2021 Photo of an Israel Airstrike on the Gaza Strip Resurfaces Online

Misbar investigated the circulating photo and found the claim to be misleading. A reverse image search revealed that the photo is older than claimed. 

2021 Photo of Israel's Airstrike on Gaza Recirculated

The photo was not shot during the recent Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, it was uploaded to Getty Images on May 10, 2021.

Photographer Mahmud Hams captured the photo for AFP.

According to the photo’s caption, the scene features Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

The Islamist movement Hamas also fired a barrage of rockets amid spiraling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound at the time.

2021 Israeli Raids on Gaza

Tensions at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest in Islam, erupted with hundreds of Palestinians wounded when Israeli police invaded the mosque, firing rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas.

Following the expiration of Hamas' ultimatum demanding that Israel withdraw its forces from the Jerusalem compound housing the Al Aqsa Mosque, the group launched numerous rockets at Israel before the strikes were launched.

After eleven days of severe Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, 232 Palestinian civilians were killed, including 65 children, 39 women, and 17 elderly people.

The rocket attacks of the occupation army also resulted in the injuries of more than 1,900 people.

Israel Carried Out Air Raids on Gaza and Lebanon

Israeli forces twice this week attacked the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem's holiest site, raising tensions, which led to the early-morning Friday Israeli bombardment of Gaza. 

A number of rocket launches from southern Lebanon followed, the majority of which were intercepted and at least four of which fell inside Israel.

No early reports of casualties in Gaza or Lebanon were available.

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