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☆ Fact Check: Videos show Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in May 2021, not October 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video with two clips, one showing a large building collapsing after being hit by rockets and one showing damage at street level, shows Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in May 2021. It has been falsely captioned as showing Oct. 7, 2023 strikes. The two clips shared in the compilation posted on social media can be seen in a May 2021 post by ABC News showing an Israeli airstrike hitting the 14-storey Al-Shorouk tower block in Gaza and its aftermath. The first clip was originally posted on Instagram on May 12, 2021, and has been previously miscaptioned as showing the conflict in Ukraine. Video shows Israeli airstrike hitting the 14-storey Al-Shorouk tower block in Gaza and its aftermath in May 2021.

Persons: Read Organizations: Facebook, Hamas, Reuters, ABC News, Getty, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Instagram, Ukraine

☆ Fact Check: Photo of Israeli flag on Azerbaijan skyscrapers from 2015
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photo from 2015 of the Israeli flag projected on three skyscrapers in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku is falsely claimed online to have been captured after this weekend’s attack on Israel by the Islamist militant group Hamas. However, the image was first shared on social media in June 2015 by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles. The consulate said at the time that the display honoured the Israeli sports team at the European Games, held in Azerbaijan. On Oct. 7, Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry shared a message after the Hamas attack. The image of the Israeli flag on the Flame Towers in Baku dates to 2015.

Persons: “, Read Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Facebook, Consulate, European Games, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Azerbaijan’s, Baku, Israel, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Los Angeles, Palestine, Gaza

☆ Fact Check: 2020 clip shared as Hamas firing salvo in Israel in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip purportedly showing a discharge of artillery by Hamas on Israel predates the clashes between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, in October 2023. A post on social media said: “Hamas fires a salvo at Israel.” The accompanying clip, taken in the dark, shows flashing lights that appear to be a discharge of firearms. A similar clip was shared on YouTube on Feb. 28, 2020, described in Russian as showing one night in northern Syria. The shift in the camera angle around the 0:11 timestamp of the YouTube video matches that of the video on social media around the 0:13 timestamp. Footage that matches the clip on social media has circulated since at least 2020 and does not depict the October 2023 conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Hamas, YouTube, ” Reuters, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Syria, Turkish, Aleppo, ”

☆ Fact Check: Video shows Israel striking Gaza tower in 2021, not 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage of an Israeli airstrike in 2021 that collapsed Gaza’s Al-Shorouk tower block has been falsely captioned on social media as showing a 2023 response to an attack on its soil from the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Gaza’s health ministry said a further 770 people were killed in the retaliatory strikes. But the video is unrelated to the retaliatory strikes. The grille-windows of an adjacent building are visible in a photo hosted on Getty Images which shows an aerial view of Al-Shorouk tower’s rubble. The video shows an Israeli airstrike destroying Gaza’s Al-Shorouk tower in 2021.

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☆ Fact Check: Video of Hamas military wing spokesperson thanking Iran dates to 2014
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 2014 video of a spokesperson for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, acknowledging Iranian support has been misrepresented online as being recent, following Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. “Breaking News Israel: Spokesperson of Izzuddin Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaidah: “We thank the Islamic Republic of Iran who provided us with weapons, money and other equipment! A report by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time includes a transcript of the spokesperson’s comments. Hamas is backed by Iran and is politically aligned with Iran, Syria and the Shi'ite Islamist group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A video showing an Al-Qassam Brigades’ spokesperson thanking Iran, was filmed in 2014, not after the October 2023 attacks on Israel.

Persons: Deen al, Izzuddin Al, Abu Obaidah, Al Jazeera, “ Al, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Read Organizations: Brigades, Breaking, Israel, Facebook, Al, YouTube, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hamas, United Nations, Hezbollah, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Israel, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran, Syria, Lebanon

☆ Fact Check: Handcuffed men in video are Karabakh ex-leaders, not Israeli generals
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video compilation showing the detention of three former leaders of Azerbaijan’s disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has been falsely claimed online to show the capture of Israeli generals by the Islamist militant group Hamas. The 30-second compilation of three clips shows men in military fatigues removing three individuals in handcuffs from vehicles. Captioning the video, one Facebook user wrote on Oct. 8: “Breaking News Israel: Several high ranking IDF Generals have been seen captured with Hamas Terrorists”. The handcuffed men in the video are former self-styled presidents of Nagorno-Karabakh Arkady Gukasyan and Bako Gukasyan, and ex-parliamentary speaker David Ishkhanyan. The video shows detention of Nagorno-Karabakh former leaders, not Israeli generals.

Persons: Azerbaijan’s, ”, Karabakh Arkady Gukasyan, Bako, David Ishkhanyan, Read Organizations: Hamas, Israel, Facebook, State Security Service, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Nagorno, Karabakh, Republic of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

☆ Fact Check: Israel-Hamas war: Video of red flares and fireworks shows Algeria, not Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage from Algiers, Algeria, showing red flares and fireworks being set off from rooftops is being shared online with the false claim it shows Gaza. Israeli strikes are complemented by local fireworks,” and “This is not Diwali fireworks. But Reuters confirmed the location of the video using satellite imagery to be Algiers, Algeria, not Gaza. The video was taken from a residential building facing south on Rue Lahcen Mimouni, Algiers. The video was filmed in Algiers, Algeria, not Gaza.

Persons: Rue Lahcen Mimouni, Lahcen Mimouni, Mada Mohamed, Rue Mohamed Belouizdad, Read Organizations: Twitter, ”, Facebook, Reuters, Al, Google, 1er, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Algiers, Algeria, Gaza, Rue, Al Mokrani, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Video of jet landing on carrier is not Lebanese, predates Israel-Hamas conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of an F-18 jet landing on an aircraft carrier has been misrepresented online as showing a Lebanese Dassault Mirage III jet landing on an Iranian vessel. However, the video shows an F-18 jet, not a Dassault Mirage III, and the captured landing predates the October Israel-Hamas conflict by at least five years. At present, the Lebanese Air Force does not own any Dassault Mirage III aircraft, according to Flight Global’s 2023 World Air Forces directory. Iran also does not own an aircraft carrier according to GlobalFirepower (GFP), global military data providers. The video predates the October Israel-Hamas conflict and shows an F-18 jet, not a Lebanese Dassault Mirage III, and the aircraft carrier is not Iran’s.

Persons: Read Organizations: Lebanese Dassault Mirage, Iran’s, Dassault, YouTube, Lebanese Air Force, Dassault Mirage, Air Forces, Lebanese Dassault, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lebanese, Iranian, Lebanon, Israel, Iran

☆ Fact Check: Filming of movie shared to claim Israel-Hamas conflict is staged
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip from the filming of a Palestinian movie is circulating online with the false claim that it shows Israelis or Palestinians creating fake footage of deaths amid this week’s conflict. The clip shows a camera crew filming an actor who is lying on his back with liquid that seems like blood beside his head. !”Claims that the clip shows Israelis or Palestinians faking death footage are false, however. The clip shows the filming of “Empty Place,” director Awni Eshtaiwe told Reuters in April 2022. The video shows filming from a Palestinian film and does not show Israelis or Palestinians faking death footage.

Persons: Instagram, Awni Eshtaiwe, Eshtaiwe, Ahmed Manasra, Al Jazeera, Read Organizations: Reuters, YouTube, CBS, Al, Thomson Locations: Israel, East Jerusalem

☆ Fact Check: Miscaptioned clip of 2021 pro-Palestinian rally in Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage captioned online as showing a rally in Chicago supporting “Hamas’ terror attack” predates the clashes between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in October 2023. However, matching footage has circulated across multiple social media platforms since at least 2021. On May 16, 2021, thousands of demonstrators in downtown Chicago rallied in support of Palestinians, according to reports at the time by the Chicago Tribune and NBC 5 Chicago. Multiple pro-Palestinian rallies took place in downtown Chicago throughout May 2021, ABC7 and the Chicago Sun Times also reported. On Oct. 9, Palestinian supporters rallied in downtown Chicago against the violent conflict, as seen in news reports from ABC 7, CBS News Chicago and MSNBC.

Persons: Israel ”, escalations, Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, VK, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, NBC, Chicago Sun Times, Associated Press, ABC, CBS News Chicago, MSNBC, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Russia, U.S

REGULATORY SCRUTINYWhile disinformation has spread on all major social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok, X appeared to be the most recent to draw scrutiny from regulators. On Tuesday, European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton warned Musk that X was spreading "illegal content and disinformation," according to a letter Breton posted on X. Musk himself recommended that X users follow two accounts that had previously spread false claims for "real-time" updates on the conflict, the Washington Post reported. False information has also spread on messaging app Telegram and short-form video app TikTok, said DFRLab's Trad. Like other online platforms, YouTube has moderation employees and technology to remove content that violates its rules.

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☆ Fact Check: Video of parachutists landing at sports center is from Egypt, not Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video of multiple parachutists landing at a crowded sports venue in Egypt has been misrepresented on social media as showing attackers of the militant Islamist group Hamas landing in Israel. The video dates to at least September 2023 and is not related to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas carried out its biggest attack on Israel in years on Oct. 7, killing an estimated 900 Israelis. A sports center named El-Nasr Sporting Club can be seen in the Heliopolis area of Cairo, Egypt, on Google Maps. The video shared online shows events in Egypt, not Israel, that predate the October 2023 attack on Israel.

Persons: ”, “ El, Read Organizations: Hamas, Twitter, Facebook, Nasr, Nasr Sporting, Google, “ El Nasr SC ”, El Nasr Sporting Club, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Egypt, Israel, Palestinian, TikTok, Heliopolis, El, Cairo, “ El Nasr

☆ Fact Check: Paratroopers filmed skydiving in Egypt falsely linked to Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of paratroopers skydiving at sunset over the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo has been falsely claimed online to show fighters with the Islamist militant group Hamas launching its surprise attack on Israel. “Palestinian freedom fighters seen parachuting down into Israel territory. #Israel #Hamas #IronDome #Gaza #TelAviv #Palestine,” wrote a Facebook user who miscaptioned the paratrooper video. The video was filmed in front of the Military Academy in Cairo, Egypt. The video was filmed in Cairo, Egypt, not Israel.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Egyptian Military Academy, Hamas, Twitter, Military Academy, Google, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Cairo, Israel, Iran, Gaza, Palestinian, Palestine, Egypt

☆ Fact Check: ‘Lost girl’ video predates October Israel-Hamas clashes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of two men asking a small child the whereabouts of her parents has been falsely claimed online to show an Israeli girl with her Palestinian kidnappers. The footage has a superimposed caption: “lost girl” in Arabic and features two men interacting with a small girl in a public space. “Lost along the way,” one of the men says (translated from Arabic). The other says to the girl: "Who are your parents? The video was posted on TikTok on Sept. 8 and predates clashes between Israel and Hamas in October 2023.

Persons: “, ”, Israel, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Iran, Gaza

☆ Fact Check: Clip shows Bruno Mars concertgoers, not attack on Israel desert festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The caption at the top of the clip, written in Hebrew, says that it shows the moment the gates opened at a Bruno Mars concert. At the 00:13 mark, a Bruno Mars poster is viewable, with "Live Nation" seen at the top of the poster. Reuters located the video to HaYarkon Park in Tel Aviv, where Bruno Mars held a concert on Oct 4. Live Nation's Israel Instagram account announced on Oct 7 that Mars' second concert scheduled for that evening was cancelled. The video shows people running through entrance gates at a Bruno Mars concert in Tel Aviv, uploaded to TikTok on Oct 5.

Persons: Bruno Mars, Israel, ”, “ Israel, TikTok, Read Organizations: Nature Party, Palestinian Terrorists, Reuters, Israel, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza, Israel, HaYarkon, TikTok

☆ Israel-Hamas war: Fact-checking online misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rachael Kennedy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Misinformation has spread online following Hamas' surprise attack on Israel from Gaza and Israel’s response with air strikes, as the two sides continued to battle. Reuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsMISCAPTIONED PARACHUTE GLIDERSWhen Hamas launched the Oct. 7 surprise attack, militants backed by rocket fire flew into Israel on paragliders. However, Biden has not authorized $8 billion in military aid for Israel, as some people online have falsely claimed. Reuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsThe video of first appeared online at least four days before Oct. 7. Reuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsThe video, titled “Lost girl,” includes audio of a man saying in Arabic, “"Who are your parents?

Persons: “, ”, Joe Biden, Israel “, Biden, Bruno Mars, ‘, ’, Rachael Kennedy, Stephanie Burnett, Toby Chopra Organizations: Reuters, Hamas, Egyptian Military Academy, Rights, Israel, Tel, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, paragliders, Cairo, Ukraine, Reim, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, London

☆ Fact check: Israel jet transportation video predates Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of jets being moved by ground transportation in southern Israel has been miscaptioned online as an evacuation of air bases after the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7. “Breaking: Israeli Defence forces are now evacuating Air Bases near Gaza as thousands of #Hamas #terrorists flood into Israel. But the video of the two jets appeared online more than two weeks before the Oct. 7 attack, such as one on YouTube published Sept. 19. Reuters reported that the surprise assault from Iran-backed Hamas is one of the most serious escalations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. The video was posted online at least two weeks before the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, Israel's, Israeli Defence, Air, YouTube, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Iran

☆ Fact Check: Israel’s May Gaza strike video falsely shared as October
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza strip in May 2023 has been mislabeled on social media as showing a retaliatory strike to a surprise attack on Oct. 7 by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The Iran-backed Hamas group on Oct. 7 carried out its biggest attack on Israel in years, killing at least 100 Israelis, Reuters reported. However, the video of the explosion predates the October 2023 attack by several months. Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza exchanged rocket fire in May 2023, until a ceasefire agreement was brokered by Egypt on May 14. The video shows airstrikes in Gaza in May 2023 and predates the Oct.7 attacks.

Persons: ”, Israel, Read, 私 Organizations: Hamas, Israeli Air Force, Facebook, Reuters, Associated Press, Islamic Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Iran, Israel, Beit Lahiya, Egypt

☆ Fact Check: Video shows bus station attack in Brazil, not Sunderland
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A widely-shared video of a man being robbed and stabbed at a bus station was filmed in Brazil last year not, as is being falsely reported online, in England. The graphic clip, uploaded to Facebook, shows a man at a ticket machine being grabbed from behind and his bag being stolen by two men. The attackers then run away and the man falls over a ticket barrier onto the floor. The man wounded in the attack was named in reports as Pablo Felipe Lima Bernardo. The video shows an attack in Brazil, not the UK.

Persons: Pablo Felipe Lima Bernardo, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Brazil, England, English, Sunderland, Taquara, Rio de Janeiro

☆ Fact Check: Video shows people cooking pig, not dog, in Ireland
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of people roasting a pig in Dublin, Ireland, has been falsely captioned as showing migrants cooking a dog. “African migrants in Dublin roast a dog on a spit in public,” said the accompanying caption on X. The video shows people around the animal as it is roasted in a grassy area outside a residential building. Reuters spoke to the individual in the first photograph who said the animal being cooked was a pig, not a dog. The video shows people roasting a pig.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Dublin, Ireland, Dorset, St, Mary’s Terrace

☆ Fact Check-Video of Morocco building collapse predates 2023 earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video from 2022 showing the moment a building collapsed in the Moroccan city of Casablanca is being falsely linked online to the country’s 2023 earthquake. “The moment a residential building collapsed after the earthquake in Morocco,” a Facebook user sharing the video on Sept. 9 wrote (here ). A 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred 72 kilometers southwest of Marrakesh, Morocco, late on Sept. 8, 2023. Reuters reported that the earthquake was the deadliest in Morocco since 1960, when a major earthquake killed at least about 12,000 people (here ). The video dates to the collapse of a building in Casablanca in 2022, and not to the earthquake that struck Morocco in September 2023.

Persons: ” Organizations: Reuters, Google Locations: Moroccan, Casablanca, Morocco, Cherif, Marrakesh

☆ Fact Check-Video shows infant rescued in India, not Morocco post 2023 earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

“Here, a new born baby is dug out of the debris after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake devastates Morocco. The video shows an infant rescued from a field in the village of Moosa Nagar in Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The police department also shared another video of the rescued infant (here). The Moosa Nagar Police Station and the Superintendent of Police of Kanpur Dehat did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. The video shows an infant rescued from a field in India, not Morocco following the September 2023 earthquake.

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☆ Fact Check-Catwalk video is from Paris Fashion Week, not Burning Man
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of models walking through mud was not taken during the 2023 Burning Man festival, contrary to posts on social media, but during Paris Fashion Week in October 2022. One user shared the clip on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, with the text: “I'm currently stranded at Burning Man, along with thousands of others. The video was actually taken during Paris Fashion Week in October 2022. Thousands attending the 2023 Burning Man festival were stranded in the Nevada Desert after unexpected summer rain turned the site into mud, temporarily closing access to and from Black Rock City (here), (here). The video was not taken during the 2023 Burning Man festival.

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☆ Fact Check-Video of a jeep stuck in mud predates Burning Man 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Video of a jeep stuck in mud can be traced back to Aug. 15 and is not related to the Burning Man arts and music festival that took place in the Nevada desert Aug. 27 to Sep. 4. The video, however, can be traced back to a TikTok post on Aug. 15 (here), predating the Burning Man festival. The posts circulated as thousands of revelers attending the Burning Man festival on Sept. 2 were left stranded amid heavy downpours that turned the Black Rock Desert campsite into a sea of sticky mud, Reuters reported (here). Reuters imagery of the festival participants leaving Burning Man on Tuesday can be seen (here) and (here). Video of a jeep stuck in mud predates the Burning Man festival.

Persons: ”, revelers, Read Organizations: Man, Facebook, Reuters Locations: Nevada, South Texas, South Padre

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show 2023 demolition drive in Abuja, Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A Nigerian TV broadcast from 2021 of settlements belonging to the Fulani ethnic group being torn down in Abuja is being falsely shared online as building demolitions ordered by a government minister in 2023. Speaking in August at the site of a deadly building collapse in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory minister Nyesom Wike said all structures in his constituency without adequate building approvals would be demolished (here). Some social media users then shared a broadcast report about Fulani settlements being torn down, suggesting it showed Wike’s order being carried out. “FCT Minister Nyesom Wike at work ooo, starting from Fulani settlement and some areas along Airport,Abuja, FCT, Nigeria,” said Facebook posts sharing the video (here), (here). But the report, from Independent Television/Radio Abuja, was first broadcast on May 31, 2021 (here).

Persons: Nyesom Wike, “, ”, Malam Muhammad Bello, Read Organizations: Federal Capital, Independent Television, Radio Abuja, Task Force, Azikiwe, Guardian, Reuters Locations: Abuja, Airport, FCT, Nigeria, Nigerian

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