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By Hazel Gandhi An old video from 2013 is being falsely shared as Israeli soldiers torturing Palestinian victims in captivity amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. BOOM found that the claims are false; the video is from 2013 and shows pro-Bashar al-Assad rebels in Syria stabbing and stoning two men to death. The Israel-Palestine conflict began after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack into Israel on October 7, 2023, from the Gaza strip. Over 10 weeks, 1,200 Israelis are reported dead and the death toll of Palestinians has reached nearly 20,000, out of which 8,000 are children, accordi...
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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 set of three old photos from Syria of a girl being rescued and carried by three different men is being shared on social media with a false claim that the photos show a Palestinian girl being saved by three different people at three different locations. The collage is being shared by accounts supporting Israel to falsely claim that Palestinians including children are pretending to be injured to garner the support of the international community. The Gaza strip which is controlled by the Islamic militant group Hamas has been under constant retaliatory Israeli airstrikes after ...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video showing some children digging through burnt debris to look for food is being falsely connected to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. BOOM found that the video predates the Israel-Hamas conflict and is likely from a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon. On October 7, Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack into Israel from Gaza and faced retaliatory strikes in a conflict that has ended up killing more than 4,000 people on both sides. The United Nations Security Council proposed a resolution for temporary ceasefire in the region in order to open corridor...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of fighter jets from Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia are viral online with the false claim that the planes assembled together to support Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video shows an event organised by Pakistan where 14 countries participated to display their defence capabilities. The Israel-Hamas conflict, which began on October 7 after Hamas launched an attack on Southern Israel from Gaza, has led to 2,300 deaths so far, as per official figures. Along with videos of the devastation caused in the wake of this u...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video from the recent protests in Syria's Golan Heights which is currently occupied by Israel is being shared online with the false claim that it shows pro-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) militants attacking tribals in Manipur. The clashes between the Kuki and Meitei communities in Manipur began two months ago, and since then, the death toll in the state has crossed 100 with 400 injured. Manipur's CM N Biren backtracked his resignation by making an announcement on Twitter on June 30 that he would not be resigning. This was after protests outside his residence by supporters urgin...
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By Mohammed Kudrati The makers of the movie 'The Kerala Story' have claimed that 32,000 women in Kerala belonging to the Hindu and Christian communities have disappeared and have been trafficked to places such as Syria and Afghanistan to be sold as sex slaves to terrorist outfits such as ISIS over the last ten years. This they claim has happened through 'love-jihad' -a term that describes a conspiracy theory peddled by the Hindu right that alleges an elaborate ploy by Muslim men to lure Hindu women into romantic relationships with the ultimate aim to convert the latter to Islam. BOOM found tha...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team A disturbing video capturing a mass execution of civilians in 2013 by Syrian armed forces loyal to President Bashar-al-Assad, is being shared online with a false claim that it shows Turkish soldiers killing contractors for shoddy construction work that exacerbated the impact of the devastating earthquakes this year. Turkish building contractors are under government scrutiny over allegations that sub-par construction work may have led to the flattening of thousands of buildings in the country magnifying the devastation of the earthquakes of February 6, 2023 that struck p...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video showing several cracks on the surface of the earth has been shared by several users as a footage from the earthquake in Turkey. BOOM found that the video is from China's Pinglu County and is unrelated to the Turkey earthquake. On February 6, 2023, Turkey and Syria were hit with an intense 7.8-magnitude earthquake, and the countries are still grappling from its devastating effects. Over 45,000 lives have been lost in this disaster and several videos have gone viral from the region. Amid this, the video showing several cracks in the earth's surface is also being shar...
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By Hazel Gandhi A still from HBO's blockbuster series 'Game of Thrones' showing two characters from the show buried in the rubble, is being peddled as a photo of two lovers dying together during the Turkey earthquake. On February 6, 2023, Turkey and Syria were hit with an intense earthquake of 7.8 magnitude, resulting in a death toll of 45,000. On February 20, the bordering area of the regions saw another earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.3. Developments of the second earthquake are still being reported as the countries overcome the shock of the first disaster. The viral photo is being shared ...
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