Amid starvation in Gaza, AI-generated images of Egyptians throwing bottles of food to sea go viral
As news stories detail starvation in Gaza, people expressed hope upon seeing social media images of what looked like a civilian-led effort in Egypt.
“Egyptian youth who put some food, Baby formula, rice, and flour in bottles and threw them into the sea, hoping it would reach Gaza,” one July 24 X post’s caption read. The images also appeared on X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
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