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  • Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Israeli Air Force Striking Targets In Gaza In October 2023 -- It Is Video From Five Months Earlier

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    Does a video of an explosion in an urban area with clouds of smoke and large pieces of debris hurled skyward show the Israeli Air Force striking terror targets in Gaza in October 2023? No, that's not true: The footage is from a May 2023 airstrike in the Gaza strip. It is not a video of airstrikes hitting Gaza as…

    • Oct 10, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Israeli Air Force Striking Targets In Gaza In October 2023 -- It Is Video From Five Months Earlier May 2023
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Rockets Fired By Hamas From Gaza Strip Toward Israel In 2023 -- Old Footage From 2020

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    Does this video show a salvo of rockets fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip toward Israel in October 2023? No, that's not true: This video was posted over three years earlier on YouTube, on February 28, 2020, with a Russian-language caption naming the location as north Syria. Although Lead Stories could not verify that the footage shows rockets that…

    • Oct 10, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Rockets Fired By Hamas From Gaza Strip Toward Israel In 2023 -- Old Footage From 2020 Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Hamas Terrorist With Kidnapped Jewish Baby Girl In Gaza' -- Toddler Is Arab, Video Is From Before Hamas Attack In October 2023

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    Does a social media video show a "Hamas terrorist with kidnapped Jewish baby girl in Gaza," following the Hamas attack on Israel in early October 2023? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found the original video and it predates the October 7, 2023, attack by nearly a month. The man who posted the original said the video was shot in…

    • Oct 10, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Hamas Terrorist With Kidnapped Jewish Baby Girl In Gaza' -- Toddler Is Arab, Video Is From Before Hamas Attack In October 2023 Before Attack
  • Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Israelis Rehearsing 'Fake Child Death Video' To Frame Hamas In 2023 -- It's A Staged Scene From A Film

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    Does a viral video capture the staging of a "fake child death" aimed at blaming Hamas for attacking civilians during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, or during later atrocities? No, that's not true: The footage predates this escalation by more than a year and shows the production of a short film named "Empty Place" that can…

    • Oct 10, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Israelis Rehearsing 'Fake Child Death Video' To Frame Hamas In 2023 -- It's A Staged Scene From A Film Short Film
  • Fact Check: Arma 3 Video Game Clips Falsely Presented As Footage Depicting 2023 Conflict Between Israel And Hamas

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    Do several videos shared on social media in October 2023 genuinely show combat footage from the military conflict between Israel and Hamas? No, that's not true: A reverse image search revealed that one such clip originated from the combat video game Arma 3. Several other similar clips are making the rounds often posted by accounts looking to monetize views and…

    • Oct 9, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Arma 3 Video Game Clips Falsely Presented As Footage Depicting 2023 Conflict Between Israel And Hamas Arma 3 Game
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Arabs' Displayed Kidnapped Jewish Children In Cages -- Video Predates 2023 Hamas Conflict

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    Was a video of Jewish children held in animal cages posted to social media by "Arab" captors in order to show them off as trophies? No, that's not true: this video was posted on TikTok days before the Hamas attacks in Israel but by October 8, 2023 the video and the account that posted it were gone from TikTok. Screenshots…

    • Oct 9, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Arabs' Displayed Kidnapped Jewish Children In Cages -- Video Predates 2023 Hamas Conflict Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Arabs' Displayed Kidnapped Jewish Children In Cages -- Video Predates 2023 Hamas Conflict Pre-Conflict
  • Fact Check: Biden White House 'Memo' Does NOT Show $8 Billion In New Aid For Israel -- It's An Altered Document

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    Does a White House memo show $8 billion in new aid for Israel following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: A social media post contains a doctored version of an earlier memorandum from the Biden administration. The "Presidential Actions" section of the White House website, which provides an index of daily actions, shows…

    • Oct 9, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Biden White House 'Memo' Does NOT Show $8 Billion In New Aid For Israel -- It's An Altered Document No Such Memo
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hamas Soldiers Parachuting Into Israel -- It's An Egyptian Military Academy Exercise 250 Miles Away

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    Does a video show Hamas soldiers parachuting into Israel during the October 7, 2023, attack? No, that's not true: The footage is of a military exercise at a military academy in Egypt. The building the parachuters are shown flying around in the video is of the Egyptian military academy in Cairo, which is more than 250 miles from Israel. The…

    • Oct 9, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hamas Soldiers Parachuting Into Israel -- It's An Egyptian Military Academy Exercise 250 Miles Away Egypt
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Document Pakistan's Air Force Going To Aid Hamas Invasion of Israel

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    Does a viral clip show Pakistan sending its F-16 fighter jets to Palestine in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel? No, that's not true: The footage predates the conflict and shows an exercise in Turkey. It was posted on social media in May 2023, months before the invasion. No credible sources have reported Pakistan sending…

    • Oct 9, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Document Pakistan's Air Force Going To Aid Hamas Invasion of Israel Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Hamas Did NOT Claim Ukraine Sold Them Weapons Used To Attack Israel In October 2023

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    Did Hamas claim that Ukraine sold them the weapons, purportedly paid for by the United States, that they used to attack Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: Hamas has made no such public claim. Additionally, there is no credible information, evidence, or reports supporting such an assertion. The claim appeared in a post on X (archived here),…

    • Oct 9, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Hamas Did NOT Claim Ukraine Sold Them Weapons Used To Attack Israel In October 2023 No Hamas Claim
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