Social media has been awash with images documenting the latest war in Gaza, which erupted in October 2023 after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel. However, some of the photos and videos circulating online have either been published out of context or are unrelated to the conflict.
For instance, a video with thousands of reposts on X was alleged to show Egyptians crossing a desert into Palestinian territories to supply aid. But the claim is false: the video pre-dates the Gaza conflict and shows cigarette smugglers near Egypt’s border with Libya.
They also took more than 200 hostages, among them elderly people and young children, based on Israel’s count.from the misleading clip, AFP Fact Check found that the footage had been online for at least a month before Hamas stormed into Israel on October 7, 2023.published in different languages in October 2023 with the same claim about Egyptian aid. They feature similar locations to the one seen in the misleading footage shared on X.
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