Another Viral Hamas Propaganda Claim Reportedly Gets Debunked By Reality

The accuracy of a video from an Al Jazeera reporter who claimed it showed Israeli forces slaughtering civilians in southern Gaza was debunked Monday by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

The video, which Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Anas Al-Sharif claims shows a massacre at a U.S.-operated aid distribution site in southern Gaza, actually depicts events that take place in Khan Younis, some 2.8 miles away from the nearest aid site, according to a BBC investigation.

The video, which shows a chaotic scene and motionless and bloody bodies alongside others moving or attempting to move, has been seen nearly 380,000 times on X since its Sunday posting.

Al Jazeera is a media outlet primarily funded by and affiliated with the Qatari government. (RELATED: Al Jazeera Spied On American Jews For A Documentary And It’s About To Premier)

“New footage documents the horrific massacre committed by the occupation forces against civilians near a US aid distribution site in the southern Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths of more than 40 civilians and the injury of dozens who had come in search of food to feed their hungry children,” a Google translation of Al-Sharif’s post, which was written in Arabic, reads.

There are claims of a shooting at the southern Gaza Strip aid distribution center in Rafah, though they are so far unconfirmed, according to the BBC. Besides depicting a scene from a different area in Gaza, the viral video was also taken at a different time from the alleged aid center shooting, the outlet’s investigation determined.

“The direction of shadows suggests it was filmed in the evening, not the morning, which doesn’t match accounts of the Rafah shootings,” the BBC reported.

While the outlet debunked the legitimacy of the video, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), as well as the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, dismissed the Rafah allegations as false.

The IDF told the BBC on Sunday that their preliminary investigation showed their units “did not fire at civilians while they were near or within” the distribution facility.

“Without verification of any source other than Hamas and its collaborators, the New York Times, CNN, and Associated Press reported that a number of people seeking to receive humanitarian food boxes from the Gaza Humanitarian Fund were shot or killed by the Israeli Defense Forces,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee wrote Monday.

CNN reported Sunday that officials said 31 Palestinians were killed after Israeli forced “opened fire” near the distribution site, a claim Huckabee disputed.

“These reports were FALSE.  Drone video and first-hand accounts clearly showed that there were no injuries, no fatalities, no shooting, no chaos,” Huckabee wrote.

At least 26 Palestinians were killed after Israeli forces opened fire near a Gaza aid distribution center, the Palestine Red Crescent Society saidhttps://t.co/tTf1U9Hmrm

— CNN (@CNN) June 1, 2025

The Associated Press (AP), who told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Monday that they stand by their story, posted an article Sunday with the same figures as CNN did, citing witnesses and officials.

BREAKING: Red Cross hospital in Gaza says at least 21 people were killed and another 175 were injured as they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation. https://t.co/VzPYXTfpcr

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 1, 2025

Huckabee called on both organizations to issue formal retractions.

The Israeli and American joint venture which runs the distribution center, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), also condemned false media reports, according to a screenshot posted by Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior research analyst Joe Truzman.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation published a statement condemning false media reports of deaths and chaos at a GHF aid distribution site, calling the most recent claims — including accusations of naval warships firing on civilians — blatantly fabricated.

The organization… pic.twitter.com/iCZAZY79Gz

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) June 2, 2025