Thread: Online misinformation about the Israel-Hamas conflict - day 4
Viral posts by Twitter Blue accounts, viewed millions of times, falsely claim that the Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza was destroyed by Israeli bombing.
The church denied the claims on Facebook.
Viral posts by Twitter Blue accounts, viewed millions of times, falsely claim that the Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza was destroyed by Israeli bombing.
The church denied the claims on Facebook.
This video, viewed 760,000 times, falsely claims to show one of the Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas militants.
But it was posted to TikTok in September, and is unrelated to the current conflict and the hostages taken by Hamas; fact-checked by @ReutersFacts.
But it was posted to TikTok in September, and is unrelated to the current conflict and the hostages taken by Hamas; fact-checked by @ReutersFacts.
@ReutersFacts This is not a video of an IDF "incursion" into Golan Heights, as this post by a Twitter Blue account claims.
The video has been filmed in Egypt, and the building in the background is a military academy in Cairo.
The video has been filmed in Egypt, and the building in the background is a military academy in Cairo.
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