Inside "Genocide.live": Crowdsourced intelligence tool cataloging evidence of 'Israeli' war crimes

• Massive evidence archive: The site has preserved nearly 20,000 open-source videos and social media posts to prevent raw evidence of 'Israeli' military actions from being deleted or censored.
• Granular conflict mapping: Run by "Databases for Palestine," the platform logs data by specific 'Israeli' military units, locations, and events, including recent international flotilla detentions.

In an unprecedented effort to document open-source evidence of military conflicts and potential international law violations, a collaborative network of open-source investigators and digital activists has launched Genocide.live.

Run under the banner of "Databases for Palestine," the newly surfaced digital repository serves as a massive, searchable archive cataloging video footage, social media dispatches, and eyewitness accounts directly from conflict zones.

As of late May 2026, the website has rapidly scaled its operations, amassing an astonishing database of nearly 20,000 unique entries (totaling 19,899 documented results). The platform is designed to preserve digital footprints that might otherwise be deleted, censored, or lost in the algorithmic churn of mainstream social media platforms.

Mapping the Data: Structure and Capabilities

The interface of Genocide.live functions as a highly granular, crowd-sourced intelligence tool. The platform organizes its vast library of digital evidence through several categorized vectors, allowing researchers, journalists, and human rights lawyers to filter data by:

• Uploads & Events: Chronological timelines tracking specific military operations, civilian incidents, or humanitarian crises.
• Geographic Maps & Locations: Interactive mapping that anchors specific video clips to precise coordinates, tracing incidents back to specific neighborhoods, ports, detention facilities, or border crossings.
• Targets & Weapons: Sub-databases dedicated to identifying the specific military hardware, munitions, and infrastructure targeted during operations.
• Military Units: Open-source tracking aimed at identifying specific command structures or military divisions active in given sectors.

Each entry uploaded to the platform is meticulously cataloged with a unique tracking number, the exact date of the occurrence, the geographic location, the source or handler who discovered the footage, and a downloadable link to preserve the raw media file.

Focus on Recent Humanitarian and Flotilla Incidents

A significant portion of the platform’s real-time archiving has recently focused on the aftermath of maritime friction in the Mediterranean. The site features extensive, grim video testimonies concerning the "Global Sumud Flotilla" incident from April and May 2026.

The archive hosts a litany of firsthand video accounts from international activists, including American, Spanish, Scottish, Danish, French, and Greek nationals, recounting alleged mistreatment, severe deprivation, and violence during interception operations and subsequent detentions at locations like Ashdod Port and Ketziot Prison.

By aggregating these disparate accounts into a single public interface, the platform aims to construct an undeniable, interconnected timeline of events.

Additionally, the site has actively archived targeted strikes against media personnel, including recent entries dedicated to the memory of journalists killed in southern Lebanon, alongside video evidence tracking alleged "triple-tap" strikes on rescue teams.

The Open-Source Dilemma: Verifiability vs. Preservation

The rapid rise of Genocide.live underscores a broader, evolving shift in how modern conflicts are tracked. Traditional human rights investigations often take months or years to compile. In contrast, platforms like Genocide.live leverage the fact that modern warfare is captured heavily on smartphones and distributed across decentralized networks like TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and Telegram.

However, the organizers of the site maintain a transparent disclaimer regarding the nature of crowd-sourced intelligence, noting that the underlying details of each entry are harvested directly from social media and require rigorous external verification.

Rather than presenting itself as a definitive legal court, the creators view Genocide.live as a vital "evidence archive", a foundational, immutable library meant to protect digital materials from being permanently lost.

For international legal bodies, independent journalists, and human rights watchdogs, the database represents an exhaustive, raw starting point for future accountability and investigative reporting.