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⚡Know the Truth As Old Image From Gaza Goes Viral With Fake Claim Amid India-Pakistan Tension

By Sunny Rodricks

One widely circulated post with the caption reading "Karachi Port🔥🔥" showed a dramatic picture of the blast at the port. The viral post claimed that the attack was part of a retaliation by India's military. Ankita Mahalanobish, who tracks misinformation and disinformation trends in South Asia, traced the widely circulated image to a BBC article published on February 24, 2020. The picture's original context was Gaza, not Karachi Port, as claimed.

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