Ben van der Merwe

Ben van der Merwe has been a member of Linktree for 1 year and joined in March 2025. The social media accounts linked to from Ben van der Merwe are: • X Besides social media accounts, bvdm has populated their site with: • Iran School Bombing: The Search For Truth • Iran School Bombing: Anatomy of a Strike • Inside Iran: Sky News investigates Minab school bombing • Contact on Signal • A family's fight to find their missing relatives • Inside Lebanon: Strikes, displacement and Israeli troops • Iran War: The strategy behind the strikes • Andrew and Mandelson photos in Epstein files were taken inside US paedophile's homes, Sky News analysis finds • Reviving Venezuela's oil industry may be harder than Trump thinks - and this is why • Tracking the sanctioned oil tanker's attempt to escape seizure by the US • Israel attacking Lebanon every four hours as ceasefire frays • Elon Musk's race for space • Revealed: The plan for a 'New Gaza' - and the four militias Israel is backing to defeat Hamas • Videos show fresh evidence of Israeli support for Gaza militia • Hamas battles militias for control of Gaza following Israel's withdrawal • Guns, cash and American aid: Investigation reveals Israel's support for Gaza militia • Thousands of families remain in Gaza City as Israeli army advances • What we know about how Charlie Kirk was killed • UN told Israeli strike on Gaza hospital was 'premeditated' - as Sky News uncovers new details about the attack • Government struggling to reduce migrant hotel use as asylum claims hit record level • Tents abandoned as Palestinians flee Israeli advance into Gaza City • A father criticised the use of airdrops in Gaza. Five days later, he was killed by a falling pallet • Gaza's deadliest days linked by a pattern of attacks on families • Deadly crush at Gaza aid site after new system implemented • Deaths in Gaza rise significantly when a controversial group distributes aid, Sky News analysis reveals • US warplanes transit through UK as Trump considers striking Iran • Chaos, confusion and killings: How the Israeli-backed aid plan in Gaza is unravelling • How the rollout of new Gaza aid system collapsed into chaos • Officials at Premier League clubs at risk of legal action over unlicensed casino sponsors • What aid has entered Gaza - and where is it going? • 'A shortage of everything except death': How Israel has escalated Gaza bombing campaign • Gaza hospital attack: Analysis contradicts Israel's evidence justifying airstrike • IDF admits responsibility for deadly attack on UN building last month • Israeli troops shot at Gaza aid workers from 'point-blank range', leaked documents reportedly show • Two hours of terror: Sky News investigation reveals how Israel's deadly attack on aid workers unfolded • Israeli troops shot at medics from as close as 12 metres, audio analysis suggests • Hundreds of names removed from official Gaza war death list • Gaza ambulance 'crushed' by IDF as aid attacks increase • Ukraine Aid: What's at stake as Trump halts supplies • Washington plane crash: What air traffic audio tells us about helicopter pilot's actions moments before mid-air collision • Revealed: Gaza's plan to rebuild for the future • Ceasefire deal: Gaza faces huge task of rebuilding after mass destruction • Inside the ultra-violent neo-Nazi abuse network behind the crimes of a Sussex teenager • Illegal casinos targeting children shut down 'permanently' following Sky News investigation • Illegal casinos are using Roblox to draw children into online gambling • Drone attacks on Ukraine reach record levels as Russia could be 'stockpiling' missiles for winter assault • Teenager describes forced separation from family as Israel evacuates 90% of North Gaza • What we know about attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon • Israel has published hundreds of airstrike videos - but they only tell part of the story • 'Life was beautiful': What Gaza has lost in a year of war • Israel-Hamas conflict: Deadly settler attack was 'not an isolated incident' • Gaza conflict: Thousands remain unidentified as death toll reaches 40,000 • Golan Heights strike: Deadly football pitch attack was under two miles from base targeted by Hezbollah - Sky News analysis shows • Guns, gold and $5m cash: Documents reveal owner of private jet seized in 'gold scam' • Gaza: Satellite images show speed and scale of Rafah evacuation • Russia steps up attacks on energy facilities with Ukraine 'vulnerable' without stronger air defences • How Israel launched its Rafah offensive and seized key border crossing • Israel bulldozed mass graves at Gaza hospital, Sky News analysis shows • What missiles could Israel use in an attack - and can Iran defend itself? • The price of freedom: The company making millions from Gaza's misery • Scale of vast tent city in Gaza revealed - with destruction leaving residents little to return to • King Charles cancer: How long do people wait for treatment, which types are most common for older men and what are the survival rates? • Local NHS bodies on track to spend £4.9bn more than planned, exclusive data shows • Israel-Hamas war: What social media videos and satellite images tell us about the number of dead in Gaza • Israel-Hamas war: Satellite data shows Israel intensifying bombing of south Gaza • Israel said Gazans could flee to this neighbourhood - then it was hit • Secrets of the tunnels: What lies beneath al Shifa hospital? • Israel-Hamas war: How attacks by settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank have risen during Gaza conflict • Concrete crisis: Why are schools struggling to pay for repairs? • NHS at 75: What Britons really think about the NHS as UK falls behind other countries • A-levels: Regional inequalities widen as England reverses grade inflation • GCSEs: Regional inequality widens as share of top grades falls on last year • Asylum backlog: Government must triple activity to meet target • NHS strikes: What is happening to consultants' pay? • NHS crisis: Why are so many staff leaving the health service? • Restaurants in crisis: Find out how many have gone insolvent in your area • How wildfires spread across Rhodes - and how much of the Greek island has been affected • NHS 'rationing' A&E care amid bed shortages - raising fears of 'harmful consequences' • GPs at 'breaking point' in England's most deprived areas • Labour now largest party of local government and Conservatives lose over 1,000 seats - local election results in maps and charts • Ukraine war: Revealed - the hundreds of schools and nurseries bombed in the first year of the conflict • NHS crisis: How is the health service in your local area performing this winter? • The energy war: Satellite images show the scale of Russian attacks on Ukraine infrastructure