Who is named on the ground

Groups, units and organisations named in footage geolocated by GeoConfirmed and in the Telegram and X posts it cites. For each: who leads it, what it belongs to, who it appears with.

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named actors

14 days

images naming one

out of 14

publications

Telegram and X naming one

with a public record

of the 4 first

01Most named

An image counts once per actor, whether it is in GeoConfirmed's unit list, in the description or in the original post. Trend: against the 14 days before.

#	Actor	Images	Posts	Trend	Leadership	Mostly seen
1	HamasIslamist movement · Palestine	6	1	+50 %	Khaled Mashal	Palestine
2	Free Homeland ForcesCorps, armies, forces	6		new	no record	Palestine
3	Israel Defense Forcesarmed forces · Israel	6		−33 %	Eyal Zamir, Benjamin Netanyahu	Lebanon
4	Israeli Air Forceair force · Israel	1		−80 %	Tomer Bar	Lebanon

02Records of the first twenty

Leadership, founders and affiliations from Wikidata; allies and opponents from the English Wikipedia infobox. A unit without a record is shown as GeoConfirmed names it.

Hamas

Islamist movement · Palestine · since 1987 · HQ Gaza City

6images
1 posts
+50 %

Palestinian Islamist political and military organization.

Leadership: Khaled Mashal (since 2024)
Founded by: Ahmad Yasin (died 2004), Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (died 2004), Mahmoud al-Zahar, Mohammad Taha (died 2014), Imad al-Alami (died 2018), Abdul Fatah Dukhan (died 2023), Hassan Yousef
affiliation: Axis of Resistance
Designated terrorist by: United States, Israel, United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, Australia, Japan, Paraguay, Argentina
Appears with: Free Homeland Forces (6)
Mostly seen: Palestine (6) · Nov 3
Latest images: Nov 3, Palestine
Nov 3, Palestine
Nov 3, Palestine

Sources : Wikidata Q38799 · Wikipédia

Free Homeland Forces

Corps, armies, forces

6images
new

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Free Homeland Forces ». No record attached : no public record under this name.

Appears with: Hamas (6)
Mostly seen: Palestine (6) · Nov 3
Latest images: Nov 3, Palestine
Nov 3, Palestine
Nov 3, Palestine

Israel Defense Forces

armed forces · Israel · since 1948 · HQ HaKirya

6images
−33 %

Combined military forces of Israel.

Leadership: Eyal Zamir (Chief of the General Staff)
Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister of Israel)
parent organisation: Ministry of Defense
part of: Israeli security forces
allegiance: Israel
branches and subsidiaries: Israeli Air Force, Israeli Navy, Israeli Ground Forces
Mostly seen: Lebanon (3), Palestine (3) · Oct 23 → Oct 27
Latest images: Oct 27, Zawtar El Charqiyeh (Lebanon)
Oct 27, Zawtar El Charqiyeh (Lebanon)
Oct 27, Zawtar El Charqiyeh (Lebanon)

Sources : Wikidata Q58967 · Wikipédia

Israeli Air Force

air force · Israel · since 1948 · HQ HaKirya

1images
−80 %

Aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces.

Leadership: Tomer Bar (commanded by)
parent organisation: Israel Defense Forces
part of: Israel Defense Forces
Mostly seen: Lebanon (1) · Oct 23
Latest images: Oct 23, Mazraat Aazzeh (Lebanon)

Sources : Wikidata Q462211 · Wikipédia

03Named together

Pairs of actors named in the same images: often the unit striking and the one struck, sometimes two units on the same side.

Hamas · Free Homeland Forces