“Video shows a Doctors Without Borders medic in Jenin taking a weapon from a wounded person and giving it to someone else.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram post. Claim dated 9 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A Doctors Without Borders spokesperson told PolitiFact that the man wearing an orange vest in the video is not affiliated with the organization.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 November 2023, 19 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/Czblz-nNx-B/
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