A video of three young men lying on the ground went viral on social media claiming that it belonged to Palestinians from Gaza pretending to be dead, as part of the “pallywood” campaign that casts doubt of the existence and number of Palestinians killed and wounded in the Gaza Strip and accuses Palestinians of acting in order to gain international sympathy.
The claim: Video shows Palestinians from Gaza pretending to be dead.
The correction: The video is old and was published by user “moslemaborabea” on TikTok on 26 March 2021.
Kashif was able to find that the video is old and misleading. through reverse research and research in public sources, Kashif also found that the video was published by user “moslemaborabea” on TikTok on 26 March 2021.
The Observatory also found that those appearing in the video are influencers on TikTok, and their content is based on comedy, the activists are: Abu Al-Rayyan, Abu Al-Ra’d and Abu Al-Lail.
| Source of verification | Source of claim |
| moslemaborabea | hamon_shtoyot |