The new location tool on X has revealed that a slew of users seeking donations while claiming to be posting from inside Gaza are actually outside the zone and taking advantage of the devastating war.

The social-media company recently unveiled a feature that publicly displays key background information about an account, including the location on where it’s based.

The feature has already unmasked a sprawling ecosystem of accounts taking advantage of disasters and political unrest across the world, including inside the war-torn Gaza Strip .

“New X feature ripped mask off countless fake ‘Gazan’ accounts,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“Some chap posting from Pakistan, another in London. Another manipulative abuser somewhere else. All claiming to be suffering in Gaza

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