{"id":93460,"date":"2021-05-15T17:11:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T11:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=93460"},"modified":"2021-05-15T17:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T11:42:18","slug":"old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-gaza-residents-are-faking-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-gaza-residents-are-faking-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video shared with false claim that Gaza residents are faking injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions escalated between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2021\/05\/israel-palestine-sheikh-jarrah-al-aqsa-mosque\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Israel and Palestine<\/a> after a Jerusalem District Court ruling ordered the expulsion of several Palestinian families in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem. &#8220;At least 136 people have been killed in Gaza since hostilities erupted on Monday (May 10), including 34 children and 21 women, with 950 others wounded, Palestinian medics said,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/death-toll-rises-violence-rocks-gaza-israel-west-bank-2021-05-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A section of the Indian right-wing has come out in vocal support of Israel. A video of children&#8217;s faces coloured with red paint was shared by Rakesh Thiyyan with the claim, &#8220;Palestinians in Gaza daub fake blood and paint fake wounds on children to gain global sympathy and make Israel look evil&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Palestinians in Gaza daub fake blood and paint fake wounds on children to gain global sympathy and make Israel look evil. US-backed terrorist groups, including ISIS, did the exact same thing in Syria to make the Assad Govt look bad. This will be seen in Kashmir too one day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hAq9XHWEZs\">pic.twitter.com\/hAq9XHWEZs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rakesh Thiyyan (@ByRakeshSimha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByRakeshSimha\/status\/1393057568679858176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maya Yadav, who identifies as BJP OBC Morcha Haryana state vice president, shared the video too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u094b \u091c\u0940,\u0905\u092c \u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0915 \u0905\u092a \u0914\u0930 \u0928\u094c\u091f\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0964\ud83d\ude00\ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n\u0926\u094b\u0917\u0941\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0902\u092a\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiaStandsWithIsrael?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiaStandsWithIsrael<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IStandWithIsrael?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IStandWithIsrael<\/a> \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ezDQiw9Jl\">pic.twitter.com\/7ezDQiw9Jl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092e\u093e\u092f\u093e \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935 \ud83d\udea9 (@Mayayadavbjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mayayadavbjp\/status\/1393188711819485203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>PM \u091d\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0921\u0940 (@PMPATEl1969) and Janmajit Sinha (@Impregnable007) cumulatively drew close to 2,000 retweets for the video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0917\u093e\u091d\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0932\u094b \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u094c\u091f\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f<br \/>\n\u092a\u0947\u0902\u091f\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u092e\u0947\u0915\u092a \u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947 \u0918\u093e\u092f\u0932 \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u0943\u0924\u0915 \u0924\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0964<br \/>\n\u092e\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u092c \u091c\u0917\u0939 \u090f\u0915 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u092d\u094b s \u0921\u0940\u0915\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948,,\ud83d\ude20\ud83d\ude21 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZXsDF0ysD\">pic.twitter.com\/iZXsDF0ysD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PM \u091d\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0921\u0940 \u2655 \ud835\udd4b\u2119\u2115 (@PMPATEl1969) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMPATEl1969\/status\/1393241067445645315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So, basically, these animals are the same everywhere and they have a copyright \u00a9\ufe0f in playing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VictimCard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VictimCard<\/a>! \ud83e\udd2c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiaWithIsreal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiaWithIsreal<\/a>\u2764 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/khso8Nl5NB\">pic.twitter.com\/khso8Nl5NB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janmajit Sinha (@Impregnable007) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Impregnable007\/status\/1393085660743884802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AA%20%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95&amp;sde=AbrncOC9Eo4JY_OLJrNRxWbosfm1ezmJR0aX8OWKgLG1ilxgg98ELbozPbV_g85X9dPMRY0BVOKSo_9vqwB3JHXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. Alt News has also received verification requests on its mobile application and WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-93460 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-gaza-residents-are-faking-injuries\/5ca2c8b3-3342-4b1f-add7-05d8e5422a70\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/5ca2c8b3-3342-4b1f-add7-05d8e5422a70.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/5ca2c8b3-3342-4b1f-add7-05d8e5422a70.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/5ca2c8b3-3342-4b1f-add7-05d8e5422a70-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-gaza-residents-are-faking-injuries\/gaza-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-4.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-4-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-gaza-residents-are-faking-injuries\/gaza-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-3.jpg 818w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-3-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-3-768x798.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-gaza-residents-are-faking-injuries\/gaza-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1043\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-2.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-2-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-2-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-2-768x636.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1043px) 100vw, 1043px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-gaza-residents-are-faking-injuries\/gaza-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-1.png 742w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gaza-1-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Old video shared with false claim<\/h4>\n<p>A mere Google search leads one to fact-check reports published by <a href=\"https:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/20180301-syria-supporters-old-video-fake-ghouta-staged?ref=tw_i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France24<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/makeup-artists-atrocities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snopes<\/a> in 2018 when the same video, truncated from a longer clip, was shared to discredit atrocities by Israeli and Syrian forces.<\/p>\n<p>The video has been clipped from a news report by Palestinian website The Gaza Post &#8220;about makeup artist Mariam Salah and her work in the Palestinian cinema special effects industry&#8221;, reported Snopes. Only those parts of the complete broadcast have been taken where make-up is being applied on children. English subtitles have been added to the video and the Arabic commentary has been muted in order to project a misleading picture. France24 reported that the commentary showed the group explaining that they have set up a company specialising in cinema make-up and special effects and that the company is the first one of its kind in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0627\u0644\u062e\u062f\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0646\u0645\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u0646 \u064a\u0646\u0642\u0644 \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0628\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0645\u063a\u0627\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sq485mm3Ct4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>About 20 seconds into the broadcast, a person can be spotted wearing a shirt that says &#8216;Special Effect Make-up&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93474 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/ae544352-fd05-4706-bccd-3b795f11c11c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/ae544352-fd05-4706-bccd-3b795f11c11c.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/ae544352-fd05-4706-bccd-3b795f11c11c-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/ae544352-fd05-4706-bccd-3b795f11c11c-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TRT World aired a video report on Mariam Salah breaking into the Palestinian film industry traditionally run by men. The same clips can be seen in this report. &#8220;While on a film set in the Gaza strip, makeup artist Mariam Salah is creating horrific-looking injuries on actors taking part in a project by French charity Doctors of the World. They hope to raise awareness of the dangers faced by Gaza residents,&#8221; says the TRT World presenter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palestinian film industry | Cinema | Showcase\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwpchsSe5dI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A three-year-old video of a Palestinian make-up artist creating injuries on actors for a film project has been revived with the false claim that Gaza residents are &#8220;faking wounds to make the world feel sorry for them and to make Israel look bad&#8221;. Alt News had earlier<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-fake-funeral-video-from-jordan-viral-to-discredit-reports-of-palestinian-casualties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> debunked a video from Jordan<\/a> shared with the false claim that Gaza residents are taking out a &#8220;fake funeral&#8221; to gain sympathy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions escalated between Israel and Palestine after a Jerusalem District Court ruling ordered the expulsion of several Palestinian families in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem. &#8220;At least 136 people have been killed in Gaza since hostilities erupted on Monday (May 10), including 34 children and 21 women, with 950 others wounded, Palestinian medics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":93484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-93460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Untitled-design-2021-05-15T162559.425.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93460"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93494,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93460\/revisions\/93494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93460"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=93460"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=93460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}