Bel Trew

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The Independent’s Chief International Correspondent. Foreign reporter of the year 2023. Marie Colvin Award winner. My documentary “The Body in the Woods”👇🏼

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1	Oct 13, '23	Gaza health ministry told me it was "impossible" to evacuate the wounded to south. “There are no extra beds in any hospitals anywhere for people to move to. Most of the wounded are	114×	2.8M	6.1k	2.7k	187
2	Oct 16, '23	A UN official just told me civilians in Gaza are reduced to drinking sea water because clean water has run out. Body bags are running out, fuel for hospital generators powering ven	103×	2.6M	15k	7.9k	501
3	Oct 7, '23	Israel is famed for being the birthplace of world’s most powerful surveillance software. It has eyes & a blockade on Gaza, that is only 42km long. In Gaza the one constant is t	94.2×	2.3M	3.6k	1.2k	757
4	Oct 21, '23	I've been sent a photo of leaflet I'm told was dropped on Gaza City this morning - it says those who don't evacuate northern Gaza could be considered "an accomplice of a terrorist	87.6×	2.2M	11k	4.3k	663
5	Dec 16, '23	One Israeli hostage was waving a makeshift white flag and another called for help in Hebrew when they were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Gaza - who mistook them fighters - accor	69.1×	1.7M	1.8k	624	165
6	Feb 18, '22	Is the U.K. O.K. ?	37.5×	0	31k	4.5k	489
7	Jul 31, '24	The killing of a senior Hezbollah military leader in Beirut and then (reportedly) Hamas’s most senior political leader Haniyeh in Tehran within 24 hours extinguishes any hope of a	33.2×	830k	754	212	77
8	Aug 25, '25	Mariam, killed by Israeli strike today, had the chance to leave Gaza to be with her son but she chose to stay to report and to look after her parents, her friends told us. She gave	33×	823k	2.3k	1k	143
9	Oct 9, '23	Israel's defence minister has ordered a "complete siege" on Gaza, they will cut power, block food, fuel. This will be catastrophic for the 2 million inhabitants. Gaza medics told m	31.4×	785k	1.2k	614	60
10	Oct 8, '23	Exclusive: 100s of young party-goers have been killed or are missing feared kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas militants, who attacked a festival yesterday. Among them is Brit Jake Marlowe	30.5×	762k	1.6k	859	212
11	Oct 11, '23	Gaza: The UN just told me 9 UN staffers have been killed in Gaza, 18 UN buildings have sustained damage, their schools are at over capacity with the displaced. They are running out	29.9×	746k	4.2k	2.3k	154
12	Dec 7, '23	A double amputee toddler his limbs in a box, a burned child screaming for his mum-he doesn't know is dead- as there's no pain relief, an 8-yr-old his brain exposed. @ICRC surgeon d	28.3×	706k	2.7k	2k	380
13	Oct 31, '23	Gaza health ministry has said they are “just hours away” from the shutdown of their main generators at both Shifa and Indonesian hospitals which are treating the wounded from Jabal	24.6×	613k	2.5k	1.5k	101
14	Oct 7, '23	Israeli army told me today was “the worst day for Israeli civilians ever” recorded. At least 250 dead. One Major said “Parents are learning their children are kidnapped to Gaza fro	23.2×	578k	1.4k	659	122
15	Oct 30, '23	"Pregnant women are being forced to undergo emergency C-sections without anaesthetics. Women are being discharged within... 3 hours after giving birth. An average of 160 pregnant w	20.7×	517k	1.9k	1.6k	105
16	Oct 22, '23	I spoke Israelis whose loved ones were killed or taken hostage by Hamas militants: despite unimaginable grief, they're calling for an end to bloodshed, for the protection of Gaza c	16×	400k	3.9k	1.5k	224
17	Mar 7, '24	The destruction of north Gaza from the sky today: whole areas, neighbourhoods flattened or chewed up. There aren’t really words.	15.6×	390k	867	563	75
18	Jan 19, '23	I’m back in Ukraine and the theme of my hotel is Boris on bikes. The entire hotel is - for whatever reason - plastered in photos of the former PM cycling.	14.6×	363k	2.5k	276	102
19	Oct 10, '23	British-Palestinian surgeon @GhassanAbuSitt1 told me that Gaza's biggest hospital is "at capacity", they're running out of supplies like anaesthetic medicines & airway tubes fo	14.3×	356k	1.7k	963	60
20	Oct 14, '23	Urgent: Water has now run out in Gaza according to the UN “It has become a matter of life and death”. 2 million people at risk. Statement below 👇🏼	⚡ 14.3×	11.8M	6.2k	4.3k	250
21	Oct 13, '23	The Israeli army has just ordered the entire civilian population of Gaza to evacuate south within 24 hours. The UN says that amounts to 1.1 million people& applies to 100s of 1000s	13.5×	336k	1.8k	794	77
22	Apr 1, '24	The reports about the World Central Kitchen employees being killed by Israeli strikes comes as footage is shared of the unfathomable destruction to Gaza’s largest hospital Shifa fo	13.4×	335k	1.4k	558	49
23	Nov 25, '23	Ohad Munder, 9 hugs his father for the first time after being released from captivity in Gaza. (Video: Schneider children’s hospital).	12.8×	320k	1.4k	350	48
24	Oct 27, '23	I cannot reach anyone in Gaza right now - nothing is getting going through, I understand network is out across the strip. Reports of very heavy bombardment particularly in the nort	11.5×	287k	755	504	27
25	May 18, '21	Ahmed AlMansi had a popular YouTube channel with his daughters Sarah & Hala about their life in #Gaza. In one video he tries to distract his terrified girls from the airstrikes	11.5×	0	5k	3.5k	188
26	Oct 7, '23	How is this going to be possible where will Palestinian civilians in Gaza go? There are 2 million people in Gaza. Will Egypt unilaterally open its borders?	10.7×	267k	718	268	29
27	Aug 7, '24	Statement from @WCKitchen about the terrible news from Gaza tonight: "One of our Palestinian colleagues, Nadi Sallout, was killed tonight near Deir Al-Balah, Gaza. He was an integr	10.6×	265k	704	358	36
28	Oct 11, '23	I just wanted to clarify that I did not tweet 40 babies had been beheaded. I tweeted that foreign media had been told women and children had been decapitated but we had not been sh	⚡ 10.1×	4.7M	1.4k	1.1k	1k
29	May 26, '24	Action Aid says Israeli fighter jets launched 8 missiles at makeshift shelters housing displaced people next to @UNRWA warehouses stocking aid in Rafah tonight. They said children,	10.0×	249k	941	866	101
30	Oct 27, '23	Before I lost contact with them, I was speaking to British citizens in Gaza under Israel's intense bombardment. One Manchester resident told me 37 members of his extended family ha	9.8×	246k	1.4k	715	54
31	Dec 16, '23	Alarming reports coming from the Catholic Church in Gaza City where 100s of Christian Palestinians are seeking shelter. Spoke to relatives of those trapped inside they said several	8.8×	219k	1.2k	911	64
32	Oct 25, '23	Doctors in Gaza told me they are cleaning wounds with washing up liquid. The WHO says over a third of hospitals have shut, more will close in next 24 hours as generator fuel runs o	8.7×	217k	870	770	38
33	Apr 2, '24	This is the devastating impact of Israel's attack - not only because WCK has had to suspended all their operations, not only because a shipload of aid is turning back, but because	8.2×	205k	858	518	47
34	Oct 2, '23	Horribly eerie scenes from inside a now deserted Stepanakert (Khankendi in Azerbaijan)- empty prams, abandoned child scooters, chairs where people must have waited. It really hits	8.0×	199k	845	444	47
35	Oct 17, '23	Powerful words from Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni asking Israel for a swift and transparent investigation into the killing of Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah.	7.5×	188k	1.2k	494	56
36	Oct 28, '23	Hamas statement on Telegram says they are “immediately ready” to agree an exchange deal that includes release of all hostages for all Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Comes after f	7.5×	186k	1.3k	571	60
37	Aug 3, '23	Olena Zelenska never sought a public life& was wary about her husband running for president. Then Putin invaded. Now is she trailblazing her own role as frontline ambassador & arch	6.7×	167k	3k	385	68
38	Dec 16, '23	Wael is still working after losing his wife, son, daughter, grandson and now his cameraman and friend Samir even as he is injured. Few - if any - journalists on this planet have go	6.6×	165k	1.1k	556	52
39	May 13, '22	I am speechless with horror watching this. This is the Israeli security forces at the funeral procession for slain Al Jazeera veteran correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh. Al Jazeera ac	6.6×	0	3.4k	1.5k	87
40	Oct 26, '23	Gaza’s health ministry has just released a 212 page document listing what it says are the names, ages, ID numbers of 6747 people - including 2665 children- killed in Israel’s bomba	6.5×	163k	635	460	59
41	Sep 30, '23	“It is an erasure of a people. The world handed us over”. Almost all ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh have left in just a few days. This escaped the world largely unnoticed but	6.5×	161k	954	496	70
42	Oct 13, '23	Horrific news. They were wearing press jackets, clearly identified as journalists. No fighting around them. They were at a live position doing their job. Full statement from @reute	6.0×	151k	885	441	36
43	Jun 15, '22	I interviewed 3 of the asylum seekers supposed to be onboard Tuesday’s failed flight to Rwanda. One told me he was forced into a restraining harness on the plane. Officers pushed h	5.3×	0	1.9k	1.6k	101
44	Mar 24, '18	I've lived in #Egypt for 7 years, it's my beloved home and I'm not sure when I can return. I was arrested after doing an interview and threatened with military trial unless I got o	4.8×	0	1.6k	1.4k	19
45	May 1, '24	Frightening scenes from UCLA - reporters on the ground posting videos showing pro-Israel counter protesters attacking pro-Palestine sit in.	4.7×	118k	699	434	81
46	Apr 27, '23	It means the world to announce I’m officially the @Independent’s Chief International Correspondent ✨As so many know, journalism is a long and often tricky adventure. Freelance Bel	4.6×	115k	732	39	6
47	Oct 13, '23	Leaving aside the international law implications, I cannot emphasise enough how impossible this kind of movement of people would be. I have spent a lot of time in Gaza it is one of	4.5×	113k	942	424	38
48	May 10, '21	Palestinian Red Crescent just told me 520 Palestinians have been injured today, 333 hospitalised in #Jerusalem. In #Gaza the latest I was told was 20 killed, including 9 children i	4.4×	0	2.3k	1.2k	21
49	May 6, '24	To give you a sense of what Rafah looks like, and how little shelter civilians have from any major offensive - UN workers in Rafah sent me these photos this morning. Tents, tarpaul	4.3×	107k	1.1k	942	65
50	Mar 10, '21	Israel arrested 5 Palestinian children aged 7-11 today after they were picking flowers near a settlement in the occupied West Bank according to rights groups. @btselem says they ar	4.3×	0	1.6k	1.1k	56
51	May 13, '21	This is what it is like in #Gaza right now for families, when you don’t have a bomb shelter and you’re under intense bombardment from the air, sea and land. This was sent to me by	4.2×	0	1.4k	1.3k	79
52	Dec 13, '24	In Daraa we found Muawiyah: the teen who sparked Syria’s revolution with his anti-Assad graffiti. 13 years on he was among rebels who took Damascus. A tortured child detainee, refu	4.0×	101k	823	351	249
53	May 31, '20	So many disturbing videos of violent police behaviour coming out of the US,that echo crackdowns in the region I cover. Here officers in #Minneapolis patrolling an area stop to fire	3.8×	0	1.4k	1.1k	70
54	Aug 5, '20	Morning from #Beirut. Like so many, I’m waking up from a 2 hour nap on my sofa with gaping holes in my walls, wondering where I am going to live. So many dead, injured, missing, so	3.7×	0	2.5k	739	34
55	Jan 28, '20	#Netanyahu has been formally indicted on corruption charges, just hours before he is expected to join #Trump for the launch of the US Middle East "peace plan". Bibi dropped his bid	3.7×	0	1.9k	956	16
56	Aug 4, '20	Absolute chaos in #Beirut. Shattered shop fronts, injured people staggering around, alarms going off, ambulances trying to get to hospitals, the floor is glistening with shattered	3.5×	0	1.4k	1.1k	51
57	Jun 2, '20	Completely unprovoked US police officers punch an Australian cameraman, club the correspondent live on air outside the White House. Australia’s PM has called for an investigation.	3.5×	0	1.7k	942	79
58	Sep 13, '23	Just got off the phone to a Libyan man who lost 32 family members in the flooding of Derna. It's unimaginable.	3.4×	86k	776	274	16
59	Nov 4, '20	While everyone was distracted by #USElection - #Israel just carried out its largest demolition in a decade displacing dozens of Palestinians in the West Bank. More than 73 people,	3.2×	0	1.4k	976	42
60	May 11, '21	I covered the last two Gaza wars & 7 years on I still have nightmares about the horrors I saw. &I’m just a foreigner, I don’t have to live that reality. It is never worth i	3.1×	0	2.4k	562	22
61	Oct 9, '21	Lebanon now has zero state power meaning the entire country is running on private generators. They are prohibitively expensive: my last month’s bill was 3.75 million lira which is	3.1×	0	1.7k	792	66
62	Oct 21, '23	Just to be clear - I’ve spoken to a family member of the person who took the photo of the leaflet - it appears consistent with other photos being shared online. Have reached out to	3.1×	77k	1.4k	121	3
63	Dec 13, '16	Of the 82 that the Syrian regime "shot on the spot" in East #Aleppo 13 were children and 11 were women, according to the UN.	2.9×	0	819	1.2k	0
64	Oct 21, '23	Just to reiterate - the WHO has said it is impossible to evacuate hospitals, UN experts say it could amount to forcible transfer. Civilians are always protected under international	2.9×	73k	1.3k	233	15
65	May 16, '21	The Gaza border crossing is still shut that means outside journalists cannot get in to report from the ground. The AP & Al-Jazeera offices were destroyed yesterday meaning thei	2.9×	0	1.6k	760	27
66	Apr 2, '24	For context before killing 7 @WCKitchen aid workers last night, Israel’s been accused multiple times of bombing aid convoys in Gaza (despite coordination). In Feb @UNRWA said one o	2.9×	71k	728	385	76
67	Oct 21, '23	And to add this is a new leaflet which was dropped this morning, it is red. (Not the original leaflets with the first evacuation orders in the video).	2.8×	71k	844	77	3
68	Nov 14, '22	A very emotional day yesterday inside Kherson city: people who have endured intense shelling, 8 months of occupation, no electricity water or gas & soaring food prices wept as	2.7×	0	2.5k	327	14
69	Mar 10, '21	Here’s a video of the Israeli soldiers arresting the children (from @btselem )	2.6×	0	884	720	36
70	Feb 26, '22	Chaos at the border between Poland- #Ukraine as 1000s of families, children are trying to cross. There is a 40km long tail back of cars & I met people who had walked for more t	2.5×	0	1.3k	666	48
71	Jun 18, '23	No idea how these kittens survived the flood that completely destroyed this living room (and walls). But as Olha, their hu-mum, says in the background “Always keep your spirits up”	2.4×	59k	613	113	14
72	Aug 4, '20	Massive massive explosion just rocked #Lebanon. We are in the mountains and heard first explosion then the blast wave which literally pushed us fall to our knees. No idea. But ther	2.2×	0	1.1k	582	40
73	Mar 9, '22	On Russian strike damaging hospital in Mariupol, Maksym Dotsenko, chief of the Ukrainian Red Cross told me it could cause “complete collapse” of children’s medicine in the city. He	2.1×	0	1.1k	572	24
74	Feb 21, '20	This is mad. #Israel security forces driving massive slabs of rock in an armored bulldozer at speed towards Palestinian protesters in Kafr Qaddum, west of #Nablus in the occupied W	1.9×	0	598	608	23
75	May 15, '21	Just received this very worrying message from a friend in #Gaza - “They have targeted a huge chemicals and pesticides store in east of Beit Lahia and setoff a massive fire that flo	1.9×	0	744	571	19
76	Oct 10, '22	Ukrainian President Zelensky sends a video from the street saying dozens of Iranian missiles / drones fired at Ukraine including Kyiv, Khmelnitsky, Lviv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Zaporiz	1.8×	0	1.1k	351	17
77	May 19, '18	I vowed not to tweet about the #RoyalWedding but I am LOVING how un-British and how un-UK-royal the sermon is right now and how the very very white and constrained royal family mem	1.8×	0	1.4k	275	3
78	Nov 7, '20	This is quite a reaction to news Joe Biden will be the next US president. I am sure it resonates with many people #USElection2020	1.7×	0	1k	311	27
79	Aug 17, '21	I’m returning to #Lebanon in a few days and can bring in medical supplies. Does anyone need any medicines? I’ve got a list of general items & some requests already. I’ll try to	1.7×	0	819	517	9
80	May 15, '21	Extraordinary watching @AJEnglish report live on Israel destroying its offices in #Gaza in an airstrike, the shock from the correspondent and anchor. It also houses the @AP offices	1.7×	0	760	457	13
81	Aug 4, '20	My flat is completely destroyed. Not just windows blown in- like door and window frames ripped out. The cats are alive thank god.	1.7×	0	895	400	30
82	Aug 5, '20	A Lebanese bride poses for a wedding photo shoot. Then 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded.	1.6×	0	728	370	52
83	Oct 28, '24	We crossed the US to track the impact of the abortion bans for my latest doc: "The A-Word". We met women left bleeding out in ER, who were forced to give birth to partially-formed	1.6×	40k	93	55	16
84	Jan 16, '21	As someone who covers these war zones this photo really reminds me of America.	1.5×	0	1.4k	155	10
85	Mar 15, '19	Rather then the gunman’s horrific footage we should be sharing this video: it’s of an amazing woman behind an important & brave act of humanity &solidarity in the face of s	1.5×	0	808	411	5
86	Sep 10, '20	And this again shows how huge the blaze is - taken by @timourazhari driving down the main road in front of the port #beirut	1.5×	0	655	369	33
87	May 17, '22	After weeks of work, our short film on the evidence of possible war crimes we uncovered is out. Travelled around Kyiv, Sumy regions where we discovered children bound& shot, un	1.4×	0	668	404	62
88	May 13, '21	My colleagues in Gaza say it’s horrific right now there. They describe dozens, hundreds of airstrikes and instances of artillery fire. They’ve moved to the lower floors but have no	1.3×	0	628	390	12
89	Aug 4, '20	Hospital staff just shouted “stand aside coronavirus cases!” In the middle of the car park which is now the emergency room outside the gutted hospital where they are still pulling	1.3×	0	626	370	11
90	Feb 27, '22	The othering of people in conflict is why refugees are shut out & left to die. I try not to comment negatively on other people’s work but I wholly disagree with this take. “The	1.3×	0	884	260	27
91	Mar 9, '22	Ukrainian Red Cross chief told me: “We cannot help them in Mariupol - we have tried to organise evacuation convoys every day. Today, it was the fourth day in a row we tried but we	1.3×	0	625	385	12
92	Mar 3, '22	Breaking: UNHCR says a million people have fled Ukraine. A horrible milestone.	1.2×	0	731	255	13
93	Aug 16, '21	Witnesses told Reuters they weren’t sure how the 5 were killed. However a US official admitted US troops, who are in charge of the airport, earlier fired in the air to scatter the	1.1×	0	621	212	35
94	May 11, '22	Unbelievable	1.1×	0	674	256	20
95	May 31, '18	Awkward timing coming in the same week rights group report that Saudi detained 11 (mostly female) activists who campaigned for the right for women to drive. Four of them - includin	1.1×	0	755	247	2
96	May 11, '22	Absolutely devastating and concerning news. An independent thorough investigation must be launched immediately, perpetrators held to account. Journalism is not a crime. Journalists	1.0×	0	676	221	15
97	Aug 11, '20	The Red Cross is at our door checking in on us - they have gone to every flat within the extended blast radius. Amazing. This young man is just 17 years old and a volunteer. The pe	1.0×	0	755	175	3
98	Mar 12, '22	While the world is watching Ukraine #Saudi executed 81 people in a single day, more than the total number they executed during the whole of last year. The group -includ. seven Yeme	1.0×	0	566	246	9
99	Mar 30, '21	Happiness in a clip. The team of one of the tug boats which helped free the #EverGivenShip celebrate. Well deserved. (Via @anasalhajji )	0.9×	0	667	95	13
100	May 13, '22	How can you charge at and attack mourners holding a coffin? How can you use stun grenades? Especially a funeral where your own forces are accused of killing the deceased - even if	0.9×	0	664	143	3

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