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By Hera Rizwan Ritika Sajdeh, wife of cricketer Rohit Sharma, removed her 'All Eyes on Rafah' Instagram story after facing online harassment. This phrase is being circulated on social media as a gesture of solidarity with Palestine, following Israeli shelling and airstrikes in Rafah, a southern Gaza city, which resulted in over 45 casualties on Sunday. A screenshot of Sajdeh’s story went viral on social media, particularly on X, where it faced significant trolling. Some criticised her for not addressing Indian issues, such Kashmiri Pandits exodus, while others mocked her for allegedly not know...
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By Hazel Gandhi Posts on social media claiming that Israel has declared a public holiday or national festival in the country on January 22 in lieu of the Ram temple inauguration in Ayodhya are false. BOOM found that the claims are false; we did not find any credible news reports or announcements from official sources that confirmed this. The long-awaited Ram temple is set to be inaugurated on January 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi was one of the first world leaders to speak in support of Israel when its war with Palestine first broke out on October 7, 2023, making it clear that India...
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By Archis Chowdhury The current spate of violence between Israel and Palestine precipitated one of the biggest fake news cycles in recent times, often marked by disturbing images and videos of graphic violence. BOOM fact-checked 100 false claims between October 7 to December 22, 2023, out of which 24 were found to be made with unrelated graphic videos and images, showing anything between scenes of beheading of children, to execution of prisoners, and falsely linking them to the violence. Remarkably, verified users on X (formerly Twitter), mostly from India, were found to consistently lead the ...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar For more than a month now, a team of five fact checkers in a small office in occupied West Bank has been working 24x7 debunking hundreds of fake claims being shared about the Israel-Palestine war. “Determination, pride and anger” is what is driving them, says Riham AbuAita, co-founder, Kashif Fact Check even as the team ensures they and their loved ones remain safe. AbuAita explains that their work, is no longer about debunking fake news connected to Palestine but has become so much more. “It is about reclaiming the constant dehumanising of Palestinians that so many o...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A video of Jordanian Queen Rania Al Abdullah condemning Hamas and extending support to Israel is a deepfake created by an Israeli Instagram user. BOOM found that in the original video, Queen Rania slammed the West for failing to condemn the high civilian death toll in Gaza caused by Israeli airstrikes. The video is being shared on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok claiming Queen Rania has an important message. In the viral video, Queen Rania appears to be saying, "Ladies and Gentlemen, in light of disturbing new evidence, I now recognise the horrific acts com...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A video of a pro-Palestine rally organised by the Welfare Party Kerala in Kozhikode city, while holding flags of the party, is being shared with a false claim that supporters carried the Italian flag in the rally instead of the Palestinian flag. As the death toll in Gaza, Palestine increases everyday, several Muslim and citizens groups in India are carrying out support rallies calling for Israel to end the airstrikes on the enclave. More than 8000 people, mostly women and children have died after Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes on Palestine in what they claim i...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A disturbing video from 2016 of two Turkish soldiers being burnt alive by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) is being shared with the false claim that it shows the torture being meted out to Israeli soldiers by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. On October 7, Hamas, the militant Islamist group that controls the Gaza strip, launched a surprise attack on border towns and villages of Israel killing over 1400 Israelis and taking nearly 200 as hostages. Israel has retaliated with relentless airstrikes on Gaza. According to officials quoted in reports, more than 4,13...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A video from 2021 of a Pakistani politician threatening to bomb Israel is being shared with the false claim that it is recent after the conflict between Israel and Palestine began on October 7. In the video Pakistani Member of Provincial Assembly Sarwat Fatima talks about Pakistan's atomic bombs and says that these are kept for use to protect Muslims across the world and further adds that if Israel does not stop their atrocities on Palestine then, "it would erase it from the map of the world" On October 7, Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza strip, launch...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A video of a group of hijab wearing Muslim women walking with Indian flags as part of a religious pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq is being shared with a false claim that it shows Palestinian women safely escaping the war-hit region by carrying the tricolour. Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas launched one of the biggest military offensives against Israel on October 7, 2023, garnering retributive attack from Israeli forces. Israel has also announced a complete blockade of the Gaza strip stopping access to essential supplies including medicines. Millions of Palestini...
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By Srijit Das A nearly nine-year-old photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara bidding farewell to their younger son Avner, has gone viral with a misleading claim that it shows the PM's son joining military service amid a raging conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. BOOM found that the photo was clicked in 2014 when Avner Netanyahu started his three-year mandatory army service in the Israel Defense Forces. More than 2000 people reportedly have lost their lives in the latest conflict between Israel and Palestine. The fierce clash began after Pa...
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