| Title: | Two old photos show Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, not Russia attacking Ukraine |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.323X8NX |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 4, 2022 |
| Description: | Two images of huge explosions among residential buildings have been shared hundreds of times on social media alongside a claim that they show Russia’s attack on Ukraine. But the claim is false: the photos show Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip in 2018 and 2021. |
Two old photos show Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, not Russia attacking Ukraine
Two images of huge explosions among residential buildings have been shared hundreds of times on social media alongside a claim that they show Russia's attack on Ukraine. But the claim is false: the photos show Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip in 2018 and 2021.
