On Tuesday afternoon, Donald Trump Jr. posted an extremely graphic and extremely disturbing video that shows a roomful of at least seven men who were brutally murdered. A gunman, just in front of the cameraman, fires several rounds at a body after its arm moved slightly. The post from Don Jr read “You don’t negotiate with this. There’s only one way to handle this. Video from source within Israel”
Warning: Very Graphic!
You don’t negotiate with this.
There’s only one way to handle this.
Video from source within Israel pic.twitter.com/tyP0BSQKCC
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 10, 2023
X tagged Don Jr’s post with a “Community Notes” with the claim “Video is not from the current conflict and can be traced back to 2015.” It then posted a link to an Iranian social media site. Several outlets and social media users criticized President Trump’s oldest son.
Screenshot: Twitter
Another user posted a screenshot showing dates as far back as 2015:
WIRED magazine “has now verified that the Community Notes system appears to be wrong.”
“WIRED has now verified that the Community Notes system appears to be wrong. According to an independent OSINT analysis published on Wednesday, the video Trump Jr. posted is real. It was recorded during Saturday’s attack and does show Hamas fighters shooting Israelis, the analysis found.
“…X quickly flagged the video as misleading and provided a community note that debunked the context put forth by the former President’s son.
The note stated that the footage was actually from 2015 and originated in Syria, not Israel. It also emphasized that Don Jr.’s false narrative was being used to promote “violent retribution” against Palestinian civilians.
Hassan Shibly, a prominent figure in the Muslim community, criticized him for pushing untrue narratives and endangering innocent Palestinians. Shibly argued that the video was being used to justify an escalation of Israel’s counteroffensive against Hamas.”
The rest of the article is basically posts from random users who were misled by the Community Notes, their inability to very simple self-verify the information, or just wanted it to be true because it was a Trump.
Another X account that has been previously cited by news outlets posted that the video was a 30-minute livestream on Facebook. OSINTtechnical posted a thread in which he describes the live stream through photos. However, towards the end, he describes the scene in Don Jr’s post but without any pictures (likely due to the graphic content). This thread was posted hours before Don Jr’s.
Thirty minutes in, the streamer then makes it to a shelter at the edge of the Kibbutz. There are a number of armed Hamas militants at the entrance. The streamer pushes by them, gaining a view of the shelter.
The shelter is covered in blood.
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 11, 2023
While OSINTTechnical does not link to the Facebook account directly, he posted screenshots showing that the account has been suspended until next month for violating community guidelines. The post also said the streamer was shot “but survived.”
I can confirm the streamer was shot at a later point, but survived.
Two days ago he posted that Facebook had restricted some features on his account in relation to the video, telling him that it had violated community guidelines.
The restrictions expire next month. pic.twitter.com/Rmjl37SC4N
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 11, 2023
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