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☆ Fact Check: Video of policeman set on fire is from 2020 Mexico protest, not London 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A graphic video of a policeman being set on fire at a protest in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2020 has been falsely labeled online as a British policeman being set on fire by pro-Palestinian protesters in London calling for an end to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The caption of a social media post (archived) sharing the dated footage reads: “Savage! The scene in the video shows Guadalajara’s Zona Centro, at Av. A video shows a police officer set ablaze by protesters in Mexico in June 2020, not pro-Palestine protesters in London in 2023. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: “, ’, Read Organizations: Pro Palestine, Hamas, Zona Centro, Palestine, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, British, London, Israel, Mexican, Av

☆ Fact Check: Image of Barack Obama bowing to Ayatollah Khamenei is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Two separate photographs of former U.S. President Barack Obama and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were digitally combined into a single image to make it appear as if Obama was bowing before Khamenei. It was captured by AFP photographer Atta Kenare and shows Khamenei looking toward Ahmadinejad while former Iranian presidents, Mohammad Khatami and Ali Akbar Hashami Rafsanjani, are seen sitting next to Khamenei. The image of Obama bowing has been taken from an official White House photograph from May 8, 2009. Years later, Obama reconnected with the boy and posted a video about the encounter on Instagram (archived) on May 27, 2022. The image of Obama bowing to Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei is edited to combine two unrelated photographs.

Persons: Barack Obama, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Obama, Khamenei, ”, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Atta Kenare, Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Khatami, Ali Akbar Hashami Rafsanjani, Jacob Philadelphia, Read Organizations: Iran's, Twitter, Facebook, AFP, White House, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Iran’s, Tehran

☆ Fact Check: October Forbes issue featured Mark Zuckerberg, not Hamas official
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Forbes magazine did not publish a special October issue featuring former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on the cover, a spokesperson for the magazine said. For the truth,” and "Disappointed that Forbes would put the hamas leader on their cover. Forbes’ October/November issue has Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the cover. Forbes’ social media accounts make no mention of a “special issue” with Meshaal either. A fabricated Forbes October 2023 cover with former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was taken seriously by some.

Persons: Khaled Meshaal, “ Khaled Mashal, Forbes, Forbes ’, Mark Zuckerberg, Suhaib Salem, Read Organizations: Forbes, Reuters, Islamic University, Thomson Locations: Gaza City

☆ Fact Check: Syria hospital attack footage falsely said to be Gaza 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

(Note: Some links in this story include distressing footage)A compilation of CCTV footage showing a hospital being bombed in Aleppo, Syria, in 2016, has been shared online to falsely claim it shows Israel attacking a Gazan hospital in 2023. “ISRAEL was CAUGHT on camera BOMBING the Al-Sadaqa HOSPITAL,” reads a post sharing the dated video on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Out of the nine clips in the social media video, Reuters found eight in the AMC compilation. The first clip (0:00-0:03) in the social media video can be seen from 0:49-1:01 seconds of the AMC montage. The video dates to 2016, when it was shared after a hospital was bombed in Aleppo, Syria.

Persons: Israel, “ ISRAEL, Omar bin Abdul Aziz, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Palestinian, Turkish Friendship, Reuters, Aleppo Media Center, Syrian Network for Human Rights, YouTube, World Health Organization, AMC, Thomson Locations: Aleppo, Syria, Gaza, Turkey, Israeli

☆ Fact Check: Image of injured Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen TV correspondent is from 2015
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image of an injured journalist covered in bandages reporting for a Lebanese TV station in October 2015 has been shared without context online amid the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. In a Nov. 6 post on messaging platform X, formerly Twitter, a user shared a screenshot of Al Mayadeen correspondent Hana Mahameed reporting on screen with bandages on her face and neck. Al Mayadeen did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Mahameed appeared in an Al Mayadeen report published on Nov. 6. The image is of a report from 2015.

Persons: Al Mayadeen, Hana Mahameed, Mahameed, Al Mayadeen’s, Read Organizations: Lebanese, Hamas, Twitter, Facebook, Al Mayadeen’s YouTube, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza City, Palestinian, Jersualem, East Jerusalem

☆ Fact Check: Agencies did warn of Hurricane Otis’ quick development
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Government agencies did issue warnings ahead of Hurricane Otis hitting the Mexican city of Acapulco on Oct. 25, contrary to claims on social media that said there was “no warning” ahead of the hurricane. It informed the public on Oct. 24 at 2:48 a.m. local time (0948 GMT) that Otis was expected to become a hurricane. The government of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located, referred to Otis as a hurricane at 3:58 p.m. (2258 GMT) on a social media post that day. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned about hurricane Otis on X, formerly known as Twitter, at 20:25 p.m. (0325 GMT). While Otis intensified quickly, government and weather agencies warned about the hurricane hours before it hit Acapulco.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Otis, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Contra, López Obrador, Read Organizations: Hurricane, Authorities, ” Reuters, U.S, National Hurricane Center, Twitter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Acapulco, Mexican, ”, Mexico, Guerrero

☆ Fact Check: Photo shows concentration camp victims in Germany, not Deir Yassin massacre
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

On April 9, 1948, Jewish gunmen killed scores of Palestinian men, women and children in the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem. Scene of Deir Yassin.” The photo shows a group of people walking around a pile of bodies. The photo, however, shows the bodies of people who died in the Nordhausen concentration camp in Germany in 1945. The caption adds that the image shows “less than half of the bodies of the several hundred inmates who died of starvation or were shot by Gestapo men.”VERDICTMiscaptioned. The circulating image was taken in Germany during World War Two and does not depict Deir Yassin in 1948.

Persons: Deir, “ Israel, “ Long, Deir Yassin, Read Organizations: . Holocaust Memorial Museum, National Archives, College, U.S . National Archives, Records Administration, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Germany, Deir Yassin, Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza, Nordhausen, College Park , Maryland

☆ Fact Check: Altered, miscaptioned images of Cristiano Ronaldo in pro-Palestinian video
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A video showing mostly altered photographs and miscaptioned videos of Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is being shared online alongside claims that the images reflect his support for Palestinians. A Facebook post published on Oct. 27, 2023, sharing the video compilation that lasts over one minute had more than 21,000 views at the time of publishing. The caption reads: “Cristiano Ronaldo Full support palestine.”Reuters ImageIn the first video clip of the circulating compilation, Ronaldo is framed by a poster and map overlaid on the video and he says: “We know that you have been suffering a lot. @SavetheChildren.”The compilation of the miscaptioned images then continues to show a variety of suggestive clips and images. The videos and images in the video compilation pre-date the 2023 Israel-Hamas war and many are altered or miscaptioned.

Persons: Cristiano Ronaldo, “ Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Don’t, Jawad El Yamiq, “, Lorca, ”, Lionel Messi, Read Organizations: Ronaldo’s, Canada, Palestinian, Reuters, FIFA, TNT Sports, Lorca, Palestine, Observers, Palestinian Football Association, Thomson Locations: Portuguese, palestine, Syria, Moroccan, Madeira, Lyon, France, Budapest, Morocco, Gaza, ”, Lorca , Spain, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Video of captured woman mistranslates captor as threatening 'rape'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Go back to your place!”In an Oct. 22 post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, one user captioned the video: “Hamas posted its own videos boasting of the rape of Israeli girls. At no time in the video is rape mentioned, according to a Reuters translation of the Arabic audio on the video, nor do any of the men say the woman is going to be raped. In the video, one man says: “No, no, she is a female captive, leave her, leave her, she is a female captive. Take her back, take her back, she is a female captive. Go back to your place!”He uses the Arabic term “sabia”, translating to “female captive” or “female prisoner of war”.

Persons: Read Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, Israel Defense Forces, Thomson Locations: Iran, Israel

☆ Fact Check: No evidence of Trump post to nominate Judge Cannon to Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

When I win (AGAIN - I NEVER LOST) I will make Judge Cannon a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE as soon as a vacancy is made. I will remake the SUPREME COURT so that these WITCH HUNTS by CORRUPT MEN will never happen again in our Great Country! MAGA!”However, the post does not appear on Trump’s Truth Social timeline (archived) or on Trump’s website (archived). Judge Cannon is a Trump appointee presiding over the classified documents criminal case against Trump. There is no evidence that Trump posted on Truth Social promising to make Judge Cannon a Supreme Court Justice if he wins the 2024 Presidential election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon, Judge Cannon, Cannon, LOONEY JACK SMITH, Liz Harrington’s, Harrington, Trump, Read Organizations: Florida U.S, Facebook, U.S, Supreme, DAVID, SUPREME, JUSTICE, MEN, Trump, Truth, Justice, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Florida

☆ Fact Check: Image of praying soldiers predates Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photo of kneeling soldiers dating to at least 2017 has been falsely claimed online to depict American troops praying ahead of deployment to defend Israel in its war against Hamas. The image shows men in military uniform gathered in a hall, kneeling in front of their chairs while some raise their right hands. A Facebook user sharing the picture on Nov. 4 wrote: “American soldiers praying for their country, for Israel before being deployed to defend Israel. S. Soldiers praying together after a Chapel service in Fort Benning, Georgia’." Photo of kneeling soldiers predates the Israel-Hamas war by at least six years.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Read Organizations: Israel, Hamas, Facebook, U.S, West Bank, UN, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Fort Benning , Georgia, Iraq, Gaza, Iran

☆ Fact Check: Messi photo altered to show him holding Palestinian flag
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photograph showing Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi holding a placard for a sports memorabilia company has been altered to appear as though he is holding a Palestinian flag amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. “Leo Messi Palestinian Support,” reads a post with the altered image shared on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. And the original photo, posted on Instagram on May 10, 2021, by Messi and by the company, shows Messi holding up an Icons.com placard. Reuters has previously addressed a similar image altered to show Messi holding the Israeli flag. The image of Messi has been digitally altered to show him holding a Palestinian flag.

Persons: Lionel Messi, “ Leo Messi, Messi, Dan Rushton, Rushton, MN2S, Read Organizations: Palestinian, Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Israel, Instagram, Barcelona, Spain, Gaza, Palestinian

☆ Fact Check: Messi photo altered to show him holding Israeli flag
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image of Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi holding a placard for a sports memorabilia company has been digitally altered to show Messi holding an Israeli flag. The altered image is on Facebook with the caption: “Messi support Israel”, and is modified further to look like a screenshot of a post on Messi’s official Instagram account. There is no evidence of the photo being posted to Messi’s Instagram page. Reuters has addressed a similar image altered to show Messi holding the Palestinian flag amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The image has been digitally altered to show Messi holding an Israeli flag.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Messi, “ Messi, Israel ”, “, Icons.com, ” Icons.com, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, Messi, Inter Miami FC, Thomson Locations: Miami, Israeli, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Clips of nuclear attacks are from movies, not released by Kremlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A compilation of scenes of nuclear weapons attacks is made up of excerpts from several movies, and is not, as suggested in online posts, an animation released by the Kremlin depicting nuclear attacks on U.S. cities. Posts on social media said: “The Russian Kremlin just released this animation depicting multiple nuclear strikes on American cities. Does this worry you?” The video shows various nuclear missiles in flight followed by explosions across North American cities. The scene in timestamps 0:17-0:25 of the circulating video shows nuclear weapons launched from the sky toward a city. The social media video is a compilation of explosion scenes from several well-known movies, and there is no evidence it was released by the Kremlin.

Persons: Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ”, Nicholas Cage, Read Organizations: Russian Kremlin, Russian, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign, Facebook, Galactica, YouTube, MetLife, Empire, Kremlin, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Vancouver, British Columbia, San Francisco , California, ”, Manhattan , New York, New York City

☆ Fact Check: Gal Gadot has not joined the army during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli actor Gal Gadot has not joined the army amid the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson and a representative for the actor have said in response to an old photograph of Gadot circulating online. A post on X social media shared the dated image of Gadot with the caption: “BREAKING: Israeli actress Gal Gadot who played Wonder Woman in the Hollywood movie turns up at for army service.” The claim also surfaced on Facebook, garnering comments suggesting the image is current. Israel requires most of its citizens to compulsorily serve in the military from the age of 18. Gal Gadot has not joined Israeli armed forces following the outbreak of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, an IDF spokesperson and a representative for the actor have said. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Gal Gadot, Gadot, Melissa Raubvogel, “ Gal, Shaul Golan, “, ”, Yediot Ahronot, Golan, Read Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, Hollywood, Facebook, Washington Post, IDF, Reuters, Army, Jewish News, Thomson Locations: Israel, Lebanon

☆ Fact Check: Clip of protesters entering Washington DC house dates to June 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A June 2020 video showing protesters entering a house in Washington D.C. is being falsely shared as footage from October 2023 amid demonstrations in the U.S. capital in response to the Israel-Hamas conflict. “AND THE PURGE BEGINS -2 hours ago: — Protests in Washington DC are hitting next level as rioters rush people's houses ...is National Guard needed? The protesters left the residence when the curfew was lifted the following morning, NBC4 Washington reported. Google Street View images show the house is locatedon Swann Street in Washington D.C. A video of protesters entering a house in Washington D.C. is not from October 2023.

Persons: Rahul Dubey, George Floyd, NBC4, locatedon, Read Organizations: Washington DC, National Guard, Reuters, Twitter, Google, Washington D.C, Local, Washinton, Thomson Locations: Washington, U.S, Israel, Minneapolis, NBC4 Washington

☆ Fact Check: California governor Newsom misidentified in resurfaced video
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing an individual falling down the steps of a plane has been miscaptioned in online posts in November as showing California governor Gavin Newsom. Senator Tommy Tuberville in 2014 during his tenure as coach of the college football team Cincinnati Bearcats. Gavin Newsom falls down from plane's stairs.” Another similar post said: “Down goes newsom,” referring to the governor. “That’s not the governor,” Erin Mellon, the communications director for Newsom, said via phone, referring to the video circulating online. The individual in the circulating video was misidentified as California governor Gavin Newsom.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Tommy Tuberville, “ Down, newsom, ”, “ That’s, Erin Mellon, Newsom, MeidasTouch, Brett Meiselas, Tommy Tumbleville, Tuberville, Read Organizations: Republican U.S, Cincinnati Bearcats, California, UVA, Reuters, Thomson Locations: California, Alabama

☆ Fact Check: Pro-Palestinian Halloween billboard pictured in Tunisia, not Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Multiple pro-Palestinian billboards were put up in the North African country of Tunisia before Halloween, despite online posts sharing an image that miscaptions one of these billboards as in Chicago, Illinois amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Various social media users have shared these displays naming the location as Tunisia, including one on Oct. 26 that shows the same billboard as in the miscaptioned social media posts. The billboard, camera angle, streetlamp and buildings in the background match the image shared on social media. Humzah Khan, a Fulbright fellow in Tunisia, shared an image of the billboard on X with the caption, “several billboards like this in Tunis. A pro-Palestinian Halloween billboard seen on social media comes from Tunisia, not the city of Chicago in the U.S.

Persons: Hannachi Issam, Mohamed Bouazizi, VI, Humzah Khan, ” Khan, Al Jazeera, Read Organizations: IN CHICAGO, Chicago, Tunis Tribune, Facebook, Carthage International, Tunisian, Chicago Department of Buildings, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tunisia, Chicago , Illinois, Israel, Chicago, PALESTINE, Tunis, Gaza, Carthage, la Marsa, Menzah, Marsa, Carrefour, Al, U.S

☆ Fact Check: Video does not show Putin announcing Russian support for Palestinians
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video clip of Russian President Vladimir Putin giving a speech at a military parade in 2021 has been misleadingly captioned to suggest it shows Putin stating his support for Palestinians amid the Israel-Hamas war in 2023. The snippet of Putin’s speech was shared on Facebook and X social media with the caption, “Vladimir putin announced Russia will openly help to Palestine. Uraaaaaaaaaaa.”The video and the speech, however, are unrelated to the 2023 Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which began after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7. A Reuters translation of Putin’s comments in Russian in the video clip is: “Glory to the Victorious Nation! A video shows Vladimir Putin making a speech in 2021 where he did not mention Palestine or the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, “ Vladimir putin, ”, Read Organizations: Facebook, YouTube, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Reuters, Nazi, Putin’s, Thomson Locations: Israel, Russia, Palestine, Soviet, Nazi Germany, Putin’s Russia, Russian, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria

☆ Fact Check: RT report on Gaza tunnels predates Oct 2023 Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

“As Israel begins targeting Gaza Terror Tunnel Network, Hamas Terror groups gives access to Russia Today journalist to visit the Tunnel Network. This is the RT on ground report from underneath Gaza. This is the Gaza Metro,” read a post sharing the report on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. RT Deutsch, RT’s German outlet, also published a report on a visit by its crew on June 19, 2021. Russia Today’s coverage on Hamas tunnels dates to 2021, and is not linked to the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.

Persons: ”, RT, Read Organizations: Reuters, Hamas, Russia, Twitter, Facebook, RT Deutsch, Thomson Locations: Russia, Russian, Israel, Gaza, Quds

☆ Fact Check: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was not convicted of treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was not convicted of treason in October, despite an article circulating online making the claim. The article falsely claims that Yellen was convicted at a military tribunal held on Oct. 16. Reuters previously addressed the false claim published by Real Raw News in September that Yellen was arrested for treason. All available emails on Real Raw News’ website bounced back when attempting to reach for comment. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was not convicted of treason.

Persons: Janet Yellen, “, ”, Yellen, ” Yellen, Susan Rice, Read Organizations: Treasury, Real Raw, Corps, JAG, Army, Facebook, U.S . Court, Public, Marine, Reuters, Freedman's, U.S . Department of Treasury, Bloomberg, Real Raw News, National Security, U.S . Army, Thomson Locations: U.S

☆ Fact Check: Video of tank explosion in Sudan unrelated to Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video showing an explosion next to fuel tanks in Sudan has been falsely captioned as showing Israeli forces targeting children and civilians as they gathered to fetch water in Gaza. The aerial footage shows a bomb detonating amid people clustered next to a large white tank. Reuters could not verify if the tanks belonged to Rapid Support Forces, Sudan’s main paramilitary group, which has been engaged in conflict with the Sudanese army since mid-April. The video shows the bombing of a fuel tank in Sudan, not Israeli forces targeting Gazan children gathered near a water tank. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Read Organizations: Al, Support Forces, Sudan News, Army, Rapid Support Forces, Jet Fuel, Khartoum International, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Sudan, Gaza, Al Jazeera, Khartoum, ”

☆ Fact Check: Videogame clip falsely shared as Donald Trump military escort
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip of a large aircraft escorted by smaller military planes was created using a video game and does not show former U.S. President Donald Trump’s jet escorted by the military, contrary to claims on social media. The clip surfaced on Facebook and TikTok, with claims that it shows Trump’s jet escorted by military aircraft. One user said in the comments: “Our President Donald Trump has more protection than Biden.” “I had no idea. A spokesperson for the Digital Combat Simulator did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The clip originates from a social media account that labels it as created by the Digital Combat Simulator game.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Donald Trump, Biden, ” “, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, Air Force, ”, Thomson

☆ Fact Check: Turkish ships from centenary parade shared as response to Israel-Hamas conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Turkish navy parade with 100 ships marked the country’s centenary as a republic on Oct. 29, but posts on social media are falsely saying these ships are nearing Israel and Gaza in response to the ongoing conflict. Other posts claim the Turkish navy is responding to the Israel-Hamas conflict or that 100 warships were sent to “help Palestine to attack Israel.”The presence of 100 Turkish ships was part of celebrations for the centenary of the country’s secular republic, however, not a response to the Israel-Hamas conflict in October. Turkish state broadcaster TRT also shared footage of the navy parade passing through the strait and covered the centenary celebration on Oct. 29. Reuters previously addressed miscaptioned footage of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers shared as Turkish warships moving toward Gaza. The presence of 100 ships refers to the Turkish navy’s parade on Oct. 29 celebrating the country’s 100 years as a republic.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, ”, Israel, Read Organizations: Turkish Navy, TRT, Getty Images, Reuters, U.S . Navy, Thomson Locations: Turkish, Israel, Gaza, Istanbul, Palestine, Istanbul’s Bosphorus

☆ Fact Check: Video of covered bodies is from Egypt 2013, not Israel-Hamas war in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Video showing live people lying on the ground simulating corpses at a protest in 2013 in Cairo, Egypt, has been falsely linked online to the Israel-Hamas war in 2023 to suggest that Palestinian casualties reported in the war are fake. The video circulating online shows people fidgeting while lying on the ground covered in white sheets with messages written on them in Arabic. Reuters has previously addressed claims based on mislabeled footage that casualties are being faked during the 2023 Hamas-Israel war. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization established in Egypt in the 1920s, founded Hamas in 1987 during the first Palestinian Intifada, or uprising. Video shows a protest at an Egyptian university in 2013, not staged bodies in the Israel-Hamas war in 2023.

Persons: “, “ Al Jazeera, Mohamed Mursi, Joe Biden, Read Organizations: “ Al, Facebook, YouTube, Azhar University, Al, Palestinian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Cairo, Egypt, Israel, Gaza, Al

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