It has been claimed that Hamas is carrying out executions in Gaza by sharing a sensitive, disturbing video depicting men being thrown from the top of a building.
Verified accounts on twitter, including 65GTOTRIPS (“@65gtotrips“) tweeted “This is who all you university and college students and others are supporting. Hamas executes people by throwing them off a roof of a building.” . The tweet was made on Dec 2, 2023.
This is who all you university and college students and others are supporting.
— 65GTOTRIPS (@65gtotrips) December 2, 2023
Hamas executes people by throwing them off a roof of a building. pic.twitter.com/3wyHPCBFWE
Several other accounts, including Denise (“@Likeshesays“), @RyannJordan2, CJC (“@cj_chep“), @tantensvovve, barbraven (“@barbraven9“) also claimed the same that People are getting executed by Hamas by being thrown from a building’s roof. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Video? : Fact
In actuality, this is an old video from the Fallujah province in Iraq, where in 2015, ISIS terrorists punished four men for being homosexual. There is nothing to do with Hamas terrorists and the video is not recent.
We visited Daily Mail, which published an article on this incident on July 1, 2015 with the headline “Thrown to their deaths by ISIS barbarians for ‘being gay’: Men are pushed head-first off a fourth-storey building in Islamists’ latest sickening executions”.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) December 4, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A sensitive, disturbing video that shows men being thrown from the top of a building has been shared, claiming that #Hamas is executing people in #Gaza. The fact is that this is an old video from the Iraqi province of Fallujah, (1/2) pic.twitter.com/pJ35feA3UL
Intent:
Influencers are circulating sensitive old videos of ISIS from Iraq claiming to be from Palestine to create panic. But, after proper research, analysis and fact-checking we have discovered that this is an outdated footage from the Fallujah province in Iraq, where in 2015, terrorists from ISIS executed four men for being gay. The video is old and has nothing to do with terrorists affiliated with Hamas.
Conclusion:
Claim : Claiming that Hamas is carrying out executions in Gaza, a sensitive and unsettling video of men being thrown from a building’s top has gone viral.
Fact : This is, in fact, an old video from the Fallujah province in Iraq, where in 2015, terrorists from ISIS executed four men for being homosexual. This is an old video with no connection to terrorists from Hamas.
