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  • (Trigger Warning: Visuals can be distressing for some audiences.) A video showing two people throwing another person off the roof of a building is being shared on social media. What is the claim?: Users have claimed that it shows Hamas 'executing' people by throwing them from the roof of a building. This post recorded 17.6K views at the time of writing this story. (Archives of similar claims can be found here, here and here.) What is the truth?: This claim is false. This video dates back to 2015 and shows the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) throwing four men, who reportedly belonged to the LGBTQ+ community, from a roof of a building in Fallujah, Iraq How did we find out?: We divided the viral video into several keyframes and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them. We came across a story by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) from 1 July 2015 which reported on ISIS killing four men by throwing them off the roof of a building for being queer in Iraq's Fallujah province. We matched the visuals in the report with a frame in the viral video and found similarities. Further, we ran a relevant keyword search and came across a news report by media organisation The Mirror, which noted that four queer men were tied and blindfolded before being thrown off the building. This was not an isolated incident. The ISIS had also executed queer individuals in Syria, as reported by NBC News in August 2015. Conclusion: It is clear that the video does not show Hamas killing people. The video dates back to 2015 showing ISIS killing queer men by throwing them off a building in Iraq. (Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on , or e-mail it to us at and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories . (At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)
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