False claims about the latest Israel-Hamas war are flooding social media, making it difficult for onlookers to sort fact from fiction. Here are the facts: The Israeli military didn’t say in a Facebook post that it bombed a hospital in Gaza, the account was a fake. Qatar’s emir has not threatened to cut off the world’s natural gas supply if Israel doesn’t stop bombing Gaza. BBC News didn’t publish a report saying Ukraine provided weapons to Hamas, a video was fabricated to look like it came from the outlet. Nimrod Aloni, a top general in the Israeli army, was not captured by Hamas militants.
In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult for onlookers from around the world to sort fact from fiction.
While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carnage have emerged, they have been intermingled with users pushing false claims and misrepresenting videos from other events.
Among the fabrications, users have shared false claims that a top Israeli commander had been kidnapped, circulated a false video imitating a BBC News report, and pushed old and unrelated clips of Russian President Vladimir Putin with inaccurate English captions.
Here is a closer look at the misinformation spreading online – and the facts.
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