Israel's genocide in Gaza isn't just a campaign of annihilation and mass casualties on the ground; it's also a campaign that it wants to win by disseminating propaganda and misinformation.
Since October 7, 2023, when Hamas carried out a cross-border attack on Israel, Tel Aviv has been slaughtering besieged Palestinians unabated, with officials reporting a Palestinian death toll of more than 67,000, a figure experts believe to be an undercount.
Amidst ongoing violence, Israel has been carrying out a large-scale misinformation campaign to sanitise its actions in Gaza.
Despite repeated debunking, some Western media outlets initially accepted these falsehoods, particularly early in the war.
While ceasefire talks are taking place in Cairo, Egypt, with the hope of bringing an end to the Israeli violence as it enters its third year, here are some of Tel Aviv's biggest falsehoods and propaganda efforts directed against the Palestinians.
40 beheaded babies
The '40 beheaded babies' claim, though debunked, marked the start of a series of false narratives from Israel regarding Gaza and Hamas. It showed a willingness to spread misinformation.
Turkish Anadolu Agency, which was the first media outlet to debunk the misinformation on "beheading of babies", quoted an Israeli military spokesperson as saying that the Israeli military could not confirm the claims made by Israeli channel i24News channel that spread like wildfire on social and mainstream media.
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