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#Israel-Hamas Conflict
True: An authentic, undated video shows a Palestinian mother being dragged from her son’s grave by Israeli law enforcement officers while Israeli authorities level the land around the grave as part of plans to build a theme park.
The video in question accurately documents what occurred but was recorded in October 2021, not October 2023, when the video was reshared on social media. (Source: Snopes)
True: Israeli authorities detained Gazan workers in Israel amid the October 2023 war with Hamas, and attached numbered plastic ID tags to their ankles or wrists during detention.
A number of independent news organizations spoke to multiple Gazan workers and laborers who made similar claims of being tagged, as well as witnessed the laborers leaving Israel with numbered ID tags on their ankles and wrists. (Source: Snopes)
False: Israel bombed Palestinian children trying to get water.
A video shared online that shows a bomb dropped onto a crowd from above is from a current conflict in Sudan, not the Israel-Hamas war. (Source: PolitiFact)
Partly False: Half of Gaza's population are children because most Palestinians "don't ever make it past the age of 30".
According to population data the majority of those living in Gaza are under the age of 30, but there’s no evidence to suggest most Palestinians do not live past that age. World Health Organisation data shows the average life expectancy in Gaza in 2022 was over 70 years. (Source: Full Fact)
Barely-True: “Gen Z is divided 50-50 on whether they support Hamas or Israel.”
One poll found that among American 18-to-24 year olds, 48% said they sided with Hamas after it attacked Israel on Oct. 7. But that was based on a small subsample of 199 people. That age group also gave several other responses that seemed to contradict support for Hamas. Three other recent polls found lower Hamas support among Generation Z. (Source: PolitiFact)
Partly False: The BBC cut off its own journalist for reporting that Israel used chemical weapons.
There’s no evidence that the BBC journalist was cut off because of the content of his report—the BBC says the video feed cut out due to technical issues which were clear throughout the broadcast. The BBC has covered allegations that white phosphorus has been used in Gaza, which were denied by Israel. (Source: Full Fact)
#Nordics
Falsk: Israel anklager fejlagtigt benamputeret palæstinenser for at spille skuespil fra hospitalssengen
Som bevis vedlægger de i opslaget flere videoer, hvor man angiveligt kan se ham fejre et Hamas-angreb og senere fingere være hårdt såret i en hospitalsseng. Men personen i hospitalssengen er slet ikke Saleh Aljafarawi. Det er derimod palæstinenseren Muhammed Zandaq Al-Yuki, der i sommer fik amputeret sit ben efter en eksplosion. (Source: Tjekdet)
Falsk: Var der IS-flag til pro-palæstinensisk demonstration på Nørrebro?
Flagene tilhører ifølge flere brugere på sociale medier terrororganisationer som Islamisk Stat. Andre påpeger, at det er gængse flag med den islamiske trosbekendelse påtrykt. TjekDet har undersøgt flagenes betydning og kan bekræfte, at videoen stammer fra Danmark, og at flagene i videoen tilhører det islamiske politiske parti Hizb ut-Tahrir. (Source: Tjekdet)
#WTF?! What The Fact?! of the week
True: A wire-enclosed “baby cage” was invented in 1922 to suspend toddlers outside of apartment building windows to get “proper fresh air.”
This peculiar contraption was indeed real. Its patent was approved on March 13, 1923, and expired on the same day in 1940. (Source: Snopes)
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