referencing a video or photo with messages on social media channels, satellite imagery, maps, geolocation tools, public records and news stories.The importance of verifying and analyzing open-source intelligence was highlighted in the aftermath of a deadly, nighttime blast at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Oct. 17.
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