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Fact check: Image of 2018 goes viral as Israel’s attack on Gaza

Israel’s Gaza strip is under heavy bombing for past three days. 44 Palestinian along with 16 children have been killed and more than 350 were injured.

(1) C A s P E R ﮼كاسبر on Twitter: “اصابة مباشرة لمنزل اسرائيلي في عسقلان جنوب الكيان. صورة المنزل https://t.co/9zI9FrME4b” / Twitter

Source:Twitter

In the midst of this, a picture of an attack on a house is going viral on social media, sharing the picture a user wrote “اصابة مباشرةلمنزل اسرائيلي في عسقلان جنوب الكيان.صورة المنزل”

(A direct hit to an Israeli house in Ashkelon, south of Israel).

Fact check:

Source: i24news.tv

To verify the claim. DFRAC first did the reverse image search. During this we found the same picture on i24 report news.

This report of 2018 mentioned that the image was of a missile fired from the Gaza strip targeting a house in southern Israel.

Conclusion:

Viral picture is misleading.

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