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One of the most information-distorted conflicts of our time. Start with the glossary for precise definitions of contested terms, then explore the documented factual record of events and rated speaker claims.
Antisemitism: Why Does Israel Get More Coverage Than Wars That Kill Far More?
Since October 7, 2023, far more people have been killed in the Russia-Ukraine war, the Sudanese civil war, and in Iran's November 2019 crackdown — yet none of those conflicts gener...
Viral Claim: Hamas Widows' Payments "Prove" 80% of Gaza's Dead Were Fighters
After Hamas's Ministry of Social Development announced NIS 500 payments to widows, posts claimed Hamas had admitted that up to 50,000 fighters — 80% of Gaza's dead — were killed. T...
Viral Claim: Leaked Memo Shows the BBC "Knew" Its Mass-Graves Story Was Fabricated
After the Prescott memo on BBC coverage leaked, posts claimed it proved the BBC knew its Nasser Hospital mass-graves story was fabricated. The memo criticized Gaza coverage broadly...
The Gaza Famine Narrative: What the Data Shows — and What It Doesn't
For over a year, much of the media, UN agencies and the ICC prosecutor described Israel as deliberately starving Gaza. The record is more mixed: large volumes of aid did enter, the...
Hamas Death Count: Who Is Actually Being Counted
The Gaza Health Ministry — a Hamas government body — is the sole source for Gaza casualty figures cited by most international media. The Ministry does not distinguish combatants fr...
Humanitarian Aid to Gaza: Documented Diversion and What It Funds
Gaza has received more international humanitarian aid per capita than almost any territory in the world. This page documents the gap between aid delivered and aid reaching civilian...
Hoax: "IDF Arrested a 4-Year-Old as Head Architect of Hamas Tunnel System"
A post widely shared on Instagram and other platforms claimed that the IDF had arrested a 4-year-old Palestinian child as the "head architect" of Hamas's tunnel network. No credibl...
Hoax: "Freed Israeli Hostage Praises Hamas Captors"
Posts circulated claiming a released Israeli hostage had praised their Hamas captors and said they were treated well, implying Hamas's hostage-taking was humane. The page does not...
Journalists Were Present for October 7: The Embedded Photographer Question
HonestReporting reveals that photojournalists working for AP, Reuters, CNN, and the New York Times were present inside Israel during the Hamas attack on October 7 — before internat...
Palestinian Public Support for Hamas and October 7: Polling Data and Documentation
Palestinian public opinion on Hamas and the October 7 massacre is documented by polling organizations — including the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, the most cr...
False Narrative: The IDF Targets Journalists
Claims that Israel systematically targets journalists rely on casualty counts that include Hamas-affiliated media operatives, individuals documented with Hamas in the field, and pe...
Hoax: "Israel Hid Explosives in Toys and Food to Harm Palestinian Children"
A viral Instagram reel (92,300 likes, 1,531 comments) claimed Israel deliberately concealed explosives inside toys and food boxes to kill starving Palestinian children. No credible...
Al-Ahli Hospital Explosion: How a False Story Traveled the World
Hamas claimed an Israeli airstrike destroyed Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, killing 500. Major news outlets ran the story using only Hamas as a source. Within days, U.S. and all...
The Genocide Accusation Before Israel Responded: October 7–8, 2023
Within 24–48 hours of Hamas's massacre — as Israel's retaliatory strikes on Gaza were just beginning — some activists and groups were framing Israel's response in terms of genocide...
Hamas Human Shields: Documented Cases, Official Statements, and Video Evidence
Israel, the U.S. government and others accuse Hamas of using civilians — including children — as human shields, and some Hamas officials' own statements support that charge; human-...
False Narrative: "Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza"
The genocide claim fails at the first threshold of the accepted legal definition: it requires specific intent to destroy a group as such. Every documented Israeli action — warnings...
Gaza Civilians Participated in the October 7 Attack
Survivor testimony, IDF footage, and video evidence document that non-Hamas Gaza civilians crossed the border on October 7 alongside Hamas fighters. Civilians participated in looti...
False Narrative: "Thousands of Palestinians Were Killed on October 6"
A claim circulating online asserts that Israel killed thousands of Palestinians on October 6, 2023 — the day before the Hamas attack — framing October 7 as retaliation. No such eve...
The Palestinian Authority: Governance, Pay-for-Slay, and the Aid Economy
The Palestinian Authority was established in 1994 under the Oslo Accords to govern portions of the West Bank and Gaza. Today it governs only parts of the West Bank under Mahmoud Ab...
Arab-Israeli Wars: Who Started Each Conflict — 1948 to 2023
In most Arab-Israeli wars from 1948 to 2023, Israel was attacked first or faced acts it treated as a casus belli; the contested exceptions are 1956 (Suez), 1967 (Israeli preemptive...