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How BBC Open Source Journalists Investigate, Analyze, and Verify Information from Gaza
The news headlines that emerged after the October 7 attack — when Hamas and a coalition of other militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion into Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping hundreds — described it as a “surprise” attack. “Bits …