Social media should, by now, be a more reliable place to follow world events. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver the course of the last two days, millions have witnessed the Middle East's most sensitive conflict take its latest violent turn through social media. It's actually footage from the Syrian War posted online in 2020, per Sardarizadeh and a Community Notes response to the post. Thread: Online misinformation about the conflict between Hamas and Israel - day threeThis video doesn't show a salvo of rockets fired by Hamas towards Israel. X is almost 20 years old, older than some of the media outlets covering the conflict right now.

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Persons: Elon Musk, —, Shayan, Mario Nawfal, It's, — David Aaronovitch, Elon Organizations: Service, Hamas, BBC, Twitter, Elon Locations: Israel, Gaza, Chicago