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      <title>Factcheck: Are the videos of Israeli helicopters being shot down real?</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hamas’ attack on Israel and the latter’s retaliation led to many unprecedented visuals being circulated on social media. However, not all visuals claiming to be from Israel were authentic.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Social media saw two videos claiming to show Israeli helicopters being shot down by Hamas fighters. Both of these videos came from the same source, and were not real.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first video showed two helicopters in the open sky under fire. The helicopters are struck with rockets and eventually crash to the ground.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Another video showed an individual targeting a helipcopter with rocket-propelled grenade over an open landscape. The man eventually eventually strikes the helicopter down.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Both the videos are actually from a video game named ‘Arma 3’. Released in 2013, Arma 3 is the eighth in a series of games and allows users to play a tactical shooter game in an open world setting.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Hamas’ attack on Israel and the latter’s retaliation led to many unprecedented visuals being circulated on social media. However, not all visuals claiming to be from Israel were authentic.</strong></p>
<p>Social media saw two videos claiming to show Israeli helicopters being shot down by Hamas fighters. Both of these videos came from the same source, and were not real.</p>
<p>The first video showed two helicopters in the open sky under fire. The helicopters are struck with rockets and eventually crash to the ground.</p>
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<p>Another video showed an individual targeting a helipcopter with rocket-propelled grenade over an open landscape. The man eventually eventually strikes the helicopter down.</p>
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<p>Both the videos are actually from a video game named ‘Arma 3’. Released in 2013, Arma 3 is the eighth in a series of games and allows users to play a tactical shooter game in an open world setting.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 13:59:46 +0500</pubDate>
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