Hashtags concerning Gaza and Palestine for Twitter such as #GazaUnderAttack are very active with pictures of dead children, crumbled buildings, women crying, and people without limbs. But a quick Google search of said images find these people are using old images as propaganda.
This image of a young girl is one of the most popular pictures. Tweets say it is an eight-year-old Palestinian girl who was hit by rubber bullets by Israeli police.
8-yr old Palestinian girl shot in the face with rubber bullets by Israeli soldiers. #PrayForGaza #GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/GXtmbOtqG6
— Asyraf (@AsyraafYusri) July 8, 2014
Search the image URL and the picture is from October 2011.
This picture is allegedly of a young boy in Palestine with his legs blown off by Israel rockets.
#Palestine #PalestineUnderAttack #GazaUnderAttack #Gaza #Israel #peace #NoWar #SavetheChildren @demishevich pic.twitter.com/KTvCdSPPPk
— Eco Republicano (@ecorepublicano) July 8, 2014
Nope. It is actually a young boy in Syria.
This man lost his leg because of Israel rockets!
#GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/BTs8X3CVZO
— ZIYAD (@Tahrirawi) July 9, 2014
He is a man from Syria and the picture is from November.
A family supposedly killed by Israel?
While most are celebrating n talking about the WC, this is whats happening in Gaza. #GazaUnderAttack #PrayForGaza pic.twitter.com/ZEJGlzJAO5
— Faizal Tahir (@faizal_tahir) July 8, 2014
No, it is from a blog about Syria.
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