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#Israel-Hamas Conflict
False: CNN and The Associated Press “admitted” to knowing about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in advance but didn’t tell anyone.
There is no evidence that CNN, The Associated Press or other major news organizations knew in advance about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Both news organizations rejected the claims and said photographs from freelance journalists documenting the event were filed an hour or more after it began. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: A video shows dozens of aid trucks blocked by the Israelis at the Egypt-Gaza border during the current conflict.
The video shows an Egyptian aid convoy in 2021 that entered Gaza without incident. But Israel monitors activity at the border and does have a say in what goes in and out. From the early days of the conflict, Israel has been accused of blocking and delaying aid entering through the Rafah crossing. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)
#Nordics
Misvisende: Pas på med at give din hund et tyggeben af råhud, for det kan sætte sig fast i hundens hals og tarme og ende i operation
Ifølge tre eksperter, TjekDet har talt med, er tyggeben som udgangspunkt ikke farlige, og de vil ikke advare imod dem. (Source: Tjekdet)
Ikke Dokumenteret: En lækket video viser en israelsk helikopter skyde på gæster til Nova Festivalen den 7. oktober samme dag, som Hamas angreb festivalen
Helikopteren i videoen er rigtigt nok israelsk, men der er ikke dokumentation for, at den skyder på festivalgæster, eller at den overhovedet befinder sig ved festivalen. (Source: Tjekdet)
#Other
Barely-True: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
Recent polls show that well more than half of younger Americans broadly understand that the Holocaust occurred. Those surveys show that students knew less about more granular Holocaust information, such as the number of Jews killed and details about concentration camps. (Source: PolitiFact)
#WTF?! What The Facts of the week
False: Princess Diana “is still alive” and “possibly could be with Trump.”
Princess Diana died in August 1997. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: Eating glass has health benefits. For example, it can "aid in weight loss".
Swallowing sharp objects, including pieces of glass, is potentially dangerous. (Source: Full Fact)
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