This image has gone viral in pro-Isreal circles, claiming to show a fake Palestinian corpse caught texting on his phone.
Let's go through the image verification process step-by-step, using Google's reverse image search.
Where does the photo come from and what's the context?
On the Google homepage, click or tap on the camera logo on the right.
Either paste the URL of the post that features the image into the box, or save the image on your device and then upload it yourself.
I usually prefer to save and upload.
Google will start to bring up the same image from other web pages. Use the crop feature to narrow down your search if needed. Then click on "find image source".
Click on and check the results one by one. You want to ideally find the earliest use of the image online.
As you scroll down the results, you'll see one on Facebook in Thai.
It's a Facebook post from October 2022 by a Thai news outlet, featuring that image and three more.
Using Google Translate, it becomes clear the images show children in ghost costumes for Halloween 2022.
That Facebook post credits Surattana Sawadkit for the images. Search for that name and you'll soon find her Facebook profile.
You'll see that exact same image in a post by Surattana on 29 October 2022, confirming those are Thai children in ghost costumes for Halloween 2022.
So, not only have we been able to debunk the fake Palestinian corpse claims, we've also found the actual source of the image.
If you're interested in learning more about image verification, I explain the process in detail in this thread.
This video, using the term "Pallywood", claims to show Palestinians faking injuries and deaths for cameras.
In fact, the video shows the filming of a zombie-themed ad in Algeria, posted to TikTok by the director in August.
This video claims to show "Hamas supporters" attack the Israeli consulate in Istanbul with fireworks.
The original version was posted to Instagram in May, showing supporters of President Erdogan celebrate his election win.
A tweet by Jackson Hinkle, viewed 3.7 million times, makes a series of baseless claims about Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October, citing reporting by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Haaretz has since confiemd Hinkle's claims have "no basis" in its reporting.
Plenty of genuine images documenting the destruction in Gaza have been published since the conflict began.
This, however, isn't one of them. This is an AI-generated image that's been viewed millions of times today.
Upon the expansion of Israel's ground operation, this video is being widely shared as strikes in Gaza tonight.
The video is from 2021 in Yemen, and has nothing to do with this conflict; fact-checked by @no_itsmyturn and @Info_Rosalie.
The claim that Delta Force, a special operations unit of the US army, is currently fighting on the ground in Gaza has racked up millions of views tonight.
There's currently zero evidence any US troops are fighting in Gaza.
This video, falsely claiming to show a Palestinian "crisis actor" seriously injured one day and fine the next has been viewed tens of millions of times.
Those are two different men, and the hospital video is from August.
See how many millions of views this totally false claim has got. It was also tweeted by the official Israel account.
One is Saleh Aljafarawi from Gaza who can be found on Instagram, and the other is Mohammed Zendiq, 16, from the West Bank, who lost his leg at a hospital in July.
This video, viewed 1.4 million times, falsely claims to show thousands of US marines landing in Israel tonight to join the war against Hamas.
The video is from June 2022, and shows the 101st airborne division arrive in Romania for a Nato mission.
Thread: Online misinformation about the Israel-Hamas conflict - Day 9
This video, viewed 450,000 times, falsely claims to show Syria's Aleppo airport hit by Israeli missiles.
But the video isn't current, and was posted to Facebook in August; fact-checked by @AuroraIntel.
This video, viewed a million times, claims to show an aid convoy being stopped from going into Gaza.
But the video is from May 2021, during the last Israel-Hamas conflict, and shows an Egyptian aid convoy heading towards Gaza.
H/T @EekadFacts @Jay_Beecher
This video, viewed over a million times, falsely claims to show live footage of 500,000 Israelis attending an anti-war protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The video was filmed in March, during a protest in Tel Aviv against the government's judicial reform plans.