Authors
Claim
Israel conducts an air strike on Gaza neighbourhood.
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Fact
Newschecker ran a reverse image search of keyframes of the video, which led us to a longer version of the viral video, posted on X on May 13, 2023. The tweet, translated from Arabic, read, “Israeli bombing destroys the Tafesh family home in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.”
A further search led us to this tweet by Quds News Network, dated May 13, 2023, confirming that the viral video predates the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Similar posts can be seen here and here.
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Result: Missing Context
Sources
Tweet, Hassan, May 13, 2023
Tweet, Quds News Network, May 13, 2023
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