An image shared in late October 2023, showed a person who was killed during an Israeli attack on Gaza sitting and texting from inside a body bag, supposedly validating a conspiracy theory questioning the reality of the violence in Palestine.
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The in-question image was captured in October 2022 during a Halloween costume contest in Thailand, and has since circulated online as a meme. It is not connected in any way to the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.
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In late October 2023, an image was shared on X (formerly Twitter), allegedly showing a "dead person" texting from inside a body bag in Gaza. "Have you even seen a dead person texting? Apparently in Gaza everything is possible!" one X (formerly Twitter) post read, while one Reddit post captioned the image, "It's a miracle." Another 9GAG user wrote "InnOcEnt CiViLLiAn cAsUAltY is taking a break from beeing dead," attaching the in-question photo.
Have you even seen a dead person texting?
Apparently in Gaza everything is possible! #Pallywood pic.twitter.com/zM3FN3kYOa
— Inbar Cohen (@InbarCohen13) October 26, 2023
"When you're tweeting your own picture in a body bag.. #Pallywood strikes again," another post on X with a suggestive "Pallywood" hashtag claimed. Reverse-image search results showed that the viral image was shared in various languages, including German, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish, with the claim that it was taken in Gaza and proved that footage of Israeli...
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