Today: Misinformation continues to surround Israel-Hamas war, social media's reaction to "Friends" actor Matthew Perry's death, and that dubious pic of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Plus: Spooky legends, Halloween candy rumors, and more from the Snopes archives [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnJO0GP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZWxyNm55em51MS8_bGhfYWlkPTQ2MDA2OTImbGhfY2lkPTBzdHhnNnpua2NXA3NwY0IKZUEGaEJlpKv9GVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAABb) WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Nov. 1, 2023 Today: Misinformation continues to surround Israel-Hamas war, social media's reaction to "Friends" actor Matthew Perry's death, and that dubious pic of Arnold Schwarzenegger ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnJO0GP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYWtvOHNranRzYi8_bGhfYWlkPTQ2MDA2OTImbGhfY2lkPTBzdHhnNnpua2MmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZUEGaEJlpKv9GVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAABb Did Al Jazeera 'Pre-Shoot' Staged Footage of Dead Bodies in 2023 Israel-Hamas Conflict? In late October 2023, a video was circulated on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption, "Al Jazeera Pre-Shooting preparations," reaching over 125,000 views. The first part of the post was written in Hindi and read, "For the first time, I saw a dead body that was dying and itching while wearing slippers." Similar posts appeared on other social media platforms, and in other languages. The underlying rumor was that the Al Jazeera news network, which is based in Qatar and funded by the Qatari government, had created fake footage of Palestinian casualties in the Israel-Hamas war. Aleksandra Wrona investigated. 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