Misleading- Did Hamas detain children in cages?

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This text is a translation of the article published on October 14th, titled’’هل قامت حركة حماس بحجز أطفال في أقفاص’’

In a significant development, a video purportedly showing Israeli children imprisoned in cages, shared by Ashlea Simon, a prominent figure of the far-right group "Britain First," has sparked widespread outrage across social media platforms. The video, which surfaced on the X-Twitter platform on October 8, 2023, was accompanied by Simon's incendiary commentary labeling Hamas as "savage" for the alleged act.

Scrutiny of the video revealed that the laughter and the repeating of the phrase "Oua al-Zaitouna" (Beware the Olive) was added post-production using a TikTok voice-over feature. This soundbite had been used in numerous videos before the commencement of the Al-Aqsa operation.

The quest for the video's origin led to the official account of American journalist Ed Krassenstein, who on October 8, 2023, posted a screenshot from "مظلوم في بلادي" indicating that the video was uploaded four days ago—further confirming it was recorded before the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation occurred.

Given these findings, we have classified the news of the kidnapping and detention of Israeli children by Hamas as misleading.