The United Nations has warned the bombarded Gaza Strip was becoming a "graveyard for children" as the Israel-Hamas war entered its second month, sparked by unprecedented Hamas attacks on October 7. Posts have circulated globally, however, falsely claiming photos of a shell-shocked girl carried by three different men shows evidence Hamas is "staging" rescue operations. The photos were all taken by an AFP photographer after a single attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo in 2016.

"The same girl is being saved thrice by three different people. Oscar for the best child actor goes to," reads a post shared on October 28 on X, formerly Twitter.

It is accompanied by a three-picture collage showing a child covered in dust being rescued from a ruined building.

Another post featuring the same collage says it shows "Hamas stage acting".

Hamas militants stormed into Israel from Gaza on October 7, taking around 240 hostages according to Israel and killing some 1,400 people, mostly civilians.

Israel's retaliatory strikes have killed over 10,000 people, many of them children in the densely populated and besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned on November 6 the coastal strip was becoming a "graveyard for children," as he urged an immediate ceasefire.

The same collage has also been shared widely in Hindi, Spanish and Chinese-language social media posts that make a similar false claim it shows a staged rescue.

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