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Warning: links in this article contain potentially upsetting footage.

A video being shared on social media claims to show an Israeli-operated bulldozer running into civilians outside a hospital in Gaza.

One caption with a post says: “Israeli bulldozers ran over more than 20 sick and injured civilians and buried them alive in KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL in the north of Gaza” [sic].

But the footage, which has been shared on both Facebook and X (formerly Twitter), is actually unrelated and is being falsely linked to the current Israel-Gaza conflict.

The clip comes from Egypt in August 2013, when it was posted by the Al Jazeera Arabic channel. It shows a bulldozer being used in the dispersal of protesters who had gathered in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

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Social media posts appealing to find the owner of a dog allegedly struck by a car have been shared widely across Facebook. But this does not appear to be genuine, as locations for the same “hit-and-run” incident claimed to have injured the same dog have been repeated across local groups ranging from the UK to America.

Multiple Facebook posts circulating since 28 November use the same image of a dog with cream fur being held wrapped in a blanket with blood on its muzzle, inside what appears to be a veterinary surgery.

The posts, some of which have been shared more than a thousand times, all share almost identical captions. They say: “I am urgently looking for this guy’s owner [heartbreak emoji] found him lying on the side road in [location].

“He was hit by a…

Thousands of people on Facebook have shared a hoax post appealing for the identity of a dog allegedly found injured at the side of the road in Plumstead, southeast London. 

The post, shared 3,700 times at the time of publication, says: “Hello. If anyone is looking for this sweet girl, found her lying on the side road in #Plumstead 

“She was hit by a car in a hit and run incident.I took her to the vet she is in a critical condition,sustained multiple fractures and on pain relief and oxygen. She is not chipped I know someone is looking for her. Please bump this post to help me find the owner.” 

This is not a real appeal, and Full Fact has written about posts with similar wording many times before. 

All three pictures used in the post appear to have been taken…