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(AP) ![\\"Loreben](\\" By Loreben Tuquero October 31, 2023 # Old photos, including one from 2019, don’t show Gaza on Oct. 27 #### If Your Time is short * None of these photos were taken on Oct. 27. One was taken in 2019. See the sources for this fact-check Since Hamas attacked Israel Oct. 7, killing 1,400 people, Israel has responded with airstrikes and a ground offensive that Gaza’s Health Ministry reports have killed more than 8,000. The continuing siege threatens to cut off supplies of fuel, food and water for Gazans. \"Gaza tonight. When the skies are lit with terror,\" an Instagram user said in an Oct. 27 post, showing photos of buildings tinged orange against a backdrop of fire and smoke. The post featured a collage of six photos and claimed it showed Gaza on that night, after heavy airstrikes affected telecommunications services in Gaza. ![](\\" (Screenshot from Instagram) Although images from Gaza show widespread destruction and human devastation, this collage’s photos don’t sync with the Instagram post’s date. None are from Oct. 27 and one was from March 2019, after reported Israeli strikes in Gaza City, as described by Agence France-Presse. #### Featured Fact-check ![](\\" ![](\\" Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2024 in a post \"Samsung drops out of $1 billion advertising campaign with Olympics.\" ![\\"true\\"](\\" false/33efdb6633e5e2fdc2d4e2f63383a1e0.jpg.\\") ![\\"false\\"](\\" false.jpg\\") By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 2, 2024 This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.) Two of the photos were uploaded weeks ago, on Oct. 9. Agence France-Presse’s photo was captioned, \"A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023.\" Another photo was taken Oct. 8, with this caption by The Associated Press: \"Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.\" Another photo was uploaded by Agence France-Presse on Oct. 10 and captioned, \"Explosions illuminate the sky during Israeli strikes on Gaza City on October 10, 2023.\" Finally, one photo was uploaded Oct. 24 by Quds News Network, a website that focuses on Palestinian news. It captioned the photo, \"Local sources: A timber depot in Jabalya, #Gaza went up in flames following an Israeli strike using a white phosphorus bomb.\" We rate the claim that these photos show Gaza the night of Oct. 27 False. #### Read About Our Process The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter ### Our Sources The New York Times, Conflict in Israel and Gaza, in Photos, updated Oct. 30, 2023 Instagram post (archived), Oct. 27, 2023 CNN, October 27, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news The Atlantic, Destruction in Gaza, Oct. 25, 2023 NPR, As communications in Gaza return, more scenes of devastation trickle out, Oct. 29, 2023 Agence France-Presse photo, March 25, 2019 X post by Palestine Responds, Oct. 9, 2023 Agence France-Presse photo, Oct. 9, 2023 The Associated Press, AP PHOTOS: A week of war brings grief to everyday Israelis and Palestinians alike, Oct. 14, 2023 Agence France-Presse photo, Oct. 10, 2023 X post by Quds News Network, Oct. 24, 2023 The Associated Press, For Palestinians, social media is source of news _ and anger, Oct. 24, 2015 X post by Shayan Sardarizadeh, Oct. 27, 2023 ## Browse the Truth-O-Meter ### More by Loreben Tuquero ![](\\" Instagram_logo_2016.svg/322c808c00e73c217d17772ddd5a0eb5.jpg\\") ![](\\" Instagram_logo_2016.svg/8b142c91ebe468a84a192e6df2b7b994.jpg\\") Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Former President Donald Trump admitted during the Sept. 10 presidential debate that he “blew up the Nord Stream pipeline.” ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" th.jpg\\") ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" pants-fire.jpg\\") By Loreben Tuquero • September 13, 2024 ![](\\" black/4590875651af69b2c789ceab409664dd.jpg\\") ![](\\" black/72988380e8c8bd188dc360d11552e4a0.jpg\\") X posts stated on September 11, 2024 in una publicación en X: Kamala Harris “descubierta usando unos zarcillos con audífonos inhalambricos, para que le soplaran las respuestas durante el debate contra Donald Trump”. ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" th.jpg\\") ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" pants-fire.jpg\\") By Maria Briceño • September 12, 2024 ![](\\" ![](\\" Social Media stated on September 10, 2024 in social media posts: Vice President Kamala Harris wore NOVA H1 audio earrings in the Sept. 10, 2024, presidential debate. ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" th.jpg\\") ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" pants-fire.jpg\\") By Loreben Tuquero • September 11, 2024 ![](\\" ![](\\" Social Media stated on September 2, 2024 in social media posts: The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is on the way to Aurora, Colorado, to confront a Venezuelan gang. ![\\"false\\"](\\" ![\\"false\\"](\\" By Loreben Tuquero • September 9, 2024 ![](\\" black/4590875651af69b2c789ceab409664dd.jpg\\") ![](\\" black/72988380e8c8bd188dc360d11552e4a0.jpg\\") X posts stated on September 4, 2024 in an X post: “BREAKING: Apalachee High School shooter has been identified as non-binary trans girl Samantha Hyde.” ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" th.jpg\\") ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" pants-fire.jpg\\") By Loreben Tuquero • September 5, 2024 ![](\\" black/4590875651af69b2c789ceab409664dd.jpg\\") ![](\\" black/72988380e8c8bd188dc360d11552e4a0.jpg\\") X posts stated on September 3, 2024 in a video posted on X: On June 7, 2011, Kamala Harris was involved in a San Francisco hit-and-run crash that injured a woman named Alicia Brown. ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" th.jpg\\") ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" pants-fire.jpg\\") By Madison Czopek • September 5, 2024 ![](\\" logo-black-01/b6cedac93f6e57c68ecc025e5ec29d57.jpg\\") ![](\\" logo-black-01/438dbf066033f99de07598cbcc77ddcb.jpg\\") Threads posts stated on September 1, 2024 in a Threads post: “Melania Trump just filed for divorce MINUTES ago in Palm Beach.” ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" th.jpg\\") ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" pants-fire.jpg\\") By Loreben Tuquero • September 4, 2024 ![](\\" black/4590875651af69b2c789ceab409664dd.jpg\\") ![](\\" black/72988380e8c8bd188dc360d11552e4a0.jpg\\") X posts stated on August 29, 2024 in X posts: President Joe Biden “did a campaign ad at the graves in Arlington in 2020.” ![\\"barely-true\\"](\\" th.jpg\\") ![\\"barely-true\\"](\\" barely-true.jpg\\") By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2024 ![](\\" ![](\\" Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: Image shows Fox Business graphic titled “Tim Walz’s Communist Agenda.” ![\\"false\\"](\\" ![\\"false\\"](\\" By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2024 ![](\\" ![](\\" JD Vance stated on August 7, 2024 in a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin: Minnesota Gov. 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Photos show Gaza on Oct 27