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Claim: A Man With Bread Viral As An Incident After A Recent Earthquake In Turkey!! (Social Media Users, 2023-02-13)
Evidence (2024-10-06): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published an article on 14 February covering journalists being detained and harassed for their reporting on the earthquake in Turkey. Some of those detained were being investigated for "spreading misinformation" or for ""provoking the people into animosity and hatred" in connection with their reporting.[611] [...] - ^ Parkinson, Joe; Hinshaw, Drew; Grove, Thomas (12 February 2023). "After Turkey's Earthquake Comes the Reckoning. 'Why Are We Unprepared?'". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
Claim: A Man With Bread Viral As An Incident After A Recent Earthquake In Turkey!! (Social Media Users, 2023-02-13)
Evidence (2023-02-23): On February 6, a terrible earthquake occurred in Turkey. In view of this, it is being claimed that "a five-year-old child described a miraculous incident after being rescued after 112 hours" citing Turkey’s "A Haber" channel. But investigation revealed that the tweet, which was said to be the origin of the viral posts, was later deleted. No mention of such an incident was found in ‘A Haber’ channel either. Upon overall investigation and analysis, this claim appears to be baseless.
Claim: A Man With Bread Viral As An Incident After A Recent Earthquake In Turkey!! (Social Media Users, 2023-02-13)
Evidence (2023-02-24): Two Decade-Old Image Of A Man With Bread Viral As An Incident After A Recent Earthquake In Turkey.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-10): There is no evidence to support the claim that Gaza's Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church has been destroyed. The church administration has denied the claims, and there are no reports from credible news sources.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2024-10-04): On 19 October 2023, part of the Church of Saint Porphyrius, a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City, in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, was damaged during an Israeli aistrike, killing at least 18 Palestinian civilians during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. Over 450 Christian and Muslim Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip had been sheltering there.[1] [...] The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius is located in the Zaytun Quarter of Gaza's Old City, and houses the tomb of Saint Porphyrius who was a bishop in Gaza from 395 to 420.[2] The church was also damaged during the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip in July 2014, in which its water tanks were destroyed and a neighboring home was damaged by IDF tank shells. During the shelling in 2014, the church had been offering refuge to Gaza citizens and had held Ramadan prayers in the courtyard. According to CBN News that same year, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Alexios had said off-camera that Hamas had used Church grounds to fire rockets.[3][4] Saint Porphyrius is less than 300 metres (980 ft) from the al-Ahli Arab hospital compound where an explosion killed and injured hundreds of people who had fled there to escape Israeli airstrikes.[5]
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): At least 16 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike yesterday, October 19, that hit a part of Gaza’s Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius, one of the oldest churches in the world. The Israeli military has taken responsibility for the hit, the Wall Street Journal and others reported. Hundreds of Palestinians were sheltering in the church, according to local authorities. The bombing was part of a larger airstrike that destroyed a district in Gaza City where residents were reportedly given only 30 minutes to evacuate. Videos circulating online show Palestinians searching through rubble. [...] The Saint Porphyrius Church is one the world’s oldest standing churches and the oldest still in use in Gaza. Its original structure was built in the fifth century and its current building was constructed in the 1100s.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): An Israeli air strike hit Gaza’s oldest church as it sheltered hundreds of Palestinians, according to religious leaders. Israel’s military said it had targeted a nearby Hamas command post late on Thursday, causing damage to the wall of the Greek Orthodox Church of St Porphyrius.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-23): In recent years, the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City had come to serve as a shelter in times of conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza, including Hamas, the group that earlier this month unleashed the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians in the country's history. [...] I was really worried about this. 😔 With great sadness, I have now confirmed that several of my relatives (including Viola and Yara pictured here) were killed at Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza, where they had been sheltering, when part of the complex was destroyed as… pic.twitter.com/w5k1xEeTgF — Justin Amash (@justinamash) October 20, 2023 [...] There, on Sunday, steps away from the elaborate marble shrine that surrounds what many believe to be Jesus' tomb, the patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine — the branch of Orthodoxy to which the St. Porphyrius Church belongs — held a prayer service for the victims.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-12): Editor's note: Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church was bombed on Oct. 19, 10 days after the claim fact-checked here. This does not affect the rating for this claim since at the time it was made the church had not been damaged. [...] The post shows the Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza. As of Oct. 9, the church said it had not been damaged and that it was open to worshipers and refugees. [...] The image in the post matches Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza. While rankings of oldest and largest churches are subject to interpretation and difficult to verify, the claim of the church's destruction is wrong: The 12th-century church was intact at the time the claim was made.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): Gaza based journalist @byplestia has posted footage of the destruction at Church of Saint Porphyrius. It was one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. Israel hit it with four missiles. [...] 🇮🇱☦️ Israel just bombed the Orthodox Christian Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza which was serving as a refuge for 500+ displaced people. [...] @servusdei14 The Church of Saint Porphyrius- Gaza, is located in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City, it is named after the 5th century bishop of Gaza, Saint Porphyrius. #gaza #church #orthodox
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2024-08-07): Gaza’s Saint Porphyrius church has narrowly escaped destruction for a second time after being struck by an Israeli missile that did not detonate. Believed to be the third-oldest church in the world, the compound was struck last week (on 29 July), nearly ten months after it was first attacked, leaving three people wounded. [...] Saint Porphyrius church was first damaged when struck by a missile on 19 October 2023, which killed at least 18 people. The church is an important site for Christians in the Gaza Strip, who make up an estimated 1,000 people—most of them Greek Orthodox—of the enclave’s total population of 2.3 million. Saint Porphyrius, dating back to AD407, was converted into a mosque in the seventh century. A new church was built in the 12th century by crusaders. It was last renovated in 1856, and today only a few cornices and bases remain from the crusader period.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): At least 18 dead after Israeli air strike hit Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City which served as shelter for displaced. Gaza City – Ibrahim Jahsan’s young family has been sheltering at the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City since the war began. [...] About 200 children, women, elderly and sick people were taking shelter at the church when Israeli warplanes targeted the building with two raids, said Ibrahim Al-Souri, another survivor who had also been taking shelter.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): JERUSALEM — The historic Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius, Gaza’s oldest active church, was struck Thursday by Israel as it sheltered hundreds of Palestinians displaced by the war, according to religious officials. [...] I was really worried about this. 😔 With great sadness, I have now confirmed that several of my relatives (including Viola and Yara pictured here) were killed at Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza, where they had been sheltering, when part of the complex was destroyed as… pic.twitter.com/w5k1xEeTgF — Justin Amash (@justinamash) October 20, 2023 [...] Christians make up about 1 percent of Gaza’s population and have faced restrictions and discrimination by the Hamas government, according to human rights groups. During the 2014 Gaza war, about 1,000 Palestinian Muslims fled Israeli shelling for the Church of St. Porphyrius, where graves were damaged by shrapnel from a nearby strike, Reuters reported.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-11-02): Like other Palestinians and Israelis with family members in Palestine/Israel, I have found the latest and unprecedented outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas hitting closer and closer to home. My dread became reality on Oct. 20 upon hearing from Tanya, one of my relatives. Her family lost a loved one who had been sheltering in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza, one of the world’s oldest churches. An Israeli airstrike hit one of the four compounds of the church, killing 18 Palestinian Christians, and injuring at least 20. [...] There is fear now that the Christian presence in Gaza, and across Palestine, may ultimately disappear altogether. The rubble lying around the Church of St. Porphyrius is heartbreaking, particularly when considering its symbolism for the community and the church’s rich history. "The Church of St. Porphyrius’s original structure dated to the 5th century, and the current structure, in a historic quarter of the city, was built in the 12th century. It is named for a former bishop of Gaza, Saint Porphyrius, and placed where he is believed to have died in A.D. 420," according to the Washington Post.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): By — Leila Molana-Allen Leila Molana-Allen By — Zeba Warsi Zeba Warsi By — Eliot Barnhart Eliot Barnhart Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/israeli-airstrike-hits-greek-orthodox-church-in-gaza-killing-more-than-a-dozen Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio Air strikes continued to pound Gaza Friday as the Israeli invasion force sat ready near the Gaza border. On the Egyptian side of that border, aid shipments still await entry to Gaza as the U.N. secretary-general visited the site and pushed for a resolution. Leila Molana-Allen reports. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Geoff Bennett: Elsewhere, Israeli airstrikes continued to pound Gaza today, as their invasion force sits ready by the Gaza border.On the Egyptian side of that border, aid shipments still await entry to Gaza, as the U.N. secretary-general visited the site and pushed for a resolution.Leila Molana-Allen reports. Leila Molana-Allen: This was a sanctuary for hundreds of Palestinian Christians and Muslims. But, for many, it became a tomb.The historic Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza was hit by Israeli airstrikes overnight.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-11-22): Update (Nov. 22): The Gazan Christian family profiled below has successfully left Saint Porphyrius Church and fled to Egypt. [...] Her cousin perished from damage caused by an Israeli missile, shielding his seven- and five-year-old boys from the collapsing wall at St. Porphyrius Orthodox Church. The two families had been sheltering together, and the younger boy was friends with her son in kindergarten. [...] "What else can we do?" asked Kamel Ayyad, media officer for St. Porphyrius church. "We want the living church to continue the witness in Gaza."
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): Videos emerged early on Friday of apparent damage and casualties at the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza City; the region's oldest church that was reportedly serving as a shelter for hundreds of Palestinians displaced in Israel's 13-day-old military campaign. [...] The incident at St. Porphyrios comes shortly after this week's explosion at the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City. That strike set off a fierce information war, with Palestinian militants blaming the IDF, and the Israeli military releasing evidence it said showed the culprit was an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket. [...] The St. Porphyrios church has already been the subject of disinformation efforts during the latest Gaza conflagration. Last week, social media users falsely claimed that the structure had been destroyed in an Israeli airstrike.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2024-08-07): The Church of St. Porphyrius, a famed structure in Gaza that is thought to be the world’s third-oldest church, was struck by an Israeli missile that did not detonate on July 29. This is the second strike suffered the historic structure has weathered since October 7, and once again, it sustained damage but avoided destruction altogether. [...] The World Council of Churches (WCC), to which Saint Porphyrius belongs, decried the structure’s targeting in a statement published on July 31. The missile strike came days after a rocket strike on the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, which killed 12 members of its ethnic Druze community. Israel has accused Hezbollah of firing the rocket from Lebanon. Hezbollah has denied involvement, however the deadly incident has exacerbated fears of an imminent regional war. [...] The first strike on St. Porphyrius was in October 2023, shortly after the Hamas attack on Israel. At least 16 Palestinians sheltering inside the church were killed.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2024-04-29): The Chicago-based human rights organization Justice For All has declared the destruction of Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza to be a war crime in a new legal filing submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC). At the time that the Greek Orthodox church was targeted by Israeli missiles on October 19, it was being used as a refuge and shelter by hundreds of Palestinians. At least 18 died, including a three-month-old baby, and the building was partially destroyed. [...] The document filed by Justice For All outlines how the attack on the church violated the Rome Statute, the ICC’s treaty established in 1998 that establishes four core international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression. In the case of Saint Porphyrius Church, the group focused on the intentional attack on a non-military structure, which resulted in unwarranted impact on both civilian lives and cultural heritage. [...] "The destruction of Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church is not just an attack on a building but an assault on the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Palestinian Christian community, contributing to their genocide," said Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, president of Justice For All, in a press statement. "If this church had been anywhere else in the world, there would have been a global uproar. It’s imperative that the international community stands firm in protecting the places of worship of minorities, ensuring these sanctuaries are preserved amidst conflict."
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-09): GAZA CITY (TND) — The Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City was not destroyed by Israeli airstrikes Monday despite claims to the contrary circulating on social media. [...] The Church of Saint Porphyrius posted an update on Facebook Monday denying the claims. The church wrote that the building remains standing, and it is taking in Palestinian refugees. "Our beloved brothers in the Lord, we inform you that the church of St. Porferius in Gaza is in the best condition," the church wrote. "And the news you spread is nothing more than rumors. We thank all of you who asked and cared. And we ask you to pray for us."
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-11-20): On 19 October, an Israeli air strike destroyed a building in the compound of the Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church in the heart of Gaza’s old city, where an estimated 450 internally displaced members of Gaza’s small Christian community were sheltering. The strike killed 18 civilians and injured at least 12 others. [...] However, the Israeli military video showing the strike has since been deleted, and no information has been provided by the Israeli military or authorities to substantiate the claim that the destroyed church building was a Hamas "command and control center", nor any further information about the purported review of the strike. [...] Church officials had publicly stated that hundreds of civilians were sheltering there prior to the strike, so their presence would therefore have been known to the Israeli military. The Israeli military’s decision to go ahead with a strike on a known church compound and site for displaced civilians was reckless and therefore amounts to a war crime, even if there was a belief that there was a military objective nearby.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): Israel’s military says it is reviewing reports on casualties after Hamas says the attack on the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City killed and injured a ‘large number’ of people. [...] The strike left a "large number of martyrs and injured" at the compound of the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City, the ministry said on Thursday night. [...] Saint Porphyrius, built in about 1150, is the oldest church still in use in Gaza. Located in an historic neighbourhood of Gaza City, the church offered sanctuary to people of various faiths over generations.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-20): CLAIM: The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrios was destroyed during Israel’s bombing of Gaza. [...] "BREAKING: ISRAEL BOMBS AND DESTROYS THE LARGEST CHURCH IN PALESTINE Israel has bombed the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza," wrote one user on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. "Israel just blew up the third oldest church in the word," wrote an Instagram user. "Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza was 1,616 years old."
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-21): At least 17 Christians, including 10 from one family, were killed on Thursday evening, 19 October, during an air attack on one of the buildings within the compound of the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza. Several other people reportedly remained trapped under the debris. The building—affiliated with the church, which is one the oldest churches in Gaza—collapsed in the explosion, caused by Israeli missile strikes, according to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. [...] "We condemn this unconscionable attack on a sacred compound and call upon the world community to enforce protections in Gaza for sanctuaries of refuge, including hospitals, schools, and houses of worship," said the WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay. "Our prayers go out for healing to all those wounded, along with our condolences to Patriarch Theophilos II and all our Greek Orthodox brothers and sisters in Christ."
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2024-07-30): Palestinian authorities, on Tuesday, called an Israeli attack on the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City a "crime against religions", Anadolu Agency reports. [...] "The Israeli army committed a new crime by targeting Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City," Ismail Thawabteh, Director of Gaza’s Government Media Office, told Anadolu. [...] Saint Porphyrius Church is one of the oldest Christian sites in Gaza. It was built in the 5th century and named after Saint Porphyrius, whose tomb is inside the Church.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-10): Despite rumours, the Facebook page for Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church has denied that it was destroyed today in a bombing by Israel. [...] Despite rumours to the contrary, the Facebook page for Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church has denied that it was destroyed today in bombing by Israel. pic.twitter.com/uG2eWpAftM — Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) October 9, 2023 [...] The Church of Saint Porphyrius or St. Porphyrius Church (Greek: Εκκλησία του Αγίου Πορφυρίου) is a Greek Orthodox Christian church located in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City of Gaza and is named after the 5th-century bishop of Gaza, Saint Porphyrius, whose tomb is situated in the northeastern corner of the church.
Claim: Israel Destroyed Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church At Gaza !! (Social Media Users, 2023-10-10)
Evidence (2023-10-24): Photos show Gaza's Church of Saint Porphyrius, one of the oldest churches in the world, after the complex was damaged by Israeli airstrikes - The Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza is one of the oldest churches in the world. [...] The Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza City, Gaza, is among the oldest churches in the world. [...] The Church of Saint Porphyrius, located in Gaza City, Gaza, is thought to be the third-oldest church in the world.
Claim: France Has Announced An Internet Shut Down Amid The Violence In Paris !! (Social Media Users, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-07-05): Fact Crescendo found that the claim made along with the viral image was False. The French government has not imposed complete or partial internet shutdowns in France amid the violence in Paris.
Claim: France Has Announced An Internet Shut Down Amid The Violence In Paris !! (Social Media Users, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-07-03): In July 2023, claims began to spread on social media platforms that France had restricted "all internet access" across the country. The claim began to spread as people across the country protested the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old in a suburb of Paris. [...] #ViolencesUrbaines | Attention aux #FakeNews ?Un communiqué de presse de la @PoliceNationale annoncerait des restrictions temporaires à l'accès internet dans certains quartiers. [...] #UrbanViolence | Beware of #FakeNews ? A "press release" from the French national police force @PoliceNationale has claimed that temporary restrictions have been imposed on Internet access in certain neighbourhoods.