Iran employed its regional media outlets to exploit the explosion at a Gaza hospital on October 17, using it as a basis to escalate threats against Israel and the US. Protesters in various countries, including Iran and Lebanon, were likely influenced and manipulated by these reports, which falsely blamed Israel for the incident. Iranian media, specifically Fars News, used inflammatory language to depict the attack, describing it as the “real Holocaust.” This media, closely associated with the IRGC, labeled Israel a “demonic” regime and accused it of being a “Zionist child-killing” country.