@politifact
Thousands of people have been killed or injured amid fighting between Israel and Hamas, and recent online claims that the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack on the country is a false flag defies reality.
“You are witnessing the biggest false flag and psyop committed on the world by Israel in real time since 9/11, an Oct. 8 Instagram post says. (A psyop, or psychological operation, is a military mission designed to influence targeted people’s behaviors and emotions.)
“FALSE FLAG,” an Oct. 9 post says. “Hamas is the creation of the Israeli government and they planned these attacks and allowed them to garner support for a mass genocide and likely leading to World War III…
