New evidence suggests Israel used distorted images to deny deadly Gaza hospital attack

The images posted on Israel's official state social media account with the caption "We have evidence for those who still question what happened to the hospital in Gaza" have been revealed to contain manipulated content.

The statement issued from the Center for Combating Disinformation's social media account brought into the open that the aforementioned images were subjected to cropping and reverse manipulation before being shared.



The statement pointed a finger at that: "Upon examination of the unedited versions of the images, it was evident that the missiles launched from Gaza were directed towards Israel, and the hospital that was struck was not in the path of the missiles. The images shared from the official Israeli government account on social media, under the title 'We have documents for those who still question what happened to the hospital in Gaza,' have been found to contain manipulated content."



"In the unaltered images, the trajectory of the rockets originating from Gaza is clearly opposite to the hospital's location. The distinct traces left by these rockets in the dark provide a clear indication of their launch origin and direction. Notably, the hospital was struck right after a flash appeared in the upper left corner, which had no connection to the rockets launched from Gaza. Upon examining the images shared on the official Israeli state account, it was evident that the specified launch area was on the opposite side of the hospital. Consequently, the hospital was misrepresented to be in the direction of the rocket launch. Furthermore, the questionable glare in the left corner was intentionally removed from the images. Despite these images being of high resolution, the manipulation was orchestrated to go unnoticed by using lower resolution versions," the Center for Combating Disinformation said in a statement.