Middle East Buka
I’m starting a long, continuously updated (separate) thread to document identified combatants in the Gaza Strip, based on info from Palestinian social media. It will grow gradually over time. The events will appear in a random order, along with basic details about the strikes.
Middle East Buka
🧵Mourning Posts as a Clue: Identifying Combatants in the Gaza War: This article aims to explain methods that can be used to identify combatants based on eulogies and mourning posts on social media Operational security is a distinctive and fascinating aspect of the war in Gaza. Unlike Hezbollah or Palestinian counterparts in Judea and Samaria, residents of Gaza typically refrain from disclosing any affiliation with armed groups until after the fighting has ended. There are several reasons for this phenomenon: blaming Israel exclusively for civilian deaths, hiding the fact that militants operate from within civilian areas, and avoiding revenge attacks against militants’ families. 1/
