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☆ Fact Check: Videos show Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in May 2021, not October 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video with two clips, one showing a large building collapsing after being hit by rockets and one showing damage at street level, shows Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in May 2021. It has been falsely captioned as showing Oct. 7, 2023 strikes. The two clips shared in the compilation posted on social media can be seen in a May 2021 post by ABC News showing an Israeli airstrike hitting the 14-storey Al-Shorouk tower block in Gaza and its aftermath. The first clip was originally posted on Instagram on May 12, 2021, and has been previously miscaptioned as showing the conflict in Ukraine. Video shows Israeli airstrike hitting the 14-storey Al-Shorouk tower block in Gaza and its aftermath in May 2021.

Persons: Read Organizations: Facebook, Hamas, Reuters, ABC News, Getty, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Instagram, Ukraine

☆ Fact Check: Photo of Israeli flag on Azerbaijan skyscrapers from 2015
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photo from 2015 of the Israeli flag projected on three skyscrapers in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku is falsely claimed online to have been captured after this weekend’s attack on Israel by the Islamist militant group Hamas. However, the image was first shared on social media in June 2015 by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles. The consulate said at the time that the display honoured the Israeli sports team at the European Games, held in Azerbaijan. On Oct. 7, Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry shared a message after the Hamas attack. The image of the Israeli flag on the Flame Towers in Baku dates to 2015.

Persons: “, Read Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Facebook, Consulate, European Games, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Azerbaijan’s, Baku, Israel, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Los Angeles, Palestine, Gaza

☆ Fact Check: 2020 clip shared as Hamas firing salvo in Israel in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip purportedly showing a discharge of artillery by Hamas on Israel predates the clashes between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, in October 2023. A post on social media said: “Hamas fires a salvo at Israel.” The accompanying clip, taken in the dark, shows flashing lights that appear to be a discharge of firearms. A similar clip was shared on YouTube on Feb. 28, 2020, described in Russian as showing one night in northern Syria. The shift in the camera angle around the 0:11 timestamp of the YouTube video matches that of the video on social media around the 0:13 timestamp. Footage that matches the clip on social media has circulated since at least 2020 and does not depict the October 2023 conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Hamas, YouTube, ” Reuters, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Syria, Turkish, Aleppo, ”

☆ Fact Check: Video shows Israel striking Gaza tower in 2021, not 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage of an Israeli airstrike in 2021 that collapsed Gaza’s Al-Shorouk tower block has been falsely captioned on social media as showing a 2023 response to an attack on its soil from the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Gaza’s health ministry said a further 770 people were killed in the retaliatory strikes. But the video is unrelated to the retaliatory strikes. The grille-windows of an adjacent building are visible in a photo hosted on Getty Images which shows an aerial view of Al-Shorouk tower’s rubble. The video shows an Israeli airstrike destroying Gaza’s Al-Shorouk tower in 2021.

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☆ Fact Check: Video of Hamas military wing spokesperson thanking Iran dates to 2014
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 2014 video of a spokesperson for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, acknowledging Iranian support has been misrepresented online as being recent, following Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. “Breaking News Israel: Spokesperson of Izzuddin Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaidah: “We thank the Islamic Republic of Iran who provided us with weapons, money and other equipment! A report by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time includes a transcript of the spokesperson’s comments. Hamas is backed by Iran and is politically aligned with Iran, Syria and the Shi'ite Islamist group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A video showing an Al-Qassam Brigades’ spokesperson thanking Iran, was filmed in 2014, not after the October 2023 attacks on Israel.

Persons: Deen al, Izzuddin Al, Abu Obaidah, Al Jazeera, “ Al, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Read Organizations: Brigades, Breaking, Israel, Facebook, Al, YouTube, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hamas, United Nations, Hezbollah, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Israel, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran, Syria, Lebanon

☆ Fact Check: Handcuffed men in video are Karabakh ex-leaders, not Israeli generals
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video compilation showing the detention of three former leaders of Azerbaijan’s disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has been falsely claimed online to show the capture of Israeli generals by the Islamist militant group Hamas. The 30-second compilation of three clips shows men in military fatigues removing three individuals in handcuffs from vehicles. Captioning the video, one Facebook user wrote on Oct. 8: “Breaking News Israel: Several high ranking IDF Generals have been seen captured with Hamas Terrorists”. The handcuffed men in the video are former self-styled presidents of Nagorno-Karabakh Arkady Gukasyan and Bako Gukasyan, and ex-parliamentary speaker David Ishkhanyan. The video shows detention of Nagorno-Karabakh former leaders, not Israeli generals.

Persons: Azerbaijan’s, ”, Karabakh Arkady Gukasyan, Bako, David Ishkhanyan, Read Organizations: Hamas, Israel, Facebook, State Security Service, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Nagorno, Karabakh, Republic of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

☆ Fact Check: Fake audio added to CNN video of Israel-Hamas war coverage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage showing CNN journalists taking shelter from rockets near the Israel-Gaza border has been altered to include a fabricated voiceover directing them to stage their coverage. The altered video was also shared on Facebook to claim that the CNN team orchestrated the attack. A spokesperson for CNN said in an email that the audio in the clip shared online is fabricated. The Quartering’s X account said in a reply to its original video that the voiceover is fake. A fabricated voiceover was added to footage of CNN journalists covering the Israel-Hamas war.

Persons: Israel ”, ”, Clarissa Ward, Read Organizations: CNN, Facebook, YouTube, Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palestinian

☆ Fact Check: Israel-Hamas war: Video of red flares and fireworks shows Algeria, not Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage from Algiers, Algeria, showing red flares and fireworks being set off from rooftops is being shared online with the false claim it shows Gaza. Israeli strikes are complemented by local fireworks,” and “This is not Diwali fireworks. But Reuters confirmed the location of the video using satellite imagery to be Algiers, Algeria, not Gaza. The video was taken from a residential building facing south on Rue Lahcen Mimouni, Algiers. The video was filmed in Algiers, Algeria, not Gaza.

Persons: Rue Lahcen Mimouni, Lahcen Mimouni, Mada Mohamed, Rue Mohamed Belouizdad, Read Organizations: Twitter, ”, Facebook, Reuters, Al, Google, 1er, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Algiers, Algeria, Gaza, Rue, Al Mokrani, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Video of jet landing on carrier is not Lebanese, predates Israel-Hamas conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of an F-18 jet landing on an aircraft carrier has been misrepresented online as showing a Lebanese Dassault Mirage III jet landing on an Iranian vessel. However, the video shows an F-18 jet, not a Dassault Mirage III, and the captured landing predates the October Israel-Hamas conflict by at least five years. At present, the Lebanese Air Force does not own any Dassault Mirage III aircraft, according to Flight Global’s 2023 World Air Forces directory. Iran also does not own an aircraft carrier according to GlobalFirepower (GFP), global military data providers. The video predates the October Israel-Hamas conflict and shows an F-18 jet, not a Lebanese Dassault Mirage III, and the aircraft carrier is not Iran’s.

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☆ Fact Check: Filming of movie shared to claim Israel-Hamas conflict is staged
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip from the filming of a Palestinian movie is circulating online with the false claim that it shows Israelis or Palestinians creating fake footage of deaths amid this week’s conflict. The clip shows a camera crew filming an actor who is lying on his back with liquid that seems like blood beside his head. !”Claims that the clip shows Israelis or Palestinians faking death footage are false, however. The clip shows the filming of “Empty Place,” director Awni Eshtaiwe told Reuters in April 2022. The video shows filming from a Palestinian film and does not show Israelis or Palestinians faking death footage.

Persons: Instagram, Awni Eshtaiwe, Eshtaiwe, Ahmed Manasra, Al Jazeera, Read Organizations: Reuters, YouTube, CBS, Al, Thomson Locations: Israel, East Jerusalem

☆ Fact Check: Miscaptioned clip of 2021 pro-Palestinian rally in Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage captioned online as showing a rally in Chicago supporting “Hamas’ terror attack” predates the clashes between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in October 2023. However, matching footage has circulated across multiple social media platforms since at least 2021. On May 16, 2021, thousands of demonstrators in downtown Chicago rallied in support of Palestinians, according to reports at the time by the Chicago Tribune and NBC 5 Chicago. Multiple pro-Palestinian rallies took place in downtown Chicago throughout May 2021, ABC7 and the Chicago Sun Times also reported. On Oct. 9, Palestinian supporters rallied in downtown Chicago against the violent conflict, as seen in news reports from ABC 7, CBS News Chicago and MSNBC.

Persons: Israel ”, escalations, Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, VK, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, NBC, Chicago Sun Times, Associated Press, ABC, CBS News Chicago, MSNBC, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Russia, U.S

☆ Fact Check: WHO did not order Biden to arrest Americans sharing ‘non-mainstream opinions’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The World Health Organization (WHO) did not order U.S. President Joe Biden to arrest citizens who share “non-mainstream content” online. In response to the question, “How much authority could an accord have over signatory countries? The People’s Voice did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. The World Health Organization (WHO) did not order U.S. President Joe Biden to arrest U.S. citizens who share non-mainstream opinions online. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

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☆ Fact Check: Article fabricates claim that NFL coaches banned ‘anthem kneeling’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Coaches in the U.S. National Football League (NFL) have not voted to ban the practice of players kneeling during the national anthem, as claimed in an online article that uses fabricated quotes and sources. “NFL Coaches Vote Unanimously to Permanently Ban Anthem Kneeling: “It Stops Now,”” reads one of the Facebook posts sharing the headline without any context about its origin. We make no claim that the information presented in these articles is true or accurate.”No credible reports were found saying that NFL coaches had conducted the purported vote in 2023. The decision was challenged by the players’ union, and later relaxed in 2020 when the league commissioner publicly apologized for not previously heeding NFL players’ concerns and encouraged “all to speak out and peacefully protest.”VERDICTFalse. NFL coaches did not vote or decide in 2023 to ban players from kneeling during the pre-game national anthem.

Persons: Tim Schlittner, Colin Kaepernick, George Floyd, “, ”, Banner, Read Organizations: U.S . National Football League, NFL, Reuters, Thomson

☆ Fact Check: Fact Check: FDA is not replacing salt with 'mRNA’ salt substitutes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Now he is trying to replace organic salt with a mRNA chemical laced inorganic synthetic salt substitute actually produced by the man himself Bill gates. Other ingredients in Morton salt substitute include fumaric acid, monocalcium phosphate and silicon dioxide. MRNA NOT AN INGREDIENTThe claim that common salt is being replaced with a “mRNA chemical laced inorganic synthetic salt substitute” is misleading. “In terms of how chemists use the words ‘organic’ and ‘inorganic’, both table salt (sodium chloride) and potassium chloride would be inorganic compounds as they lack carbon atoms." The FDA is not replacing salt with “mRNA fake salt.”This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

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☆ Fact Check: Video of parachutists landing at sports center is from Egypt, not Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video of multiple parachutists landing at a crowded sports venue in Egypt has been misrepresented on social media as showing attackers of the militant Islamist group Hamas landing in Israel. The video dates to at least September 2023 and is not related to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas carried out its biggest attack on Israel in years on Oct. 7, killing an estimated 900 Israelis. A sports center named El-Nasr Sporting Club can be seen in the Heliopolis area of Cairo, Egypt, on Google Maps. The video shared online shows events in Egypt, not Israel, that predate the October 2023 attack on Israel.

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☆ Fact Check: Katie Hobbs did not step down as governor of Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Arizona governor Katie Hobbs did not step down from her position, contrary to claims shared online following a brief visit by Hobbs out of state. Arizona treasurer Kimberly Yee was temporarily serving as acting governor in line with Arizona state constitution which requires the transfer of power while a governor is out of state. This prompted Yee to serve as acting governor in their absence. Hobbs returned to Arizona on Sept. 28, 2023, and gave a speech at the Tempe Center for the Arts. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs did not step down from her role.

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REGULATORY SCRUTINYWhile disinformation has spread on all major social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok, X appeared to be the most recent to draw scrutiny from regulators. On Tuesday, European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton warned Musk that X was spreading "illegal content and disinformation," according to a letter Breton posted on X. Musk himself recommended that X users follow two accounts that had previously spread false claims for "real-time" updates on the conflict, the Washington Post reported. False information has also spread on messaging app Telegram and short-form video app TikTok, said DFRLab's Trad. Like other online platforms, YouTube has moderation employees and technology to remove content that violates its rules.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Ruslan Trad, X, Bruno Mars miscaptioned, Thierry Breton, Breton, Musk, Renee DiResta, Jack Brewster, Brewster, Tamara Kharroub, DFRLab's Trad, TikTok, Solomon Messing, there's, Messing, Kharroub, Sheila Dang, Riniki Sanyal, Deepa Babington Organizations: Twitter, REUTERS, Elon, European Union, Reuters, Atlantic, Forensic Research, Hamas, Meta, Facebook, European, EU, Stanford Internet Observatory, Washington Post, Washington, Arab Center Washington DC, New York University's Center for Social Media, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Israel, American, New, Dallas, Bangalore

☆ Fact Check: U.S. document approving $8bn military aid to Israel is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A U.S. government document approving $400 million aid to Ukraine has been edited and shared online to look like an approval for $8 billion military funds to Israel. Social media accounts shared a photo of the altered document on Facebook and messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. However, the memorandum does not exist on the White House briefing room website. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House document has been edited.

Persons: Joe Biden, Department of Defense ”, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Read Organizations: Social, Twitter, Department of Defense, Israeli, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Video shows Putin criticizing former Canadian speaker, not Trudeau
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video showing Russian President Vladimir Putin criticizing former speaker of the Canadian House of Commons Anthony Rota for praising Yaroslav Hunka, a veteran who served in a Nazi unit during World War Two, has been cropped to falsely claim that Putin was insulting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Justin Trudeau just got called an idiot by Vladimir Putin,” read a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The video shows Putin delivering his annual speech to the Moscow-based think tank Valdai Discussion Club in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Oct. 5. Putin called the Canadian parliament's standing ovations to honor Hunka "disgusting," and said it showed Moscow was right to "denazify" Ukraine, Reuters reported. Vladimir Putin insulted Anthony Rota, not Justin Trudeau.

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☆ Fact Check: Paratroopers filmed skydiving in Egypt falsely linked to Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of paratroopers skydiving at sunset over the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo has been falsely claimed online to show fighters with the Islamist militant group Hamas launching its surprise attack on Israel. “Palestinian freedom fighters seen parachuting down into Israel territory. #Israel #Hamas #IronDome #Gaza #TelAviv #Palestine,” wrote a Facebook user who miscaptioned the paratrooper video. The video was filmed in front of the Military Academy in Cairo, Egypt. The video was filmed in Cairo, Egypt, not Israel.

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☆ Fact Check: Clip shows Bruno Mars concertgoers, not attack on Israel desert festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The caption at the top of the clip, written in Hebrew, says that it shows the moment the gates opened at a Bruno Mars concert. At the 00:13 mark, a Bruno Mars poster is viewable, with "Live Nation" seen at the top of the poster. Reuters located the video to HaYarkon Park in Tel Aviv, where Bruno Mars held a concert on Oct 4. Live Nation's Israel Instagram account announced on Oct 7 that Mars' second concert scheduled for that evening was cancelled. The video shows people running through entrance gates at a Bruno Mars concert in Tel Aviv, uploaded to TikTok on Oct 5.

Persons: Bruno Mars, Israel, ”, “ Israel, TikTok, Read Organizations: Nature Party, Palestinian Terrorists, Reuters, Israel, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza, Israel, HaYarkon, TikTok

☆ Fact Check: ‘Lost girl’ video predates October Israel-Hamas clashes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of two men asking a small child the whereabouts of her parents has been falsely claimed online to show an Israeli girl with her Palestinian kidnappers. The footage has a superimposed caption: “lost girl” in Arabic and features two men interacting with a small girl in a public space. “Lost along the way,” one of the men says (translated from Arabic). The other says to the girl: "Who are your parents? The video was posted on TikTok on Sept. 8 and predates clashes between Israel and Hamas in October 2023.

Persons: “, ”, Israel, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Iran, Gaza

☆ Fact check: Israel jet transportation video predates Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of jets being moved by ground transportation in southern Israel has been miscaptioned online as an evacuation of air bases after the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7. “Breaking: Israeli Defence forces are now evacuating Air Bases near Gaza as thousands of #Hamas #terrorists flood into Israel. But the video of the two jets appeared online more than two weeks before the Oct. 7 attack, such as one on YouTube published Sept. 19. Reuters reported that the surprise assault from Iran-backed Hamas is one of the most serious escalations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. The video was posted online at least two weeks before the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, Israel's, Israeli Defence, Air, YouTube, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Iran

☆ Fact Check: Israel’s May Gaza strike video falsely shared as October
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza strip in May 2023 has been mislabeled on social media as showing a retaliatory strike to a surprise attack on Oct. 7 by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The Iran-backed Hamas group on Oct. 7 carried out its biggest attack on Israel in years, killing at least 100 Israelis, Reuters reported. However, the video of the explosion predates the October 2023 attack by several months. Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza exchanged rocket fire in May 2023, until a ceasefire agreement was brokered by Egypt on May 14. The video shows airstrikes in Gaza in May 2023 and predates the Oct.7 attacks.

Persons: ”, Israel, Read, 私 Organizations: Hamas, Israeli Air Force, Facebook, Reuters, Associated Press, Islamic Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Iran, Israel, Beit Lahiya, Egypt

☆ Fact Check: Video of octopus damaging car is CGI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A CGI video of an octopus attacking a car in a parking lot has been falsely shared as showing a real-life incident said to have taken place in either New York City or Qatar. The video shows a giant octopus crawling onto the front of a vehicle, enveloping the windshield and crushing it. A Facebook user sharing the video on Oct. 4 wrote: “In Qatar, an octopus emerged from the sea onto a parking lot”. Another iteration was posted on Facebook on Sept. 30, where it was falsely linked to flooding in New York. The video was first shared on this account on Sept. 25 with an explanation of how it was created.

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