Assad regime SANA shares a photo from Yarmouk Camp as from Gaza

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Publish: 2018-07-21 , 10:51 AM

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تعديل: 2025-03-19 , 10:31 PM

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Assad regime news agency SANA shared news saying “Israeli escalation against Gaza Strip” with a photo of civilian observing explosions from rooftops.

Verify-Sy searched for the original photo and it turns out it is from Yarmouk Camp in Damascus and was taken by photographer Rami al-Sayyed, the photo was taken in April 28 and published on Gettyimages with the following description “People stand on a roof to observe explosions in the skyline of a southern district of the Syrian capital Damascus, during regime strikes targeting the Islamic State group in the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk and neighbouring districts”
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worth to note, that at least 3 Palestinians were killed in Israeli army airstrikes and shelling targeted Gaza after its patrol was shot.

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