A photo of a tunnel in northern Gaza on the border with Israel has been shared repeatedly in posts that falsely claimed it shows a passage between the war-torn territory's southern tip and Egypt.
A photo of a tunnel in northern Gaza on the border with Israel has been shared repeatedly in posts that falsely claimed it shows a passage between the war-torn territory's southern tip and Egypt. The claim circulated shortly before the UN's top court ordered a stop to the Israeli assault on the southern city of Rafah, which Israel rejected, insisting its military operations there were in line with international law.
Israel's retaliatory military offensive has killed at least 37,124 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah"immediately", a landmark ruling likely to increase mounting international pressure on Israel more than seven months into the war."These tunnels are used by Hamas to supply itself with weapons and ammunition. It could potentially be used to smuggle out of Gaza hostages or Hamas senior operatives."
But the photo purportedly showing a Hamas tunnel between southern Gaza and Egypt in fact shows an underground passage near a border crossing about 40 kilometres to the north.Its caption reads:"A view inside a tunnel that Hamas reportedly used on October 7th to attack Israel through the Erez border crossing on January 07, 2024 in Northern Gaza.
"As the IDF have pressed into Gaza as part of their campaign to defeat Hamas, they have highlighted the militant group's extensive tunnel network as emblematic of the way the group embeds itself and its military activity in civilian areas.
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