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Bel Trew

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Bel Trew

@Beltrew

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

Ukraine

Joined April 2009

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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Oct 28, 2024
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 babies after enduring life-threatening pregnancies, who are now infertile👇
The A-Word | An Independent TV Documentary
From independent.co.uk
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Feb 18, 2022
Is the U.K. O.K. ?
Tom Leak
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Oct 16, 2023
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 ventilators will run out in hours. Food supply low. The bombing is intensifying. There aren't words.
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Oct 21, 2023
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 organisation". To be clear there's no obligation for civilians to evacuate even if they get an
Azadeh Moshiri
@Azadeh_Moshiri
Oct 13, 2023
#Israel military dropping evacuation leaflets from the skies above Gaza City. The flyers warn residents to flee "immediately" to south #Gaza. More on our BBC News live page.
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Oct 14, 2023
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 👇🏼
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Oct 13, 2023
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 unstable,they'll die en route. All hospitals in Gaza, even after they've been expanded, are full
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
May 18, 2021
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 with toys. It would his last. Ahmed was killed in airstrikes over the weekend independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Oct 11, 2023
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 of supplies. Gaza’s power plant has run out of fuel “This is a catastrophe unfolding”.
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Oct 22, 2023
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 civilians, for Gaza not to be destroyed. Brave voices in the bleakest moment
‘Don’t destroy Gaza’: Families of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas make plea for peace
From independent.co.uk
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Oct 7, 2023
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 the Israeli observation drones in the sky. But no one saw this coming. Analysis:
Surprise Hamas attack is most significant military challenge to Israel in 50 years
From independent.co.uk
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
May 13, 2022
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 accuses Israeli security forces of killing her. (Israel denies it)
Emir Nader
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Aug 3, 2023
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 & architect rebuilding Ukraine even as battles rage on. She is often asked about being a support for her
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Dec 7, 2023
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 describes treating the wounded in Israel's assault on Khan Younis, Gaza🧵
Screaming children to amputations: Inside a southern Gaza hospital
From independent.co.uk
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Bel Trew
@Beltrew
Nov 14, 2022
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 they were given food parcels by @WCKitchen. They spontaneously hugged WCK staff independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…