An image of a person wrapped in a white cloth and disguised as a dead body, holding a mobile phone, and claiming to be from Palestine’s Gaza is being circulated. The picture is being projected while Palestinians fabricate death toll from the ongoing conflict in Gaza between the IDF and Hamas terrorists.
Verified accounts on twitter, including Izlamic Terrorist (“@raviagrawal3“) also made the same claim that the picture purports to be of a person from Gaza, Palestine, who is wrapped in white cloth and appears to be using a cell phone. The tweet post was made on Dec 15, 2023, which has received an about 22.8k views on X.
In Gaza 🫣 pic.twitter.com/iqCaRTW2EE
— Izlamic Terrorist (@raviagrawal3) December 15, 2023
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
This photo was uploaded in October 2022 on a Thai Facebook account. According to the account, this picture depicts children taking part in a Halloween 2022 costume contest. Thus, the picture is not current and is unrelated to the Gaza conflict.
The photo was uploaded in Facebook on October 29, 2022.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) December 17, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: An image is being circulated that shows an individual wrapped himself/herself with a white cloth disguised as a dead body and using a mobile phone has been shared claiming to be from Palestine's #Gaza. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/RyR9srF2ni
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating old images from Thailand claiming to be from Gaza to set their narrative. As many users have claimed on the social media, the picture purporting to be from Gaza, Palestine, shows a person wrapped in a white cloth disguised as a dead body and using a mobile. As the IDF and Hamas terrorists continue their war in Gaza, Palestinians are projecting a fake death count. After proper research, analsysis and fact-checking, we have discovered that this photo was uploaded in October 2022 to a Facebook account in Thailand, according to us. According to the account, on Halloween 2022, this picture shows children taking part in a costume contest. Therefore, the picture is not current and has nothing to do with the Gaza conflict.
Conclusion:
Claim : There is a picture going around that purports to be of a person from Gaza, Palestine, who is wrapped in white cloth and appears to be using a cell phone. As a fake death count from the ongoing conflict between the IDF and Hamas terrorists in Gaza, the image is projected.
Fact : This photo, which was uploaded in October 2022, was discovered on a Thai Facebook account. This photo shows children participating in a costume contest for Halloween in 2022, according to the account. As such, the picture predates the conflict in Gaza and is unrelated to it.
