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Official Iranian social media accounts share AI-generated Lego propaganda promoting its wartime narrative. (X)
May 13, 2026, 10:24 pm
From anti-Israel Legos to fake footage, Iran’s AI propaganda owns the digital battlefield
Harnessing artificial intelligence for cutesy songs and other content, Tehran proves adept at spreading its narrative, dominating Israel’s attempts to win hearts and minds of internet users
By Nava Freiberg
An AI-generated video falsely depicting missiles striking Tel Aviv alongside footage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showing his hand to rebut online claims that he had been killed. (GPO/X via JTA)
March 17, 2026, 12:36 pm
Netanyahu dead? Tel Aviv flattened? AI-generated videos are dominating the Iran war
The conflict has produced a flood of fabricated imagery, much of it coming from tens of thousands of pro-Iranian TikTok accounts, highlighting a growing challenge in the deepfake era
By Deborah Danan and Grace Gilson
A woman walks past posters depicting Yahya Sinwar (L), the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and Abu Obeida (R), the masked spokesman of Hamas's Qassam Brigades, plastered on a wall in the Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut's southern suburb on February 5, 2024. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
September 10, 2025, 5:09 pm
Recent killing of Hamas’s masked spokesman won’t silence its propaganda war, expert warns
Counterterror researcher says that while Abu Obeida’s death leaves a vacuum, Hamas’s PR machine — spanning Iran, regional proxies, and Western campuses — remains potent; several of those targeted by Israel in Qatar have played a direct role
By Stav Levaton
A group of former senior Hamas officials, including (seated from left) Muhammad Sinwar, Muhammad Deif, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, all of whom have since been killed by Israel, are seen in a propaganda video released by Hamas on August 30, 2025. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 31, 2025, 10:31 am
Months after IDF strike, Hamas casually confirms leader Mohammed Sinwar’s death
Terror group does not issue statement, but includes the younger Sinwar in footage published of slain leaders, listing them as ‘martyrs;’ IDF said it killed him in May
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Hamas hostages Yosef-Haim Ohana and Elkana Bohbot appear in a Hamas propaganda video published by the terror group on May 10, 2025. (Screenshot)
May 24, 2025, 1:01 pm
‘An attempt to sow panic’: Israelis receive recorded calls of hostages pleading for help
Apparent spam calls use voice of Yosef-Haim Ohana from Hamas video released earlier this month; Hostages Forum say its members also received calls, stresses it is not behind them
By ToI Staff
Hostages Maxim Herkin (left) and Bar Kuperstein. (Courtesy)
April 5, 2025, 11:23 pm
Hamas hostage video shows Maxim Herkin and Bar Kuperstein, in first signs of life
Both captives’ families ask Israeli media not to publish the clip itself; official says PM ‘updated’ on video, recently spoke with the families
By ToI Staff
Images of those held captive in Gaza are displayed at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 5, 2025, 12:50 am
Hamas says it won’t move hostages to safety, Israel responsible for their lives
IDF chief meets with worried families, assures them fighting will bring home captives; Jon Polin in message to PM: Enough with the paranoid TikTok videos, bring back the hostages
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot speaks in a Hamas propaganda video issued on March 29, 2025. (Screenshot: Telegram)
March 29, 2025, 10:40 pm
In disturbing Hamas video, distraught hostage Elkana Bohbot shouts and begs for release
36-year-old captive insists he asked terror group to film clip, his 2nd video released this week: ‘I’m afraid every second of every day that I’ll die here!’
By ToI Staff
Released hostage Daniella Gilboa is seen with her parents after being freed from Hamas captivity on January 25, 2025 (Israel Defense Forces)
February 12, 2025, 11:51 pm
Hamas forced Daniella Gilboa to stage her own death during captivity, her mother says
Orly Gilboa says daughter ‘pleaded for her life’ not to do it, but was forced to be covered in powder and debris to make it look like she was hit in IDF strike in propaganda video
By ToI Staff
An illustrative image of a person looking at Wikipedia on their phone. (iStock/pressureUA)
February 1, 2025, 1:23 am
Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides
Case emerged amid allegations of widespread anti-Israel bias that have cast doubt on the open-source encyclopedia’s credibility and dovetailed with claims it has a liberal skew
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Family members of Liri Albag, held hostage by Hamas, demonstrate in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025, after the terror group released a video showing signs of life of Albag (Jack Guez / AFP)
January 5, 2025, 2:29 pm
Officials acknowledge slow progress in hostage talks, but warn obstacles remain
Israeli, Saudi reports quote sources saying agreement could be clinched on key issues before Trump takes office, but Israel sees low chance for comprehensive deal
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Hostage Edan Alexander, 20, is seen in a Hamas propaganda video released November 30, 2024. (Video screenshot)
November 30, 2024, 8:59 pm
In Hamas propaganda video, hostage Edan Alexander pleads with Trump to push for deal
In comments likely dictated to him, 20-year-old dual US citizen addresses the Israeli PM and US president-elect directly, begging for release; family allows media to publish video
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage and wife of hostage Keith Siegel, listens during a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable discussion with families of US hostages held by Hamas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 23, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
September 7, 2024, 11:10 pm
Freed hostage says she was forced to read lines, pose with food for propaganda clips
Aviva Siegel, released in November deal, tells WSJ she refused to neaten her hair when captors gave her a brush and hair clip, was made to repeat lines she forgot
By ToI Staff
The Department of Justice seal at the Department of Justice in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
September 6, 2024, 2:43 am
US: Russia sought to exploit judicial overhaul to divide Jews, influence ’24 election
Justice Department affidavit reveals disinformation plot to twist opinions of those invested in Jewish state in order ‘to rip Israel out of the general Western anti-Russian agenda’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Two posters disseminated by Hamas in August 2024 following a failed suicide attack in Tel Aviv, vowing to blow up Israeli buses. (Via Telegram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 26, 2024, 4:02 pm
Terrorize Israelis while eliciting sympathy abroad: Inside Hamas’s propaganda strategy
In accordance with its founding charter, Hamas uses a sophisticated media presence and uniform narrative to rally its base — and turn the world against Israel
By Gianluca Pacchiani
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