BBC Homepage
  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
  • Your account
  • Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • More menu
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
Close menu
BBC News
Menu
  • Home
  • InDepth
  • Israel-Gaza war
  • War in Ukraine
  • Climate
  • UK
  • World
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Culture
More
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Health
  • Family & Education
  • In Pictures
  • Newsbeat
  • BBC Verify
  • Disability
  • Trending

#BBCtrending: Are #GazaUnderAttack images accurate?

  • Published
    8 July 2014
Share page
About sharing
Media caption,

By BBC Trending
What's popular and why

Graphic images are being shared on social media to show how people have been affected by the renewed tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.

Hamas has been firing rockets from Gaza into southern Israel, which has responded with airstrikes on Gaza. Several Palestinian militants have been killed and on Tuesday it was reported that at least 15 Palestinians had been injured.

Over the past week the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack has been used hundreds of thousands of times, often to distribute pictures claiming to show the effects the airstrikes.

Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza, but a #BBCtrending analysis has found that some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.

Produced by Neil Meads

You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending, external

All our stories are at bbc.com/trending

Top stories

  • Reeves must raise tax to cover £41bn gap, says think tank

    • Published
      1 hour ago
  • Carol Kirkwood: Why weather forecasters (like me) often appear to get it wrong

    • Published
      9 hours ago
  • Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing

    • Published
      6 hours ago

More to explore

  • Carol Kirkwood: Why weather forecasters (like me) often appear to get it wrong

    Carol Kirkwood presents the weather forecast
  • '£50bn black hole' and parental help from a princess

    The headline for the Daily Mail says "Reeves facing huge tax hikes to fill £50bn black hole".
  • Despite Trump's peace calls, Russian attacks on Ukraine double since inauguration

    Donald Trump imposed over the BBC Verify colours and branding. Beside him is a cut out of a strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
  • Propaganda or fair warning? Taiwanese TV show imagines Chinese invasion

    A Taiwanese woman with long black hair and dressed in a grey coat screams in shock as a bomb explodes in the building behind her. In the background you can see a large cloud of smoke billowing out of the building as people run and duck for cover.
  • Are we getting another UK heatwave or did Storm Floris end summer early?

    • Attribution
      Weather
    Woman carries child on shoulders along a path flanked by ferns, in the sunshine.
  • 'Totally torn apart' - how Morecambe decline threatens a whole community

    • Attribution
      Sport
    Morecambe fans hold protests signs during a match
  • Putin and Trump's relationship has soured - but behind the posturing, a Ukraine deal is still possible

    Two treated images of close up shots of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
  • Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb

    A composite image of three survivors of the Hiroshima bombing
  • The Upbeat newsletter: Start your week on a high with uplifting stories delivered to your inbox

    A graphic of a wave in the colours of yellow, amber and orange against a pink sky
loading elsewhere stories

Most read

  1. 1

    Reeves must raise tax to cover £41bn gap, says think tank

  2. 2

    MasterChef returns with sacked hosts Wallace and Torode

  3. 3

    Zara ads banned for 'unhealthily thin' models

  4. 4

    '£50bn black hole' and parental help from a princess

  5. 5

    No bullying found in Harry charity row, but blame for all sides

  6. 6

    RFK Jr cancels $500m in funding for mRNA vaccines that counter viruses like Covid

  7. 7

    Carol Kirkwood: Why weather forecasters (like me) often appear to get it wrong

  8. 8

    Gorillas seek out old female friends even after years apart

  9. 9

    Violent Channel smuggling gang's French and UK network exposed by undercover BBC investigation

  10. 10

    Oceangate's Titan whistleblower: 'People were sold a lie'

BBC News Services

  • On your mobile
  • On smart speakers
  • Get news alerts
  • Contact BBC News

Best of the BBC

  • From hippy origins to controlling cult

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army
  • Why are so many people taking ketamine?

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    Panorama: Britain's Ketamine Crisis
  • Chaotic family comedy with the Jessops

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    Here We Go
  • Annika returns to solve unfathomable murders

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    Annika
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you

Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.