Claim: Oct 7 was resistance, like the US revolution
FALSETHE ANSWER
The American Revolution fought an army. Hamas went into homes and a festival: 815 civilians among 1,195 dead, 251 taken (HRW: 36 children among the civilians). Hamad: 'a second, a third, a fourth.'
SOURCE
HRW report 17 Jul 2024 (AFP tally); Times of Israel / MEMRI, Ghazi Hamad on LBC
hrw.org · hrw.org · timesofisrael.com
hrw.org · hrw.org · timesofisrael.com
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “We were hamas”
- “Freedom fighters”
- “Same as the american revolution”
- “American revolution”
- “Resistance fighters”
RELATED FACT CHECKS
FALSEThere is no footage proving the Oct 7 atrocitiesMISLEADINGIsrael never investigated October 7FALSENo victim has ever spoken, it is all coercedCONTEXTIsrael hosted the UN envoy, not the inquiryTRUEStaged? Then who are the 1,195 dead?