2024-03-25
18 分钟Over the last few months, the war between Israel and Hamas has claimed thousands of lives.
Around 2 million people have been internally displaced inside Gaza as Israel pursues its response to the 7 October attacks.
If you're trying to follow what's going on, you can be faced with a bewildering array of news and information online.
There's a constant flow of claim and counterclaim.
Each side is fighting to get their version of events across Israel.
Does not target.
Does not target, I repeat, non combatants, innocent civilians.
No one can get out from the Shifa hospital.
No one can come to the Shifa hospital.
Situation is very, very dangerous.
I'm a mother.
I can't give solutions.
I'm a mum.
I can say one thing, I want my children back.
But truth can be a casualty in any war.
If you go online, you can find extraordinary reporting and heartbreaking stories, but you'll also find misinformation and deliberate lies.
So what's going on?
I'm Olga Robinson.
In this episode of BBC Trending's Power series, we will be investigating how online disinformation about Israel and Gaza is being used to try to seize control of the narrative.
I'll be joined by Shayan Sardari Zadeh, who, like me, works for BBC verify.