{"id":1267485,"date":"2023-10-13T23:06:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/?p=243282"},"modified":"2023-10-13T23:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T23:06:07","slug":"what-we-know-about-three-widespread-israel-hamas-war-claims-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/13\/what-we-know-about-three-widespread-israel-hamas-war-claims-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About Three Widespread Israel-Hamas War Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Para leer en espa\u00f1ol, vea esta traducci\u00f3n<\/a> de Google Translate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since fighting broke out between Israel and Hamas militants <\/strong>on Oct. 7, misinformation about the war has circulated online. But a widely viewed and shared video supposedly correcting “three lies about Palestine” and “atrocity propaganda” being spread by Israel and its supporters also gets some of the facts wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social media platforms have hosted a flood of questionable information<\/a> — some of it unverified and some of it intentionally misleading — since war broke out<\/a> between Hamas and Israel on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As of Oct. 12, according to the United Nations<\/a>, more than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals had died and at least 1,100 Palestinians had died in the fighting — many of them civilians on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ve written<\/a> about<\/a> some<\/a> claims<\/a> related to the war already. Below we’ll lay out what we know about three major issues that have been the subject of many false, misleading or unsubstantiated social media posts: Claims that Hamas beheaded babies, raped women, and killed hundreds of people at a music festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One video that’s been shared on Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> includes claims about all three issues, so we’ll use that as our example. The video is presented as though it is fact-checking the claims, but it gets some things wrong, and it presents assumptions as fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this particular video, the narrator tries to make the case that there is no evidence of mass shootings by Hamas \u201cresistance fighters,\u201d or atrocities like rape or beheading babies, and Israel and its supporters are spreading propaganda to justify Israeli plans to commit atrocities against Palestinians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The events in Israel and the Gaza Strip are still unfolding, and the facts underlying many claims remain unclear. We\u2019ll update this report if more information becomes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At least 260 people<\/a> were killed at an outdoor concert<\/a> in southern Israel on Oct. 7, but the video falsely claims that it didn’t happen. This is a claim that the video gets completely wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The narrator says: “250 people were killed at a concert. False.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n But there’s plenty of evidence. There is video<\/a> of the aftermath, news<\/a> reports<\/a> about the attack, interviews with survivors<\/a>, and reports<\/a> about the number of victims from<\/a> an Israeli rescue organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Saturday’s attack on the open-air Tribe of Nova music festival is believed to be the worst civilian massacre in Israeli history, with at least 260 dead and a still undetermined number taken hostage,” the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The narrator of the video says that \u201cno evidence has been provided\u201d for the viral claim that \u201c40 babies\u201d were \u201cbeheaded\u201d by Hamas. That is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Israeli government has posted graphic photos<\/a> that purportedly show babies who were killed and\/or burned by the militant group, but there were no photos showing decapitations. <\/p>\n\n\nQuick Take<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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More Than 200 Killed at a Concert in Israel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Unsupported Claim of 40 Beheaded Babies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n