We're hearing a lot of sob stories about the IDF destroying mosques … stories that are either not true or leave out the fact that Hamas was using them as a base of operations. We're pretty comfortable with Israel leveling anything in Gaza it wants to at this point. But "investigative journalist" Sulaiman Ahmed couldn't help but point of the irony of Israel destroying a Christian church, the largest church in Palestine.
BREAKING: ISRAEL BOMBS AND DESTROYS THE LARGEST CHURCH IN PALESTINE
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) October 9, 2023
Israel has bombed the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza.
The church is the THIRD OLDEST CHRISTIAN temple in the WORLD.
The irony lies in Christian Zionists supporting the destruction of their… pic.twitter.com/8GoObx9xeO
"The irony lies in Christian Zionists supporting the destruction of their own churches," he continues.
THE CHURCH BEFORE IT WAS DESTROYED BY ISRAEL pic.twitter.com/JHJa2FNarA
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) October 9, 2023
It does seem "ironic" that the Christian Zionists would bomb a Greek Orthodox church.
800k+ views later he admits this is fake news. https://t.co/4CcWfRa6JS pic.twitter.com/cfDxyaoIbd
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) October 9, 2023
Oops.
The church confirmed it has remained untouched and they are taking in Palestinian refugees who need help. pic.twitter.com/faFyl191n0
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) October 9, 2023
The church is "untouched'" and taking in Palestinian refugees, according to the church itself.
Then delete your tweet.
— Parker Thayer (@ParkerThayer) October 9, 2023
You are doing a disservice to every user on this platform by not removing your original two posts seen by almost 1.5M people. Don’t sabotage X for clout. You’ll be fine if you only post real news.
— Just Curious (@shelley_curious) October 9, 2023
And give up the engagement money? Cmon...
— Frank (@favoursthebrave) October 9, 2023
So…are you going to delete the first post and apologize?
— Max (@MaxNordau) October 9, 2023
No, he's hoping people just keep spreading his misinformation and lies and don't scroll down.
— Dan Goldwasser (@dgoldwas) October 9, 2023
Soooo are you going to delete your first tweet falsely claiming that Israel blew it up?
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 9, 2023
Delete the tweet
— Grand Lab Technician Third Class (@ougrad2001) October 9, 2023
May be a good idea to delete the original post now
— Gus Bus Driver (@MattyBrews) October 9, 2023
Way to bury the correction three layers deep.
— Just A Girl (@ElegantExigence) October 9, 2023
So you lied. Delete the post
— Dollar Dog Town Resident (@ProcessCmplt76) October 9, 2023
One hell of a footnote.
— Sean (@Sean_Short) October 9, 2023
Makes people wonder what other "misinformation" you have shared.
— marc (@passenger747) October 9, 2023
Sadly, you have an agenda and you have a clear bias.
Time for a Community Note:
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The church posted on Facebook that this rumor is completely false.
Over 5,600 retweets of the original "breaking" news, and 215 retweets of the correction.
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