Thousands of civilians have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas triggered by the militant group's unprecedented attack on October 7 from the Gaza Strip, in which more than 230 hostages were seized. Two pictures have circulated on social media with a false claim they show protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. While hundreds of protesters have held rallies in the city demanding the hostages' release, the pictures are in fact not related to the protests.

The Facebook post, which was shared on October 16 claims Israelis have come out "against their government".

"500,000 people have protested against their government in Tel Aviv and accused it of worsening the situation," the Hindi-language caption says.

"Prior to this, several ministers and Jewish scholars criticised Israel."

The post shared two photos showing crowds, with superimposed text that says: "Gaza Breaking: Israelis take to the streets against Netanyahu" and "500,000 people on the streets in Tel Aviv."

Hamas fighters stormed across the border into Israel on October 7 at the end of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and carried out the deadliest attack since the country was created in 1948.

More than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel since the attack was launched, according to Israeli authorities, who said more than 230 hostages were also seized during the attack.

In retaliation, Israel announced it would destroy Hamas and began a relentless bombardment of the Gaza...

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