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By Anmol Alphonso Two videos of a Palestinian woman cradling and grieving over the dead body of her five-month-old baby, who died in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza is being shared with a false claim that it is not a human baby but a plastic doll. Several verified X (formerly Twitter) handles and Israeli news outlet Jerusalem Post amplified the false claim that the woman is grieving over a plastic doll resembling a baby. BOOM found that the videos show the dead body of a five-month-old baby Muhammad Hani Al-Zahar who was killed after Israeli airstrikes in Deir Al-Balah in the Gaza strip. Israel r...
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By Hazel Gandhi A collage of two old photos, one showing an Israeli flag painted on a donkey and the second showing the animal on fire are being falsely linked to each to claim that Palestinians in Gaza abused the animal and set it on fire. BOOM found that the viral claims are false; the images are old and unrelated to each other. Over 10,000 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis have been killed since October 7, 2023, after the surprise attack launched against Israeli troops by the Islamic militant group Hamas and the subsequent Israeli retaliatory airstrikes and ground invasion of the Gaza strip. ...
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By Hazel Gandhi Pro-Israeli accounts, over the last few weeks since the war began, have accused Palestinians of faking their suffering. Posts claiming to show how Palestinians have faked their deaths amid the conflict to inflate the death toll in the region are rampant online. BOOM has identified and debunked 12 such claims so far, which actually show unrelated photos and videos that are falsely connected to the Israel-Hamas conflict in order to undermine the Palestinian death toll. The one term that has been made popular by these false claims is 'Pallywood'. This is just one of the many false...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video from Saudi Arabia is being shared on social media with the false claim that it shows a cleric (Imam) being arrested from the pulpit of a mosque after calling for a war against Israel. BOOM found that the viral video dates back to March 2018 and is not related the ongoing Israel - Hamas conflict. The recent Israel-Hamas conflict began after the October 7, surprise attack by the Islamic militant group Hamas on Israeli forces resulting in the killing of 1,400 Israelis and around 200 people being taken hostages taken by the group. After the attack, Israel launched reta...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video from 2020 of a controlled building demolition in Virginia, United States is viral with a false claim that it shows the US Embassy in Israel being blown by the Islamic militant group Hamas. The Gaza strip which is controlled by Hamas, has been under constant bombardment by Israeli airstrikes after the attack by the militant group on October 7, 2023, which killed 1400 Israelis and taking around 200 hostages. Along with airstrikes, Israel has expanded its ground operations and is advancing on Gaza City from two directions, with tanks reported to be on the main north-sout...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing a woman wailing besides two bodies wrapped in white sheets as a man consoles her and adjusts the sheet is being shared online by official Israel X accounts falsely claiming that the scene is staged. The video has gone viral claiming Palestinians were caught pretending to be killed in the ongoing conflict. Both the official Israel X handles - Embassy of Israel to the USA and Israel handle have now deleted their tweets with the false claim. The Gaza strip which is controlled by Islamic militant group Hamas has been under constant bombardment by Israeli airstrike...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of a hospital being bombed is viral online with the false claim that it shows Israel's attack on a hospital in Gaza. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video shows an attack on a Syrian hospital in July 2016. The Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on October 7 after the latter launched an unprecedented attack into Israel from Gaza. The conflict has since continued and resulted in the deaths of more than 8,000 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis in three weeks. An explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital on October 17 further raised humanitarian concerns for Gaza and both...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing missiles destroying a group of tanks driving down a road is being shared on social media with the false claim that it shows Hamas militants attacking and destroying Israeli tanks in the Gaza strip. BOOM that the claims are false and the clip is a simulation from the video game Arma 3. The Islamic militant group which governs the Gaza strip reported clashes with Israeli troops in the north-west and southern Gaza Strip, as tanks and other armoured vehicles advanced on its main city. The armed wing of Hamas - The al-Qassam Brigades stated that it fired anti-tank ...
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By Hazel Gandhi The image of a father walking with five children amid a scene of devastation is viral online with the false claim that it is a photo from Gaza. BOOM found that the claims are false and the image has been created using genrative-AI. The Israel-Hamas conflict, which began on October 7 has killed at least 3,195 children, about 40% of the total death toll of 7,703 people. The number of children reported dead has surpassed the annual number of child deaths in any other world conflict since 2019, according to Save the Children. The conflict, that has now entered its fourth week, bega...
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