An aerial shot from a Nov. 11, 2023, protest in Tel Aviv demanding the release of Israeli hostages held by militant Palestinian group Hamas was falsely shared as footage from a pro-Palestinian protest held in Israel amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. However, the image is a Reuters photograph taken on Nov. 11, 2023, showing a protest held in Tel Aviv demanding the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza who were seized in the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel by Hamas gunmen. The demonstration took place in the square in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Separate anti-war protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza have also taken place in Israel, including in Tel Aviv. The aerial photograph of a large crowd shows a demonstration in Tel Aviv demanding the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, not a pro-Palestinian protest.

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Persons: Reuven Rivlin, Shai Piron, Shlomo Artzi, Read Organizations: Gaza, Reuters, Facebook, Tel Aviv Museum of Art ., Google, Tel Aviv’s, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Palestinian, Israel, Gaza, Democracy