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The image does not depict scenes in Gaza, it was taken in 2017 in Iraq.

FATBARDH DEMA

The Albanian-language Facebook page "IDEALISTI-al" published a post yesterday (December 6) about the situation in Gaza, which it illustrated with an image.

After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the image presented in this post does not depict the destroyed city of Gaza.


Link to the article published on Facebook by the "IDEALISTI-al" page:

https://www.facebook.com/idealistial/posts/pfbid0GQ4RVPqfivvtb51mXd3VBbkhTm74b6Pd2Yb77B1Q6Bpxj5aytJHafFTLTCVBjLU3l


After research conducted through the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info has confirmed that the image posted by the aforementioned site depicts the Iraqi city of Mosul.

The image was found published by foreign media outlets such as “NBCNews.com” and “NYPost.com”. (see here and here)

The description of this photo taken in 2017 by Felipe Dana/AP explains that the footage shows destroyed buildings and shops in the old city of Mosul, Iraq.

Screenshot of the article published on NBC News


Analyze:

After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the Facebook page "IDEALISTI-al" published a 2017 photograph of the city of Mosul in Iraq, claiming that the images depict the destroyed city of Gaza.

Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info rates this post as "Unverified Content".


Reasoning:

The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.

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