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Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing “We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu stated on July 27, 2025 in remarks “There is no starvation in Gaza.” X posts stated on June 22, 2025 in an X post Video shows protesters “outraged” over U.S. attacks in Iran. X posts stated on June 13, 2025 in an X post Photo shows Israeli pilot Sarah Ahronot, who was captured by Iran. X posts stated on June 22, 2025 in an X post Video shows “massive fire after Iranian missile made impact in Tel Aviv” in June 2025. Viral image stated on May 26, 2025 in an X post Image shows Ben & Jerry’s is selling “Free Palestine” and “From the River to Sea” ice cream flavors. X posts stated on May 22, 2025 in an X post The slaying of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., is a false flag. Instagram posts stated on December 5, 2024 in an Instagram post “The population in Gaza has increased by 2.02% since Oct. 7, 2023.” Threads posts stated on November 19, 2024 in a Threads post Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hospitalized with “serious health issue.” Instagram posts stated on October 13, 2024 in an Instagram post Says former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “I hope that America obliterates Israel.” Threads posts stated on October 3, 2024 in a Threads post The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.” Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt Of Gaza, “I’ve been there.” Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in Instagram posts Video shows Oct. 6, 2024, fires in Beirut caused by Israeli airstrikes. Instagram posts stated on October 1, 2024 in an Instagram post Video shows a missile strike on Israel. X posts stated on October 1, 2024 in X posts Video shows an Iranian missile attack. X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in an X post Video shows “the bunker-busting bombs that ended the lives of (Hassan) Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s leadership.” X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in an X post Photo shows a toilet after “some Hezbollah operative blew up.” X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in X posts “iPhones exploding in Lebanon blowing up random people.” Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2024 in an Instagram post A video shows a body that Israel embedded with a bomb exploding during a Palestinian funeral procession. Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2024 in a Facebook post Photo shows Israeli swimmers protesting Olympic rules by spelling out “bring them home.” Load more
Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing “We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza.
X posts stated on June 22, 2025 in an X post Video shows protesters “outraged” over U.S. attacks in Iran.
X posts stated on June 13, 2025 in an X post Photo shows Israeli pilot Sarah Ahronot, who was captured by Iran.
X posts stated on June 22, 2025 in an X post Video shows “massive fire after Iranian missile made impact in Tel Aviv” in June 2025.
Viral image stated on May 26, 2025 in an X post Image shows Ben & Jerry’s is selling “Free Palestine” and “From the River to Sea” ice cream flavors.
X posts stated on May 22, 2025 in an X post The slaying of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., is a false flag.
Instagram posts stated on December 5, 2024 in an Instagram post “The population in Gaza has increased by 2.02% since Oct. 7, 2023.”
Threads posts stated on November 19, 2024 in a Threads post Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hospitalized with “serious health issue.”
Instagram posts stated on October 13, 2024 in an Instagram post Says former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “I hope that America obliterates Israel.”
Threads posts stated on October 3, 2024 in a Threads post The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”
Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in Instagram posts Video shows Oct. 6, 2024, fires in Beirut caused by Israeli airstrikes.
Instagram posts stated on October 1, 2024 in an Instagram post Video shows a missile strike on Israel.
X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in an X post Video shows “the bunker-busting bombs that ended the lives of (Hassan) Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s leadership.”
X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in an X post Photo shows a toilet after “some Hezbollah operative blew up.”
X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in X posts “iPhones exploding in Lebanon blowing up random people.”
Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2024 in an Instagram post A video shows a body that Israel embedded with a bomb exploding during a Palestinian funeral procession.
Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2024 in a Facebook post Photo shows Israeli swimmers protesting Olympic rules by spelling out “bring them home.”
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