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☆ Fact Check: CNN’s Gaza report on Palestine Tower bombing is from 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A CNN report about an Israeli air strike destroying a tower block in Gaza is falsely claimed online to have reused footage from 2021. The Oct. 7 CNN report shows the collapse of the Palestine Tower, a large building in downtown Gaza City hosting media offices and residential apartments, after it was bombed by Israel the same day. Other news outlets covered the same incident, including Al Jazeera, which captured the moment live on-air. The 12-storey building was home to offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera and is a visibly different building to that of Palestine Tower. CNN did not reuse footage of the al-Jalaa attack in the TikTok report about the Palestine Tower.

Persons: Al Jazeera, Read Organizations: CNN, Al, Reuters, Associated Press, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Palestine, Al Jazeera, Gaza City, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Video of Egyptian aid convoy bound for Gaza is from 2021, not 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A May 2021 video showing a convoy at a standstill on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza has been falsely described online as showing an aid convoy being denied entry to Gaza in 2023. “Breaking: Aid vehicles at Rafah border refused entry into Gaza by Israel,” reads a post sharing the drone video on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The video was also shared with a similar caption on Facebook. While the video does show an area near the Rafah crossing, which was confirmed by Reuters using satellite imagery, it was not filmed in 2023. Egyptian news channel Al Nahar first shared the video on Facebook on May 31, 2021.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Rafah, Gaza, Israel, Egypt, ”, Cairo

☆ Fact Check: Qatari emir’s 2017 speech misrepresented as gas threat
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A snippet of a 2017 speech by Qatar’s emir has been falsely claimed online to show him threatening to stop supplying gas to the world should Israel not halt its current bombardment of Gaza. “BREAKING: Qatar is threatening to create a global gas shortage in support of Palestine. But the speech has been misrepresented and is unrelated to Israel’s October 2023 bombardment of Gaza. It shows al-Thani delivering the opening speech at the Doha Forum in May 2017, where he spoke about the global refugee crisis and referred to Palestinians. Al-Thani's 2017 speech has been misrepresented.

Persons: Qatar’s, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, Thani, Read Organizations: Facebook, Doha Forum, Qatari, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Qatar, Palestine, Thani, al

☆ Fact Check: Video of US Navy ships’ near miss unrelated to 2023 Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S. said on Oct. 8 that it would send military ships and aircraft closer to Israel in a show of support. In a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, a user sharing the video of the U.S. Navy ships wrote: “USS washington aircraft carrie Safely reach Israel. The video was captured by San Diego Webcam, a YouTube channel of webcam streams showing marine traffic in the San Diego Bay area in California. Neither of the vessels in the video are the USS Washington, nor are they aircraft carriers. The video is from 2022 and shows an incident in San Diego, California.

Persons: Gerald R, carrie, Read Organizations: U.S . Navy, USS Washington, Reuters, Ford Carrier Strike, Twitter, washington, Facebook, YouTube, Thomson Locations: San Diego, Israel, Gaza, U.S, San Diego Bay, California, Shelter, USS Washington, San Diego , California

☆ Fact Check: Old Syria photograph used alongside real claims of Palestinian child deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israel hit Gaza with retaliatory air strikes after a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7. As of Oct. 17, at least 3,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by Israel’s bombing campaign, according to Gaza’s Hamas authorities. The picture being shared shows the bodies of at least seven children, wrapped in white fabric. Reuters reported that hundreds of people were killed in a sarin gas attack on Aug. 21, 2013, in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. Claims that hundreds of Palestinian children have died since the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated are true, according to authorities.

Persons: VEREDICT, Read Organizations: Israeli IOF Forces, Palestinian, Syrian Shaam News Network, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Syria, Israel, Gaza, PALESTINE, AFP, Damascus, Ghouta

☆ Fact Check: London protester arrested for racist comments, not for holding Union Jack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of London’s Metropolitan Police arresting a man holding a Union Jack has been falsely described online as showing him being arrested for unveiling the flag at a pro-Palestinian rally. The police force said he was arrested for making racially aggravated comments and was later charged. Cops drag away a man who unveiled his Union flag amidst the sea of Palestinian flags in central London. This was in no way the reason for his arrest and forms no part of the charges against him,” the spokesperson said. The man was arrested after shouting racial abuse and was later charged, according to the police.

Persons: Jack, ”, Read Organizations: London’s Metropolitan Police, Reuters, Twitter, Facebook, Metropolitan Police, Thomson Locations: London, Gaza, Whitehall, Westminster

☆ Fact Check: Airstrike image shows Israel bombing Gaza, not Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image of an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 9, 2023, has been incorrectly described online as showing Israel bombing airports in Syria’s Damascus and Aleppo. Syrian authorities said their Damascus and Aleppo hubs were put out of service after Israeli missile attacks on Oct. 12. Aleppo airport was hit again in an air strike late on Oct. 14, the Syrian defence ministry said. The photograph in fact shows an airstrike on Gaza, not Syria. The image shows an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, not Syria.

Persons: Fatima Shbair, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, The Associated Press, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Damascus, Aleppo, Syria, ”, Palestinian

☆ Fact Check: Photos do not show mRNA pioneers wearing masks at Nobel Prize ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The 2023 Nobel Prize award ceremony will be held on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel. Kariko, from Hungary, and her U.S. colleague Weissman, whose pioneering work paved the way for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, were announced as the Nobel Prize winners on Oct. 2. “Won the Nobel science prize for the mRNA jab yet they wore a mask to collect their award for their vaccine??!!? The photographs of the pair holding the Japan Prize were taken when the COVID-19 pandemic was still active, in April 2022. Photos show Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman with the Japan Prize in April 2022, not the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in October 2023.

Persons: Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman, Alfred Nobel, Weissman, “, ”, Kariko, Read Organizations: Facebook, Japan, World Health Organization, Reuters Pictures, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Hungary, Tokyo, Japan

☆ Fact Check: Video of convoy with Palestinian flags is from 2021, not 2023 protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A 2021 video showing a convoy of cars in London flying a Palestinian flag and broadcasting antisemitic messages from a megaphone has been misrepresented as footage from October 2023 amidst the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. “NEW: Palestine supporters parade through the streets of London, flying Palestinian flags while calling on people to r*pe Jewish women”, reads the caption of a Facebook post sharing the video as if recent. British media and Reuters reported on the incident in the video in May 2021. The claims were shared after Jewish charity organization Community Security Trust reported that antisemitic incidents in Britain had tripled since the outbreak of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. A video showing people shouting anti-Semitic abuse from a convoy of vehicles in London, is from May 2021 not October 2023.

Persons: “, ”, Read Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, Reuters, Metropolitan Police, Crown, Service, Jewish, Community Security Trust, Thomson Locations: London, Israel, Palestine, Britain

☆ Fact Check: Istanbul protest clip predates October 2023 Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Fighters with the Iran-backed militant group launched an attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Israel retaliated by pounding Gaza with the worst air strikes of its 75-year history conflict with Palestinians, Reuters reported. It’s the same Turkey which has official ties with #Israel, with most of the Israeli imports coming from Turkey. The video was filmed on Comert Sk road near the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul. The video is unrelated to the October 2023 conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Persons: “, Gaza ”, Israel, Read Organizations: Hamas, Fighters, Reuters, Twitter, Facebook, Comert Sk, Thomson Locations: Turkey, Gaza, Iran, Israel, Istanbul, Ankara

☆ Fact Check: Video of people climbing Lebanon-Israel border filmed dates to 2021
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of people climbing the Israel-Lebanon border wall during protests in solidarity with the Palestinian people in May 2021 has resurfaced online with the false claim that it was filmed in October 2023 during the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel. The mislabeled video was shared online after former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal called for protests across the Muslim world on Oct. 13 in support of Palestinians, Reuters reported. A Reuters photograph taken at the Lebanese border village of Adaisseh on May 15, 2021, shows people climbing the concrete wall with the large building in the background. The building in the background is a match when comparing the YouTube video uploaded in 2021, the clip circulating in 2023 and the Reuters image taken on May 15, 2021, in Adaisseh village. The video shows people scaling the Israel-Lebanon border wall in 2021, not 2023.

Persons: Khaled Meshaal, Read Organizations: Reuters, Facebook, Lebanese Citizens, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Al Aqsa, Lebanese, Adaisseh

☆ Fact Check: Old video showing staged funeral unrelated to 2023 Hamas-Israel war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 2020 video showing a group of young men staging a funeral procession to circumvent Jordan’s COVID-19 lockdown rules has been shared to falsely claim that Palestinians are faking funerals amidst the clash between Israel and the Islamist militant group Hamas in October 2023. The caption accompanying a Facebook post carrying the video reads, “And Winner For Best Performance Goes To...Palestinians are seen carrying a small boy's "body" that has fell victim to Israeli airstrikes. The video resurfaced online after Israel launched its fiercest air strikes ever against Gaza in retaliation to Hamas’ surprise ambush of Israel on Oct. 7. Reuters has previously addressed a misleading claim linking the same clip to May 2021 tensions between Israel and Hamas. The video of a group of young men carrying a lifeless body on a stretcher was filmed in Jordan in 2020 and is unrelated to the Hamas-Israel unrest.

Persons: Jordan’s, “, Jordan, Read Organizations: Hamas, Twitter, Israel, Reuters, Jordan’s Roya, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Mar, Jordan

☆ Fact Check: Video clip shows Israeli airstrike in Lebanon not Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A widely shared video shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on Oct. 9 not, as has been wrongly stated online, Israeli missile strikes on Syrian airports on Oct. 12. Syria said Israeli missiles hit airports in its capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo on Oct. 12, damaging runways and putting both hubs out of service. Joukhadar confirmed the film was shot in Lebanon in another X post on Oct. 12, saying: “I filmed this video on Monday 9th of October in Marwahin. This is an Israeli air strike right behind us and it has nothing to do with bombing Damascus!”VERDICTMiscaptioned. While Syria did say its airports were struck by Israeli missiles on Oct. 12, the video shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, not Syria.

Persons: Hossein Amir, Carmen Joukhadar, Joukhadar, “, Read Organizations: Isreali Air Force, Aircraft, Iranian Government, Foreign, Al, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Syria, Israeli, Damascus, Aleppo, Western Syria, Al Jazeera, Marwahin, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Clip of baby rescued from rubble unrelated to Israel-Hamas conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A post on social media using the hashtag said: “#ISRAEL IS KILLING BABIES After indiscriminate Israeli occupation force bombing. They hear the cry of a baby and use their bare hands to shift rubble. On Feb. 11, the Syria Civil Defence, a volunteer humanitarian organization, shared the same video in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, captioned: “Her baby sister sacrificed herself... Incredible moments to save a baby alive who was in the lap of her sister. The video of a baby rescued from underneath rubble stems from the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February, not the Israel-Hamas conflict in October.

Persons: Instagram, Read Organizations: Syria Civil Defence, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Turkey, Syria, Israel, ISRAEL, Palestine, Gaza, Jandiris, Afrin, Aleppo

☆ Fact Check: Graphic video of girl burned by mob is from Guatemala, not Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

(Editor’s note: Contains links directing to graphic imagery in paragraphs two and four)A 2015 video of the lynching of a 16-year-old girl in Guatemala has been misrepresented online as showing a young Israeli woman being burnt by a “Palestinian mob” amid the ongoing war between the militant Islamist group Hamas and Israel. They burned alive a 14 year old girl that captures in Israel.” A screenshot of the clip was also posted on Facebook. However, Reuters traced the video to news reports of a 2015 incident where a Guatemalan teenager was lynched after being accused of being a part of a group that killed a taxi driver. Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre reported that the incident took place on May 12, 2015, in Río Bravo, Guatemala. The video of the young woman being tortured is from Guatemala and dates to 2015.

Persons: Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, hamas, Reuters, Guatemalan, Prensa Libre, Thomson Locations: Guatemala, Israeli, Israel, Kibbutz Re'im, Southern Israel, Guatemalan, Río Bravo

☆ Fact Check: Video does not show Palestinian flag waving from car in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video of a Puerto Rican flag being waved from a car going in circles and blocking an expressway in New York has been shared online to falsely claim that it shows a Palestinian flag. A video filmed from a different angle of the same incident, however, was posted on X on Oct. 11. It’s not the LIE, and it’s not a Palestinian flag.”A closer look at the video shared by McNicholas reveals similarities with the Puerto Rican flag, as can be seen in a side-by-side comparison of the zoomed-in version of a screenshot taken at 0:18 of the video and the Puerto Rican flag. The video was filmed near the Randall Avenue exit on the Cross Bronx Expressway in New York, not the Long Island Expressway. Video of what appears to be a Puerto Rican flag being waved from a car in New York has been shared to falsely claim that it shows a Palestinian flag.

Persons: Khaled Meshaal, Tim McNicholas, It’s, it’s, McNicholas, Read Organizations: Israel, Reuters, Facebook, CBS, Palestinian, Puerto, Cross, Thomson Locations: Puerto Rican, New York, Palestinian, York, Randall, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been extensively documented
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022, and is ongoing as of this article’s publication, has been heavily documented by news media worldwide, contrary to claims on social media. That’s because that’s a money laundering operation.”The posts surfaced following the surprise attack on Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Oct. 7. Reuters has reported on the conflict in Ukraine extensively with images, as well as video footage. Reuters Fact Check has addressed many social media posts containing misinformation, such as claims that the war was faked, planned or staged, miscaptioned images and videos, as well as diplomatic falsehoods. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been documented widely by news media since it began in 2022.

Persons: “, that’s, Read Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Palestinian

☆ Fact Check: Video does not show Hamas paraglider crashing into power line
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing a June 2023 paragliding accident in South Korea has been wrongly described online as footage of a Hamas paraglider crashing into a power line while trying to enter Israel in October. Israel bombed Gaza and vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement after the Palestinian group attacked Israel on Oct. 7. “Unsuccessful landing of a Hamas paraglider straight on a power line in Israel,” reads an Oct. 11 post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, sharing a black and white version of a video of a paraglider crashing into an electricity pole giving rise to a plume of smoke. Chinese media outlets shared screenshots of the same video to show news of the paragliding accident. Video does not show a Hamas paraglider crashing into a power line in Israel.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Israel, Reuters, Facebook, Thomson Locations: South Korea, Israel, Gaza, Seopjikoji, Jesu Island, Seopjikoji Beach, Goseong, Hamas

☆ Fact Check: Video of rockets launched from Gaza in 2021 shared in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip of rockets fired from Gaza at Israel in 2021 has been shared in October 2023 purporting to show a recent air assault by Hamas militants. However, the same video was shared by the social media accounts of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in May 2021. The camera movement seen around the 0:05 timestamp in the IDF’s social media posts matches that of the video shared on social media in October 2023, also around the 0:05 timestamp. On May 19, 2021, Israel said that around 4,000 missiles had been launched from Gaza with most intercepted by Israel’s anti-missile system. The video has circulated since at least May 2021 and predates the October 2023 clashes between Israel and Hamas.

Persons: Israel, Read Organizations: Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Facebook, ISRAEL, Twitter, Israel’s, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Video shows Iran lawmakers chanting ‘death to America’ in 2020, not 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 2020 video of Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” in parliament has been falsely linked to a September 2023 prisoner swap deal worth $6 billion between the two countries. The video is part of a news broadcast, with a chyron that reads, “Lawmakers chant death to America in Iranian Parliament.” An Instagram post includes text on the video that says, “Iran Law Makers chant death to America...Didn’t Joe Biden just give Iran $6 BILLION?” The claim also surfaced on Facebook and X, formerly Twitter. The video is from a CNN news broadcast uploaded to YouTube on Jan. 5 2020, that credits the parliament footage to Reuters. The broadcast shows Iran’s lawmakers reacting to the death of Tehran’s most prominent military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020, as reported by Reuters. A video showing Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” shows their response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani in January 2020.

Persons: Didn’t Joe Biden, Qassem Soleimani, Antony Blinken, Read Organizations: America ”, Hamas, Facebook, CNN, YouTube, Reuters, U.S . U.S, Thomson Locations: America, Iran, Israel, Iranian, ”, U.S, Baghdad, Jan, Tehran

☆ Fact Check: Mistranslated clip of Putin on US involvement in Israel-Hamas conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Russia will help palestine And america can do nothing.”The English subtitles are mistranslated, however, and do not represent Putin’s remarks in Russian. The clip on social media includes a “USA TODAY” watermark. A longer version of the video is on the news outlet’s YouTube page shared on Dec. 8, 2022 with different subtitles. Putin’s remarks and hand gestures from timestamps 0:14 to 0:21 of USA TODAY’s video on YouTube match that of the clip shared on social media in October. Putin’s remarks were made in December 2022 about the threat of nuclear war in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but the clip shared on social media includes mistranslated English subtitles.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, “ Putin, Read Organizations: Ukraine, Hamas, Human Rights, YouTube, Reuters, Thomson Locations: United States, Israel, America, Palestine, Russia, palestine, Ukraine

☆ Fact Check: Video of Las Vegas Sphere displaying Israel’s flag is digitally altered
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Sphere entertainment venue in Las Vegas did not display the Israeli flag during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, its parent company said. “The Vegas Sphere showing impressive support for Israel,” read a post sharing the clip on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. A post sharing the clip on Facebook has garnered 351 reactions and been shared 77 times at the time of writing. The post read: “I posted a VFX video of an Israeli flag on a ball. The Las Vegas Sphere did not display the Israeli flag during the October 2023 Israel-Hamas war.

Persons: ”, “, Read Organizations: Hamas, Israel, Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas, Israel, Palestinian

☆ Fact Check: Video of Erdogan warning US over Israel-Hamas war is altered
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

False subtitles have been added to a video of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan expressing his support for the occupied Palestinian territories in July 2023 to claim that he is warning the U.S. against intervening in the October Israel-Hamas war. The subtitles say: “I am warning America don’t In israel palestine war... We are with our innocent Palestenien brother’s... We are ready to defend Palestine at any price.”The social media video carries a watermark for news outlet Middle East Eye. It uploaded the original video showing Erdogan voicing support for a two-state solution during a televised conference before talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in July 2023. The clip on social media starts 8 seconds into the Middle East Eye video. Incorrectly translated subtitles warning the U.S. against intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been added to a video of Erdogan from July 2023.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Erdogan, Mahmoud Abbas, Read Organizations: Palestinian, Palestine, Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, israel palestine, Palestine, Turkey

☆ Fact Check: Clip shows Arma 3 gameplay, not downed Israeli helicopters
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip of downed helicopters taken from a computer game is circulating with the false claim that it shows authentic footage of Israeli helicopters shot down by Hamas forces. The clip circulated after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza on Oct 7, with Israel responding with air strikes on the Palestinian enclave. The video shows two helicopters flying in a countryside location before being hit with missiles and crashing to the ground. The company listed ways to detect gameplay footage, including low-resolution clips and unnatural particle effects, like smoke or dust. The video shows Arma 3 video game footage.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Hamas, ” Reuters, Bohemia Interactive, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Ukraine

☆ Fact Check: Trump quoted Ilhan Omar tweet saying ‘Israel hypnotized the world’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video of former U.S. President Donald Trump saying “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people” at a 2019 rally has been cut to remove context that he was reading out a social media post by U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar. Online claims have falsely linked the 2019 video to the October 2023 war between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel. “#Israel has hypnotized the world. The video is clipped from a speech Trump gave at a rally in Minneapolis on Oct. 10, 2019. A video clip of Donald Trump saying “Israel has hypnotized the world” at a 2019 rally, lacks context that he was quoting a social media post by Ilhan Omar.

Persons: Donald Trump, “ Israel, Allah, Ilhan Omar, Trump, Israel, Omar, “ Omar, “, ” Trump, X, Read Organizations: U.S, Hamas, Trump, Facebook, Twitter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Minneapolis, United States, Minnesota

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