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FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts
False claims about the latest Israel-Hamas war are flooding social media, making it difficult for onlookers to sort fact from fiction. Here are the facts: Israel Defense Forces didn't say in a Facebook post that it bombed a hospital in Gaza, the account was a fake. Qatar's emir has not threatened to cut off the world's natural gas supply if Israel doesn't stop bombing Gaza. BBC News didn't publish a report saying Ukraine provided weapons to Hamas, a video was fabricated to look like it came from the outlet. Nimrod Aloni, a top general in the Israeli army, was not captured by Hamas militants.
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