Denial of Hamas massacre is gaining traction online

The false posts mix lies and baseless allegations to cast doubt on facts of the massacre. Meanwhile, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters said there was something ‘very fishy’ about October 7.

Denial of the atrocities of October 7 or attempts to downplay Hamas’ role have been gaining traction on social media – to the point that some Israelis are following suit, even lawmakers.

The false posts mix lies and baseless allegations – against the backdrop of antisemitism and anti-Israel stances. Conspiracy theorists don’t claim that the entire event was fabricated, but they say the death toll is much lower than reported.

They argue that Hamas didn’t plan to kill civilians and mainly targeted soldiers, that atrocities such as rape and beheadings didn’t take place, and that most of the civilians murdered were actually killed in an exchange of fire or by the Israeli army.

Like other fake news campaigns, these theories rely on snippets of evidence while completely ignoring anything that contradicts them. One video that went viral claims that all the deaths at Kibbutz Be’eri were the work of Israeli tanks that lost control and simply shelled houses.

As is typical, this video relies on one statement, in this case a comment on the radio by a survivor who said that hostages at Be’eri were shot by the army.

Adding fuel to the deniers’ fire is musician Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd frontman, who said in an interview last week that there was something “very fishy” about Hamas's October 7 attack. He questioned whether Hamas actually targeted civilians and suggested that it may have been a “false flag operation”.

“We don’t know if we will ever get much of the story,” the 80-year-old rocker and activist told Glenn Greenwald, on a Rumble-exclusive podcast interview. ‘They’re calling it their 9/11. What actually happened on the American 9/11? Nobody knows.”

“Do you think what Hamas did on October 7 can be justified?” Greenwald asked.

“Well, we don’t know what they did do,” Waters responded.  “Was it justified to resist the occupation? Yeah,” he went on, “it’s the Geneva Conventions. They are absolutely legally and morally bound to resist the occupation since 1967.”

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Denial of Hamas' October 7 Massacre Is Gaining Pace Online
Denial of Hamas' atrocities is gaining traction online as more and more people play down the terror group's responsibility for its brutal murders, rapes and destruction

Roger Waters says there is 'something fishy' about Oct. 7, suggests 'false flag operation'
“We don’t know if we will ever get much of the story,” Waters told Glenn Greenwald. "They’re calling it their 9/11. What actually happened on the American 9/11? Nobody knows."

Photo: A screenshot of a video refuting Hamas' October 7 massacre (In Context)