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In this troubling [not suitable for all audiences] video, you see a young man being shot.

There were many claims on Reddit that it was fake, and then claims that it was real.

Is there a way to know for sure if this is real or not?

I personally have no clue (this is why I post it here)

Is there a scientific way to prove / disprove it is real / fake?

Obviously, this is a sensitive video and discretion is suggested. I'd be terribly sad if it is indeed real. My condolences to this person's family, and I condemn whomever shot him, if it turns out real.

Oddthinking
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    Scientific, no, but it's certainly possible to give more context to a piece of information to understand its origin. – Sklivvz Jul 23 '14 at 19:37
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    The [Telegraph reports](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/10983362/Palestinian-activists-accused-of-faking-Israeli-sniper-shooting-video.html) that someone analyzed the video frame by frame and you can tell that it is staged. The supposed uncut video has clear edits (time of day changes, moving rubble/chairs, theatrical squibs that don't have the time delay between the impact of a sniper found and the sound, inconsistent damage from Israeli weapons, etc. – user1873 Jul 30 '14 at 14:50
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    Debunking is done for the video part by Thomas Wictor here-http://www.thomaswictor.com/gaza-sniper-video-definitively-debunked/ and the counterpoint by Eran Efrati a former sergeant in the Israeli Defense Force here-http://www.spokesmanbooks.com/Spokesman/PDF/126Efrati.pdf. – pericles316 Nov 11 '15 at 10:19
  • @pericles316 The thomaswictor site is currently unavailable, but from what i can see on the waybackmachine, the author seems more than a little unhinged. There are lots of pictures with arrows in them, but nothing that is clear. the only clear 'evidence' ( a side by side of the same shadow in two different images, implying a time delay) is only that clear because one of the chose images is from a videoframe where the shadow is extremely vague. There are more frames adjacent, where the shadow is clear - and totally benign. This leaves me to question whether the site is arguing in good faith. – bukwyrm Jun 30 '23 at 12:59

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