An image of an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 9, 2023, has been incorrectly described online as showing Israel bombing airports in Syria’s Damascus and Aleppo.
Syrian authorities said their Damascus and Aleppo hubs were put out of service after Israeli missile attacks on Oct. 12.
Aleppo airport was hit again in an air strike late on Oct. 14, the Syrian defence ministry said.
The photograph in fact shows an airstrike on Gaza, not Syria.
The image shows an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, not Syria.
Persons:
Fatima Shbair, Read
Organizations:
Twitter, Facebook, The Associated Press, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Gaza, Israel, Damascus, Aleppo, Syria, ”, Palestinian