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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing missiles destroying a group of tanks driving down a road is being shared on social media with the false claim that it shows Hamas militants attacking and destroying Israeli tanks in the Gaza strip. BOOM that the claims are false and the clip is a simulation from the video game Arma 3. The Islamic militant group which governs the Gaza strip reported clashes with Israeli troops in the north-west and southern Gaza Strip, as tanks and other armoured vehicles advanced on its main city. The armed wing of Hamas - The al-Qassam Brigades stated that it fired anti-tank ...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video showing a ground weapon targeting helicopters and airplanes is viral online with the false claim that it shows helicopters being shot down during the Israel-Hamas conflict. BOOM found that the video predates the ongoing conflict and is a simulation created using Arma 3, a video game. On October 7, Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza strip in Israel launched an attack into the country that has since resulted in more than 4,000 lives being lost on both sides. US President Joe Biden is also set to visit Israel as tensions between Israel and Palestine...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video showing a helicopter being shot down by a ground weapon is viral online with the false claim that it shows Hamas militants attacking an Israeli helicopter. BOOM found that the claims are false and the clip is a simulation from a video game called Arma 3. Since October 7, at least 2,600 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Israel has cut off the supply of essentials to Gaza, and the United Nations has warned that hospitals have only 24 hours worth of reserve fuel left to continue operations. The 17-second clip shows a...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team A video made with the help of the game Arma 3 showing a sniper expertly kill several Hamas fighters, is going viral on WhatsApp and Indian social media platforms without any context that it is a simulation. The viral video shows a Hamas militant fighter standing on a balcony seen through the scope (viewfinder) of the sniper's gun. The sniper, who is crouched on a hill top at a distance, takes out the fighter and other armed militants stationed at a seafront facing building. More than 1400 people in Israel and nearly 2700 people in Gaza were killed after Palestinian mili...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video showing missiles being intercepted in air by defensive missiles is being shared with the claim that it shows Israel's Iron Beam - a direct energy air defence system - in action. BOOM found this claim to be false; the video has been taken from the video game Arma 3, and does not show a real life scenario. Islamist militant group Hamas launched one of the biggest military offensives against Israel on October 7, 2023, garnering retributive attack from Israeli forces, with ongoing bombardments on the Gaza strip, and a complete blockade of the area by Israel. So far, the...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video showing helicopters being shot down by missiles is viral with the claim that it shows Hamas militants shooting down Israeli helicopters during its recent surprise offensive against Israel. BOOM found this claim to be false; our fact-check reveals that the video has been taken from the video game Arma 3, and is not a real representation of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Over 700 people in Israel, and 400 people in the Gaza Strip have been reported dead at the time of writing this article, after Islamist militant group Hamas launched one of the biggest...
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By Srijit Das A video from a video game showing a number of missiles fired at a fighter jet is viral with a false claim that the visuals show a fight between Russian military and Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner troop. BOOM found the video does not show a glimpse of the attempted mutiny by Wagner group in Russia but is part of a user generated gameplay from ARMA 3. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently encountered a serious challenge by his once loyalist Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner group. Prigozhin, criticised the Russian leadership accusing them of incompetence and over the weekend l...
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Washington (AFP) - Troops battle through burning streets. Missiles take down fighter jets. Drones pulverize tanks. The dramatic visuals have the trappings of real-life combat, but they are clips from video games fuelling misinformation. Footage from the war-themed Arma 3 video game, often marked "live" or "breaking news" to make it appear genuine, has been used repeatedly in recent months in fake videos about the Russian offensive in Ukraine. The frequency and ease with which gaming footage is mistaken as real, even by some media broadcasters, and shared as authentic news on social media highl...
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