Footage from September 2022 showing white paint sprayed on fences around the UK’s parliament has been falsely suggested online to be linked to rallies in 2023 calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza strip. On Nov. 15, a post on messaging platform X (archived), formerly known as Twitter, shared the video of parliament painted white with the caption: “Big Ben - Jihadis attack Big Ben with paint. Khans Met standing around.”A Facebook post (archived) from the same day sharing a screenshot of the video read: “Oh look more trouble and big Ben painted white. News outlets reported on the incident at the time and said the Metropolitan Police arrested ten people. The video dates to 2022 and is unrelated to the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.

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Persons: Ben, Big, Read Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, Twitter, Metropolitan Police, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, London, Palestinian, Israel