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Claim: An Instagram user, Shkkafeel, posted a viral video showing visitors taking photos of Gaza Martyrs.
Verdict: False! DUBAWA’s investigation proved that the video is a deep fake.
Full Text
Following the Israeli-Palestine war, several media reports suggest that Gaza has lost most of its archeological sites.
But in early 2025, a group of artists carried out a Gaza Martyrs project aimed at commemorating the lives of the casualties in the war.
As reported by Tehran Times in 2024, a memorial installation honoring the children martyred in Gaza, was carried out with the title: “Ten Thousand Worlds.”
There were reportedly around 10,000 installations of child sculptures and 10,000 small paintings.
However, an Instagram user, Shkkafeel, posted a viral video of a Gaza Martyrs Museum, showing a group of individuals taking photos of the sculptures.
In the video, the martyrs can be seen stepping on the head of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
DUBAWA decided to fact-check the story due to its mandate to amplify truth.
Verification
Firstly, DUBAWA’s investigation showed that as of 2024, Gaza had lost nearly 200 sites of historic importance, as reported by Al-Jazeera.
Our investigation also found that as of October 2025, UNESCO verified that the war had damaged 114 sites since October 7, 2023, 13 religious sites, 81 buildings of historical and/or artistic interest, three depositories of movable cultural property, nine monuments, one m museum, and seven archaeological sites.
Further investigation proved that there is actually no publicly accessible museum dedicated to the Gazans who have died in the war. Instead ——instead, the Palestine Museum is championing what itthey callscall the “Gaza Remains a Story.”
The “Gaza Remains a Story” is a document often used to honour the lives of all the Palestinians killed in the Israeli-Palestine war.
Before we subjected the video to an AI-videoAl-video detector, we observed that the video frames carried features of a deep fake.
Visual Inconsistencies: The frames were inconsistent and fast on display.
Prominent Figures shown in the video:
The video displayed the statues of several popular figures who were killed during the war, stepping on the head of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Some of the figures on display were: Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for al-Qassam Brigade, Journalist Anas al-Sharif, Hind Rajab, and Khalid Nabhan.
When we subjected the video to an AI-detector, Al Sec Matrix, it showed that it was 82.89 % likely to be AI-generatedAl-generated content.
Conclusion
DUBAWA’s investigation showed that the viral video of the Gaza Museum showing prominent figures who died during the war is AI-generatedAl-generated.
