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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Attack On Gas Station In Israel In 2023 -- It Is 2014 Footage From Russia

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    Does a viral social media video show an Iranian attack on a "petrol pump" in Israel in 2023? No, that's not true: The footage is from 2014 and showed an explosion at a gas station in Makhachkala, capital of the Russian republic of Dagestan. The explosion did not happen during the October 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict. It occurred years earlier and…

    • Oct 30, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Attack On Gas Station In Israel In 2023 -- It Is 2014 Footage From Russia Russia In 2014
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Putin Announcing That 'Russia Will Openly Help To Palestine' -- It's An Old, Unrelated Recording

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    Did Russian President Vladimir Putin declare in October 2023 that the Kremlin will "openly help to Palestine"? No, that's not true: The footage on social media used to make the claim is a clip from a 2021 recording of Putin speaking at Russia's Victory Day parade. The video predates the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict by more than two years. Putin makes…

    • Oct 30, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Putin Announcing That 'Russia Will Openly Help To Palestine' -- It's An Old, Unrelated Recording 2021
  • Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Palestinian Child As Crisis Actor -- These 2016 Photos Show Real Child Helped In Aleppo, Syria

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    Was the same Palestinian child used to stage fake rescue photos from three separate Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on the same day in October 2023? No, that's not true: These three photos were taken in Aleppo, Syria, on August 27, 2016, by photojournalist Ameer Alhalbi. These photos are unrelated to the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict. In the aftermath of…

    • Oct 27, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Palestinian Child As Crisis Actor -- These 2016 Photos Show Real Child Helped In Aleppo, Syria Syria 2016
  • Fact Check: McDonald's Did NOT Change Its Wrappers To Blue and White In Support Of Israel

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    Did McDonald's change its food wrappers to blue and white, the colors of the Israeli flag, in support of Israel during the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The fast food chain told Lead Stories that the wrappers were not intended to make a political statement. They come in a variety of colors, not just blue and white, and…

    • Oct 27, 2023
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: McDonald's Did NOT Change Its Wrappers To Blue and White In Support Of Israel Used For Years
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Police Pushing Crowds In Gaza In October 2023 -- It Was Filmed Months Before In East Jerusalem

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    Does a set of nearly-identical videos on social media depict Israeli law enforcement grappling with people in October 2023 in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip or Jerusalem? No, that's not true: The footage was first posted online in April 2023. It shows clashes with Christian pilgrims in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, not in Gaza and predates the Hamas-Israel war by more than…

    • Oct 27, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Police Pushing Crowds In Gaza In October 2023 -- It Was Filmed Months Before In East Jerusalem April 2023
  • Fact Check: Side-By-Side Videos Do NOT Show 'Hamas Crisis Actor' Faking Injuries -- It's Two Different People

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    Did a "Hamas crisis actor" fake a video during the Hamas-Israel conflict in October 2023 that showed him hospitalized one day and walking around OK the next? No, that's not true: The side-by-side videos on social media show two different people. Additionally, one of the videos was shot more than a month earlier -- not the day before the other…

    • Oct 27, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Side-By-Side Videos Do NOT Show 'Hamas Crisis Actor' Faking Injuries -- It's Two Different People Different Men
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Gaza 'Corpse ... Texting On His Phone' -- Image Predates 2023 Conflict

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    Was a "corpse" in Gaza captured on camera "texting on his phone" in October 2023, amid the Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: This photo has appeared on social media since at least November 2022 -- 11 months prior to the conflict, which began on October 7, 2023. Lead Stories determined that the photo, which featured a human seemingly sitting…

    • Oct 26, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Gaza 'Corpse ... Texting On His Phone' -- Image Predates 2023 Conflict Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Gaza 'Corpse ... Texting On His Phone' -- Image Predates 2023 Conflict 2022 Meme
  • Fact Check: Photos Of Hamas Leaders 'Living Luxuriously' Are NOT AI-Generated

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    Are photos showing leaders of Hamas "living luxuriously" generated by artificial intelligence? No, that's not true: The set of images in a viral social media post making that claim already appeared in an article published online in 2014. The person who posted the images in October 2023 later clarified he ran them through an upscaling algorithm in an attempt to…

    • Oct 26, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Photos Of Hamas Leaders 'Living Luxuriously' Are NOT AI-Generated Older Photos
  • Fact Check: Black Flag Over Iran's Razavi Shrine Was NOT Call For War To All Muslims In October 2023 -- Claim Misrepresented Its Meaning

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    Was a black flag that appeared over Razavi Shrine in Iran in October 2023 meant to express a "call to all of Islam for War"? No, that's not true: In this particular case, it was a symbol of mourning, as the Facebook account for the shrine itself wrote. While extremist groups have hijacked the symbolism of black flags in recent…

    • Oct 26, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Black Flag Over Iran's Razavi Shrine Was NOT Call For War To All Muslims In October 2023 -- Claim Misrepresented Its Meaning Mourning≠War
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barcelona Clash Between Pro-Palestine Protesters, Police In 2023 -- It's Footage Of A COVID Anti-Lockdown Protest

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    Does a video show a dispute between pro-Palestinian protesters and police in Barcelona, Spain, during the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The video dates back to 2020, almost three years before the conflict arising from Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. According to contemporaneous reports, the people shown in the video were actually protesting against COVID-19 restrictions…

    • Oct 25, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barcelona Clash Between Pro-Palestine Protesters, Police In 2023 -- It's Footage Of A COVID Anti-Lockdown Protest 2020 Incident
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