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take this report by merlyn thomas from bbc verify. misinformation has been circulating. iran's state tv repeatedly aired a video of a fire in chile, claiming that it was footage of missiles successfully hitting targets in israel. we found the original version of the clip, which was posted to tik tok in february. and the israel defense forces posted this video compilation on ex of iran's retaliatory attacks. most of the clips are of the attack, but there's one old clip here right at the end of the video, and that's from nearly ten years ago of a russian grad rocket launcher. as well as those two examples, last weekend saw a plethora of other cases of disinformation being circulated. video of palestinians praying at the al—aqsa mosque last week was claimed as showing them celebrating saturday's iranian strikes, and footage from this video game, arma iii was posted as showing israel's iron dome defence system in action against those strikes. meanwhile, video from iranian sources said to show missiles launching on saturday originated variously from the war in gaza in 2021,
take this report by merlyn thomas from bbc verify. misinformation has been circulating. iran's state tv repeatedly aired a video of a fire in chile, claiming that it was footage of missiles successfully hitting targets in israel. we found the original version of the clip, which was posted to tik tok in february. and the israel defense forces posted this video compilation on ex of iran's retaliatory attacks. most of the clips are of the attack, but there's one old clip here right at the end of...
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thomas has more. for the first time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that overnight, hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed with one child reportedly injured by shrapnel. we verified several videos showing intercepts. this one is filmed from the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. in this next video, you can again see missiles or drones heading for targets in israel and air defences intercepting them. this is a still from the video ijust showed you earlier, and we've matched that with this publicly available image, which is on the outskirts ofjerusalem. israel set a handful of ballistic missiles weren't intercepted and hit the air base which is here, and it caused minimal damage, they said. we've synchronised three different videos taken from social media reporting to show iranian missiles hitting that airbase in israel. we've not yet verified these videos, b
thomas has more. for the first time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that overnight, hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed with one child reportedly injured by shrapnel. we verified several videos showing intercepts. this one is filmed from the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. in this next video, you can again see missiles or drones heading for...
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bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas assesses the aims and impact of israel's six—month military campaign. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced his three key goals at the beginning of the war and we've been combing through the israeli army's social media and statements to assess to what extent its goals have been achieved and its immense cost on palestinians. israel has repeatedly said it wants to eliminate hamas and kill its leaders. so far, it claims to have killed about 13,000 hamas fighters, but it hasn't explained how they've counted this and hamas doesn't provide figures for its military fatalities. we've gone through all of the names of hamas' leadership the israeli army claimed to have killed. we counted 113 names and 31 are identified by them as commanders. 90 were reportedly killed from october to the end of december, and a further 23 of hamas' leadership were killed between january and april. there are no independent sources for these numbers, so there's no way to verify the actual numbers. it's worth noting that experts we've spoken to say israel hasn't been able
bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas assesses the aims and impact of israel's six—month military campaign. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced his three key goals at the beginning of the war and we've been combing through the israeli army's social media and statements to assess to what extent its goals have been achieved and its immense cost on palestinians. israel has repeatedly said it wants to eliminate hamas and kill its leaders. so far, it claims to have killed about 13,000...
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let's cross to our reporter merlyn thomas. for the first time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. overnight, hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. israel say 99% were intercepted and one child was injured with shrapnel. we verified various videos and this one is filmed from near a mosque in jerusalem. in this next video, missiles or drones are heading to targets in israel and aired defence is our intercepting them. this is a still from a video i showed you and we have matched that with a publicly available image from the outskirts ofjerusalem. israel has said some ofjerusalem. israel has said some of the ballistic missiles were not intercepted and hidden airbase here and it caused minimal damage. —— it hit and airbase. this is a satellite image of the airbase from last year and we have several videos of the airbase being hit utmost footage was taken in the dark and we're working on verifying these. israel this footage of fighterjet returning to an airbase to emphas
let's cross to our reporter merlyn thomas. for the first time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. overnight, hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. israel say 99% were intercepted and one child was injured with shrapnel. we verified various videos and this one is filmed from near a mosque in jerusalem. in this next video, missiles or drones are heading to targets in israel and aired defence is our intercepting them. this is a still from...
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here's merlyn thomas. israel has signalled its intention to carry out an offensive on rafah. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu hasn't specified when this will happen. currently, there are estimated to be at least 1.2 million people living in rafah here on the border with egypt. most of them have been displaced from other parts of gaza because of the israeli offensive. many are in tents with limited essential services. israel says they will evacuate them from rafah but haven't given details about how this will happen. we've been analysing satellite imagery to see where preparations are being made. now we don't know exactly where people are going to be moved to, but about seven kilometres north of rafah is the southern city of khan yunis. and these satellite images show what appear to be olive groves. then just over two weeks later, hundreds of tents have appeared. and another example, this is the border city of rafah, the city that the israeli army have said they'll attack soon. over the past couple of weeks, hundreds of tents have been put up here on the outskirts of rafa
here's merlyn thomas. israel has signalled its intention to carry out an offensive on rafah. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu hasn't specified when this will happen. currently, there are estimated to be at least 1.2 million people living in rafah here on the border with egypt. most of them have been displaced from other parts of gaza because of the israeli offensive. many are in tents with limited essential services. israel says they will evacuate them from rafah but haven't given details...
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very few images have come out so far showing any damage. 0ur colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more.
very few images have come out so far showing any damage. 0ur colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more.
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here's merlyn thomas. we've been trying to piece together what happened by examining photos of the aftermath, like this one. so far among the confirmed dead are australian, polish, british and palestinians, along with a dual us—canadian citizen. they were working for food aid charity, world central kitchen. it says they dropped off more than 100 tonnes of food supplies at a warehouse in deir al—balah, which is here in central gaza. the charity said the workers were travelling in a convoy of three vehicles, two of them armoured. we've been analysing photos of the cars and the aftermath of the attack. now, we've verified the location for all three of them, which are here. now, let me take you through what we can see. this is a photo of one of those armoured vehicles, and you can see a jagged hole its roof as well as the world central kitchen logo. we've geolocated that by matching it up with a low wall, a pylon and two distinctive rooves in the background with satellite imagery to a place on the coastal
here's merlyn thomas. we've been trying to piece together what happened by examining photos of the aftermath, like this one. so far among the confirmed dead are australian, polish, british and palestinians, along with a dual us—canadian citizen. they were working for food aid charity, world central kitchen. it says they dropped off more than 100 tonnes of food supplies at a warehouse in deir al—balah, which is here in central gaza. the charity said the workers were travelling in a convoy of...
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merlyn thomas from bbc verified has more. israel has signalled its intention to carry out an offensive on rafah. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu hasn't specified when this will happen. currently, there are estimated to be at least 1.2 million people living in rafah here on the border with egypt. most of them have been displaced from other parts of gaza because of the israeli offensive. many are in tents with limited essential services. israel says they will evacuate them from rafah but haven't given details about how this will happen. we've been analysing satellite imagery to see where preparations are being made. now, we don't know exactly where people are going to be moved to, but about seven kilometres north of rafah is the southern city of khan younis. and these satellite images show what appear to be olive groves. then, just over two weeks later, hundreds of tents have appeared. and another example, this is the border city of rafah, the city that the israeli army have said they'll attack soon. over the past couple
merlyn thomas from bbc verified has more. israel has signalled its intention to carry out an offensive on rafah. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu hasn't specified when this will happen. currently, there are estimated to be at least 1.2 million people living in rafah here on the border with egypt. most of them have been displaced from other parts of gaza because of the israeli offensive. many are in tents with limited essential services. israel says they will evacuate them from rafah but...
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our verify reporter merlyn thomas has more. for the first time, iran is carried out direct attacks against israel. overnight, hundreds of drones and cruise missiles and ballistics are launched against israel and many were intercepted and destroyed but one was reportedly injured by shrapnel. several videos showcase near the mosque injerusalem and his next video you can see missiles of drones hitting targets in israel air defences intercepting them. this is a still from that video ijust showed you and we have much that with this available image on the outskirts ofjerusalem. a handful of missiles were not intercepted and hit the air base which was here and it caused minimum damage. many videos from social media showcase iranian missiles hitting that air base but we have not verified these videos but they are clearly show the same event. and showing of fighter jet returning to the airbase in emphasising it continues to be fully operational we have not yet been able to verify whether this was filmed today. we do not know which of th
our verify reporter merlyn thomas has more. for the first time, iran is carried out direct attacks against israel. overnight, hundreds of drones and cruise missiles and ballistics are launched against israel and many were intercepted and destroyed but one was reportedly injured by shrapnel. several videos showcase near the mosque injerusalem and his next video you can see missiles of drones hitting targets in israel air defences intercepting them. this is a still from that video ijust showed...
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thomas and jake horton from the bbc verify team on how close israel is to eliminating hamas six months on. you can find that at bbc.com/news or on the bbc news app. to australia next. more than 150 people have been rescued after floods in northern sydney. other residents have been told to be prepared to flee their homes because of the rising floodwaters. the area's main reservoir which supplies most of the city's drinking water, has started to overflow. there's been three days of torrential rainfall across eastern australia. people living in parts of new south wales have been told to stay indoors. it is important to note that flood levels in some of the rivers, particularly in western sydney, i continuing to rise and that presents a real danger to some communities, so it is very important for those who live in communities that are low—lying flood prone areas that you continue to listen to emergency broadcasts from the ses. let's speak to our sydney correspondent phil mercer. how bad is it phil?. across sydney we have bright blue skies today but as we heard there from the new south wa
thomas and jake horton from the bbc verify team on how close israel is to eliminating hamas six months on. you can find that at bbc.com/news or on the bbc news app. to australia next. more than 150 people have been rescued after floods in northern sydney. other residents have been told to be prepared to flee their homes because of the rising floodwaters. the area's main reservoir which supplies most of the city's drinking water, has started to overflow. there's been three days of torrential...
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merlyn thomas, from bbc verified, has been taking a closer look at the logistics. with the un predicting that famine is now almost inevitable in gaza. after more than six months of war, the us has announced a plan to deliver aid to palestinians via an offshore pier that is now under construction. the drop—off point is likely to be here just south of gaza city via a jetty built by the us charity world central kitchen, specifically for the purpose of bringing aid ashore. that's because washington has said that no us troops will be stationed on the ground in gaza during the process. this is satellite imagery and you can see that thatjetty was built in march and it's been in use since then for small aid deliveries. and us ships like these will be involved in the building of the floating pier. they set off from america a few weeks ago, and on the marine traffic app, we can see the location of two such vessels, the general frank besson, which is in the mediterranean, and the roy p benavidez, which appeared off the coast of gaza yesterday. now the us has used this kind
merlyn thomas, from bbc verified, has been taking a closer look at the logistics. with the un predicting that famine is now almost inevitable in gaza. after more than six months of war, the us has announced a plan to deliver aid to palestinians via an offshore pier that is now under construction. the drop—off point is likely to be here just south of gaza city via a jetty built by the us charity world central kitchen, specifically for the purpose of bringing aid ashore. that's because...
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our colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more. israel launched strikes on iran according to us officials, following unprecedented attacks on israel a week ago during which it wants more than 300 drones and missiles. so why did iran attack israel? i was in retaliation for israel's targeting of the consulate in syria on the first of april in which iran says seven of its military officers were killed. as a long—running shadow war between these bitter rivals which is out in the open. we analyse footage from the letters attack sent to our colleagues which shows the succession of flashes in the sky said to be above isfahan. we think it is to be consider flashes match up perfectly. indicating they show the same event. isfahan, the location of the attack is significant because several of the nuclear facilities are based there. iran said nothing to see here, the official state news shows this footage in an attempt to confirm the scene after the explosions. he describes everything is safe and sound. international atomic agencies as there
our colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more. israel launched strikes on iran according to us officials, following unprecedented attacks on israel a week ago during which it wants more than 300 drones and missiles. so why did iran attack israel? i was in retaliation for israel's targeting of the consulate in syria on the first of april in which iran says seven of its military officers were killed. as a long—running shadow war between these bitter rivals which is out in the open. we...
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thomas has more. for the first time ever, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel from iran, yemen and iraq. israel says 99% were intercepted and one child has reportedly been injured by shrapnel. we have verified two videos — this first one is filmed near a mosque injerusalem and in this next video, you can see missiles or drones heading for israel and air defences intercepting them. this is a still from that video i showed just now, and we have matched this still with publicly available images online and we found out that this was filmed on the outskirts ofjerusalem. we know where this video was filmed and we are confident that these intercepts weren't overjerusalem, they appear to be to the south, possibly over the west bank. israel has said that a handful of ballistic missiles weren't intercepted and they hit an air base, here, and caused minimal damage. this
thomas has more. for the first time ever, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel from iran, yemen and iraq. israel says 99% were intercepted and one child has reportedly been injured by shrapnel. we have verified two videos — this first one is filmed near a mosque injerusalem and in this next video, you can see missiles or drones heading for israel and...
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thomas has more. israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed and one child has reportedly been injured from shrapnel. so far, we have verified to videos showing intercepts. this first one was filmed from near a mosque injerusalem. in this next video, you can see again missiles or drones heading for target in israel and being intercepted. this is a still from the video ijust showed you and be match this stair were publicly available images online and this was done from the outskirts of jerusalem. we are confident that the intercepts weren't overjerusalem itself. they appear to be possibly over the west bank. israel has said that a handful of ballistic missiles wind intercepted and they hit an air base, which is here and cause minimal damage. this is a satellite image of their base from august last year. we have several videos purporting to be of the base being hit but most of the footage is taken in the dark and we are still working on verifying these. israel released this footage, showing a fightin
thomas has more. israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed and one child has reportedly been injured from shrapnel. so far, we have verified to videos showing intercepts. this first one was filmed from near a mosque injerusalem. in this next video, you can see again missiles or drones heading for target in israel and being intercepted. this is a still from the video ijust showed you and be match this stair were publicly available images online and this was done from the outskirts of...
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here's merlyn thomas. we've been trying to piece together what happened by examining photos of the aftermath, like this one. so far among the confirmed dead are australian, polish, british and palestinians, along with a dual us—canadian citizen. they were working for food aid charity, world central kitchen. it says they dropped off more than 100 tonnes of food supplies at a warehouse in deir al—balah, which is here in central gaza. the charity said the workers were travelling in a convoy of three vehicles, two of them armoured. we've been analysing photos of the cars and the aftermath of the attack. now, we've verified the location for all three of them, which are here. now, let me take you through what we can see. this is a photo of one of those armoured vehicles, and you can see a jagged hole its roof as well as the world central kitchen logo. we've geolocated that by matching it up with a low wall, a pylon and two distinctive rooves in the background with satellite imagery to a place on the coastal
here's merlyn thomas. we've been trying to piece together what happened by examining photos of the aftermath, like this one. so far among the confirmed dead are australian, polish, british and palestinians, along with a dual us—canadian citizen. they were working for food aid charity, world central kitchen. it says they dropped off more than 100 tonnes of food supplies at a warehouse in deir al—balah, which is here in central gaza. the charity said the workers were travelling in a convoy of...
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merlyn thomas from bbc verifying. —— bbc verify. six people have been convicted in greece, for their role during wildfires which killed more than 100 people. the mediterranean resort of mati was partly destroyed by the blaze in 2018. there were claims later that locals weren't warned in time, that emergency services had failed, and that fleeing motorists were directed towards stricken areas, so many burned to death inside their cars. the head of the localfire brigade was among the six officials found guilty of manslaughter and criminal negligence. all had to pay large fines. the french actor gerard depardieu is being questioned at a paris police station after being placed under formal investigation over two allegations of sexual assault. the 75—year—old has been accused of molesting two women on film sets. depardieu has not yet commented on this case but has previously denied other allegations of sexual assault. finally, let's bring you this new image. it's a previously unseen portrait of the prince and princess of wales, releas
merlyn thomas from bbc verifying. —— bbc verify. six people have been convicted in greece, for their role during wildfires which killed more than 100 people. the mediterranean resort of mati was partly destroyed by the blaze in 2018. there were claims later that locals weren't warned in time, that emergency services had failed, and that fleeing motorists were directed towards stricken areas, so many burned to death inside their cars. the head of the localfire brigade was among the six...
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thomas took me through it earlier on the programme. for the first time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that overnight hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. now, israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed, with one child reportedly injured by shrapnel. we verified several videos showing intercepts, and this one is filmed from near the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. and in this next video, you can again see missiles or drones heading for targets in israel and air defences intercepting them. and this is a still from the video ijust showed you. and we've matched that with this publicly available image, which is on the outskirts ofjerusalem. and israel has said a handful of the ballistic missiles weren't intercepted and hit an air base, which is here, and it caused minimal damage. this is a satellite image of the base from august last year. and we have several videos purporting to be of the base being hit, but most of the footage is
thomas took me through it earlier on the programme. for the first time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that overnight hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. now, israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed, with one child reportedly injured by shrapnel. we verified several videos showing intercepts, and this one is filmed from near the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. and in this next video,...
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our verify reporter merlyn thomas has more. for the first time, iran has carried out direct attacks against israel. are launched against israel and many were intercepted and destroyed and ballistic missiles are launched against israel and many were intercepted and destroyed but one was reportedly injured by shrapnel. several videos showcase near the mosque injerusalem and this next video you can see missiles of drones hitting targets in israel air defences intercepting them. targets and israel air defences intercepting them. this is a still from that video i just showed you and we have matched that with this available image on the outskirts ofjerusalem. the russian investors speaking. the russian ambassador�*s speaking. no less turbulent topics for the middle east today. for example, a bout of the regular tax by israel against neighbouring syria and lebanon. and if such attitude and such things will continue unnoticed then your appeal to restrain all parties can become futile. distinguished colleagues, will be met in this cha
our verify reporter merlyn thomas has more. for the first time, iran has carried out direct attacks against israel. are launched against israel and many were intercepted and destroyed and ballistic missiles are launched against israel and many were intercepted and destroyed but one was reportedly injured by shrapnel. several videos showcase near the mosque injerusalem and this next video you can see missiles of drones hitting targets in israel air defences intercepting them. targets and israel...
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take this report by merlyn thomas from bbc verify. misinformation has been circulating. iran's state tv repeatedly aired a video of a fire in chile, claiming that it was footage of missiles successfully hitting targets in israel. we found the original version of the clip, which was posted to tik tok in february. and the israel defense forces posted this video compilation on ex ——on x of iran's retaliatory attacks. most of the clips are of the attack, but there's one old clip here right at the end of the video, and that's from nearly ten years ago of a russian grad rocket launcher. as well as those two examples, last weekend saw a plethora of other cases of disinformation being circulated. video of palestinians praying at the al—aqsa mosque last week was claimed as showing them celebrating saturday's iranian strikes, and footage from this video game, arma iii was posted as showing israel's iron dome defence system in action against those strikes. meanwhile, video from iranian sources said to show missiles launching on saturday originated variously from the war in ga
take this report by merlyn thomas from bbc verify. misinformation has been circulating. iran's state tv repeatedly aired a video of a fire in chile, claiming that it was footage of missiles successfully hitting targets in israel. we found the original version of the clip, which was posted to tik tok in february. and the israel defense forces posted this video compilation on ex ——on x of iran's retaliatory attacks. most of the clips are of the attack, but there's one old clip here right at...
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with israel now facing growing scrutiny of its ongoing military operations, bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has been looking at the human cost of the conflict. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced his three key goals of the king of the war and we've been combing through the israeli social media statements to assess to what degree the goals have been achieved and its immense cost on palestinians. israel has repeatedly said it was to eliminate hamas and kill its leaders. so far, it claims to have killed about 1300 hamas fighters, but it hasn't explained how they have counted this and hamas doesn't provide figures for his military fidelity. we've gone through all the names of hamas leadership the israeli leadership claim to have killed. we counted 113 names and 31 are identified by them as amanda is. 90 were reportedly killed from october to december and a firm of the 23 of mass leadership were killed betweenjanuary and april —— 19. and there are no independent sources for these numbers so there is no way to verify the actual numbers. it's worth noting that aspect —— exp
with israel now facing growing scrutiny of its ongoing military operations, bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has been looking at the human cost of the conflict. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced his three key goals of the king of the war and we've been combing through the israeli social media statements to assess to what degree the goals have been achieved and its immense cost on palestinians. israel has repeatedly said it was to eliminate hamas and kill its leaders. so far, it...