Misinformation about the latest Israel-Hamas war is thriving on social media platforms, where misrepresented video footage, mistranslations and outright falsehoods often crowd out real reporting from the conflict. Contrary to
The month-long war between Israel and Hamas has sparked numerous social media claims that deaths and injuries have been staged. In one example, posts claim the same individual seen in videos with serious injuries in a hospital bed was walking around seemingly unharmed a day later. But the clips show two different people, an injured teen filmed in the West Bank weeks before the latest outbreak of violence, and a 25-year-old Palestinian in Gaza .
Using the derogatory label "Pallywood", pro-Israel social media accounts have accused Palestinians of faking their injuries in photos for international sympathy.
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