Behind-the-scenes footage from a short film made in Lebanon about life in Gaza has been shared without context online as evidence that Palestinians are faking injuries in the context of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The video shows several scenes that include makeup being applied to a child to make her appear injured and a man directing a group of people holding Palestinian flags. DON'T FALL FOR IT,” read posts sharing the video (archived) on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, and on Facebook (archived). And the video that went viral where they were applying makeup on the girl’s face was a video of behind the scenes of the short movie that i mentioned.”VERDICTMiscaptioned. Video shows the filming of a movie about the occupied Palestinian territories, not Palestinians staging injuries.

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Persons: ”, “, @rami.jardali, ” Mahmoud Ramzi, Ramzi, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Gaza, Israel