a short list of significant misleading propaganda, outright lies, deceptive media narratives, promoting pallywood, or other misinformation from Israeli or Palestinian governments, news and social media
- 40 beheaded babies, Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/middleeast/israel-hamas-beheading-claims-intl
- data shows 1 Israeli baby was killed when bullet fire through a door and 1 unborn child on way to hospital in emergency c-section of woman that was shot.
- no data for decapitated children, or children bound together and set on fire, or pregnant women cut open, or baby in an oven
- Reporter at Kfar Azar Kibbutz “babies their heads cut off, that’s what they said.. about 40 babies at least were taken out on gurneys.” List of dead contains no babies killed at Kfar Aza.
- IDF senior officer Golan Vach at Kibbutz Beri, at house were 12 hostages killed by IDF “Inside this house were another 15 burned people, among them 8 babies, in this corner, there were concentrated them, and they killed them, and they burned them.” Head of Zaka describing same house in Beri, “Two piles of 10 children each were tied to the back and burned to death.” Netanyahu repeats claims in phone call to Biden. “They took dozens of children, bound them up, burned them, and executed them.” List of dead contains no babies at this house in Beri.
- Mass Rapes, military personnel overseeing the identification process didn’t present any forensic evidence in the form of pictures or medical records, no direct claims of rape by surviving women. at least 2 eyewitness accounts as well as another witness that “heard” rapes.
- NYT article on pattern of sexual violence and rape during Hamas attack, family of victim Gal Abdush’s renounces article and says no evidence Gal was raped and the family was manipulated. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/family-of-key-case-in-new-york-times-october-7-sexual-violence-report-renounces-story-says-reporters-manipulated-them/
- Haaretz reports 1/4/24 “The police are having difficulty locating victims of sexual assault or witnesses to acts from the Hamas attack, and are unable to connect the existing evidence with the victims described in it.” https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/law/2024-01-04/ty-article/.premium/0000018c-d3e4-ddba-abad-d3e502980000
- Israel blocks UN investigation into atrocities
- While sexual violence likely occurred, there is no evidence of widespread and systematic rape.
- IDF denies use of white phosphorus in Lebanon and Gaza, later confirmed by Human Rights Watch. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/13/israel-military-white-phosphorus-gaza-lebanon
- IDF denies bombing civilian convoy fleeing south from Gaza City. Amnesty International verified video of the attack and concluded it was an airstrike https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1713631257005830164
- IDF lies about al-Ahli Arab hospital bombing,
- initial reports of roughly 500 dead who had been sheltering in hospital courtyard, first videos of the aftermath clearly showed mangled piles of dismembered bodies of women and children, and immediately caused massive international outrage and protests, including thousands marching outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul and Israeli embassy in Jordan and US & French embassies in Beirut. Subsequent analysis indicates death toll was lower, probably 100-300. IDF did hit the hospital with 2 shells, 3 days prior, and was confirmed they warned the hospital staff directly to evacuate each of the following 3 days before the blast.
- IDF made statement roughly 5 hours after bombing, presenting maps and audio recording claiming blast was caused by misfired PIJ rocket and fuel explosion. Shows video of what appears to be a exploding rocket in the air followed by a blast on the ground at the hospital.
- Claims they had no military activity in the area at time of blast, though live cam footage shows clear Israeli airstrikes near hospital location before and after hospital blast.
- Contradicts its own statement, saying rocket was fired from south west several km away and also that was a failed launch from cemetery across the street from hospital.
- Large number of social media posts the next day confirming numerous rockets were fired from Gaza, but OINST posts go viral showing video of what looks like either an interception or malfunction in the air, and then a blast at hospital several seconds later. Subsequent forensic analysis determines the blast in the air was inside Israeli territory and likely caused by intercept from nearby iron dome site. Additional photo, video, and audio forensics at the hospital blast site and nearby witness who recorded geoconfirmed video of the blast, seem to indicate blast direction from direction of north to north-east direction of Israeli territory, instead of south-west direction claimed by IDF. Blast crater is too small to have been a 500 or greater JDAM, but did create huge explosion not typical of any other evidence from Gazan rocket. No evidence of missile fragment recovered or presented by Hamas. Still no conclusive evidence provided of what caused the blast.
- IDF Daniel Hagari said "we took the time, took us more than 5 hours, we wanted to double check everything, make sure we're credible" regarding claim that videos showed failure of rocket launch, and continuation of flight, falling within the hospital compound. This video he showed “proving” the blast was caused by Gazan rocket launch failure was credibly proven to be unrelated to the hospital blast
- 11/14: IDF social media posts image of soldiers “assisting” 72 old Palestinian man with a cane, along evacuation route, though a photo surfaces of Basheer Hejji executed with gunshots to his back.
- Al Rantisi hospital calendar with Hamas names, actually just days of the week, video doesn’t show any connecting tunnel
- Al Shifa Hospital
- Israeli fake nurse video, warning people to leave hospital
- denial of multiple bombings
- Nonexplosive shell, likely hellfire missile, targeted journalist tent in front of hospital
- Staged rifles found behind MRI machines
- Tunnels? 1 tunnel entrance found outside, and a couple connecting rooms nearby, but nothing connecting to hospital
- no headquarters, nothing like the IDF CGI presentation used to justify the mass killings on hospital grounds.
- killings and mass graves, denial of snipers shooting patients or people trying to leave, taking bodies from mass grave and returning later.
- empty aid boxes with labels in English
- 11/21 Israel Twitter account shows Hamas dot com website, with gore shock video of attack. Obviously an Israeli made website pretending to be Hamas, don't visit contains malware.
- 11/23: IDF stages capturing “Palestinian militant” for Fox news video, shows them arresting and taking photo of blindfolded man in his underwear, while fox crew hits the dirt during gunfire, then shows footage of same guy without a blindfold putting his clothes back on.
- Dead Baby Doll claims widespread throughout social media
- 12/8: two staged videos of male detainee in underwear surrendering rifle.
- 12/16: IDF “discovered” some small weapons inside baby incubators
- The age of IDF genocidal TikToks, 1,000s of videos posting daily evidence of war crimes and dehumanization, as they laugh and mock Palestinians while blowing up entire neighborhoods, laughing about killing innocent children, rummaging through people’s destroyed homes, and stealing property.
- IDF sniper killing civilian in group with white flag, 1/24 IDF pushes their version of video with obvious edited fade out cut to imply the footage is edited. Additional video shows continuous recording.
- UNRWA employees, 1/27 Israel accuses 12 of their 30,000 employees of being involved in 10/7 attack. US leads many counties pulling all funding, on which 2 Million Gazans depend on to survive. Later revises to 4 directly involved in attack. No public direct evidence presented by Israel against employees, cites “intelligence information”. Israeli politicians have previously claimed "It will be impossible to win the war if we do not destroy UNRWA, and this destruction must begin immediately”. Israel is obviously following their announced plan of ending UNRWA support for Palestinians to distract from ICJ provisional order to prevent genocide issued just before UNRWA allegations.
- UNRWA HQ tunnel hiding Hamas data center, IDF video of tunnel section under UNRWA building, tries to reinforce the Hamas-UNRWA affiliation claim. No evidence of tunnel directly connected to UNRWA HQ building. IDF shows digs hole to tunnel from UNRWA courtyard. UNRWA says they didn’t know tunnel existed.
- Israel twitter posts picture from Ukraine of tents and equipment saying that it “will continue to facilitate the transfer of life-saving humanitarian aid” with picture of tents and equipment. Israel deletes post. 2/12 https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1757032141454446758
- Nabulsi Roundabout ‘Flour’ Massacre 2/29, more than 110 killed and more than 800 wounded as IDF tanks and soldiers open fire on thousands of starving civilians trying to reach aid trucks arriving 4am in the morning on Rashid Road Gaza City, with snipers killing those who approaches victims or flour bags. Aid trucks have not been able to reach the north in weeks. Hagari openly lies “We didn’t fire at the aid seekers”. IDF tweets that people were killed “as a result of the pushing, trampling, and being run over by the trucks” despite the video of the shooting attack and many victims shot mainly in the upper body. https://twitter.com/idfonline/status/1763174751042695313 IDF army statement that the “violent gathering” made soldiers feel “unsafe” and they only shot those posing a threat. Ben Gvir tweets “Total support must be given to our heroic fighters operating in Gaza, who acted excellently against a Gazan mob that tried to harm them. This is another clear reason why we must stop transferring this aid.” https://twitter.com/itamarbengvir/status/1763196768458604583 Al-Shifa Hospital Nursing Director “All injuries result from gunfire and artillery shells; claims of a stampede are entirely fabricated.” Euro-med initial report https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6196
- Kuwaiti Roundabout ‘Flour’ Massacre 3/14 IDF again massacres starving Gazan civilians waiting for aid trucks at Kuwaiti Roundabout, initial reported deaths at least 21 with other reports of more than 80-100 and wounding over 200 with helicopter machine guns, drones, and tanks. IDF outright denies any attack at Kuwaiti Roundabout, provides short clip of drone footage claiming to show Hamas gunman shooting into crowd an hour before the massacre 2 miles away. Video from directly afterward showed scattered bloody bodies covered by rubble and dust. Victims found killed by 5.56 x 45mm NATO bullets, used in IDF weapons, same were found in 2/29 flour massacre. Witnesses confirmed attacks by artillery and machine guns. https://twitter.com/EuroMedHR/status/1768817388575735849
- Al Shifa assault, starting 3/17
- IDF claims 358 terrorists arrested in hospital, releases photo collage 3/21 of men’s faces, contains previous martyrs, people outside Gaza, several doctors previously released, and 23 duplicate images, includes Ra'ed Salah, Hamas head of operations, who has not been arrested. IDF walks back claim saying human error caused them use pictures of people they are ‘trying’ to arrest. "Due to human error, there are several photos in the graphic of terrorists who have not yet been caught but are, according to the information we have, in the area of the hospital and are holed up there”
- 5/22 altered video of 5 female IDF soldiers captured at Nahal Oz base, circulating in Zionist Media and tweeted by Israel, presenting as innocent civilian teenage girls being sexually assaulted, misquoting fighters, “Here, these are the girls who can get pregnant.” and “you are so beautiful” but actually says “These are the captured women.” and “You are not beautiful.”
- 5/26 Rafah Tal al-Sultan Massacre on refugee tents near UNRWA facility killing at least 45 refugees, mostly women and children, including beheaded babies, causing massive fires, most of the bodies recovered were shredded into pieces and charred, many people still missing, and more than 250 wounded.
- tent massacre 2 days after ICJ order to halt military offensive in Rafah. IDF had launched more than 60 airstrikes on Rafah within 48 hours after ICJ order, as well as systematically setting fires to entire residential blocks, and targeting more than 10 UNRWA displacement centers within 24 hours before tent massacre.
- tent massacre 1 day day after Hamas fighters ambush IDF soldiers in a tunnel near Jabalia and they are all killed, wounded, or captured, IDF denies any soldiers captured despite Hamas video of showing soldiers bodies and looted gear in tunnel.
- strike hit area designated as ‘safe zone’ in latest evacuation orders
- reports of 8 missile strikes, including 2000lb bombs. IDF says they only used 2 17kg precision missiles.
- initial zionist media reports strike was in response to Hamas rockets fired at Tel Aviv, though strike location is not near rocket launch location.
- 5/26 IDF statement that attack was a precise strike which killed 2 Hamas officials, Yasin Rabia and Khaled Nagar, involved with West Bank operations, and they are investigating claims of uninvolved people hurt in resulting fire. Not able to find confirmation of their deaths.
- 5/27 Netanyahu say was a tragic mistake. “Despite our utmost effort not to harm non-combatants, something unfortunately went tragically wrong.”
- 5/28 IDF releases ‘intercepted call’ audio recording claiming to be between 2 Gazans talking about Hamas weapons depot, claims to prove civilian deaths caused by Hamas ammunition depot that caused the fires. Shows image claiming strike area was 1.7km outside of Mawasi safe zone, though Tal al-Sultan also within latest evacuation orders. Shows blurry photo claiming to show Hamas rocket launchers nearby.
- “And they say that they sat in a meeting and there is, and in addition, they had ammunition, because all of the ammunition that started exploding. Bags of money were flying in the air, Abu Rafik.” “These were really ours?” “Yes, this is a ammunition warehouse. I tell you it exploded. I mean the Jewish bombing wasn’t strong, it was a small missile, because it didn’t create a large hole. And afterwards a lot of secondary explosions.”
- IDF again massacres 21 more refugees in tents 2 days later on 5/28 just meters away from 5/26 massacre, including 17 women and children.
