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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Megha Bahree

Shifting politics make India a hotbed for Israel-Hamas war misinformation

India and Israel have inched closer in the past few years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters]

On October 7, within hours of the armed group Hamas launching a surprise attack on Israel, social media platforms were rife with support for Israel – and also fake news.

What stood out in the clamour was the fact that a fair amount of it was produced and distributed by accounts from India.

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