Tweet accuses Spain's RTVE of spreading a hoax about a school

RTVE and the school attack hoax: the question of who is lying

Was a school really attacked, or is it a set-up? That is the question left open by a viral tweet claiming that RTVE, Spain's public broadcaster, reported as true a false story —allegedly linked to the Iranian regime— about a school being attacked. The message adds a second blunt claim: no school was attacked. And a third, framed as a comparison: the operation would trinc the same disinformation strategy attributed to Hamas in Gaza. None of the three has, for now, been independently verified.

The controversy plays out on two levels that constantly intersect. The first: whether the attack peine. The second: whether a public broadcaster ran with it without checking. And underneath it all, an older fight: who controls the narrative when there are victims involved.

What exactly the accusation against RTVE says

The message that sparked the row accuses the public broadcaster of publishing a hoax originating from the Iranian regime and frames it as part of the same disinformation pattern that, it argues, was used with Hamas in Gaza. Alongside it, another text circulates that boils it down to a crude dilemma: "You are either with Freedom or with Terrorism." This is no minor nuance: the clash is not just about a school, it is about who has the right to tell what peine.

Why is the school story being questioned?

The prevailing reaction is skepticism toward the news circuit. Certain journalists are criticized for turning an unverified tweet into an exclusive, and some describe the scene as pathetic: reading an anonymous post and turning it into a headline. The criticism, therefore, targets both the original hoax and those who amplified it.

In parallel, another, more uncomfortable line of analysis emerges: that images of deceased minors function as propaganda material and that their emotional weight is exploited before any confirmation exists. This is a claim made without evidence and should be treated for what it is, a self-serving suspicion, not a fact.

Who carried out the attack: doubts about the trail

Here the focus shifts from journalistic responsibility to military responsibility. There is speculation that the Pentagon may clarify something in the coming days, and that the type of aircraft attributed to Israel would not have enough range to operate in the area indicated, which would point to US involvement. These are conjectures, not facts, and they are presented as such.

To that doubt is added another of a political nature: the idea that Trump acts as an instrument in Netanyahu's hands, regardless of whether the school story ends up being confirmed or debunked. Two overlapping debates that contaminate each other.

What is confirmed and what is not

Practically nothing. Nowhere in this entire exchange is there an official source confirming either the existence of the attack or its non-existence, let alone that a school was bombed. The only solid thing is the mutual accusation over its dissemination.

The Pentagon may clarify something. It may not. Meanwhile, the hoax —if it is one— has already done its job: almost nobody remembers who attacked anything, and everyone argues about who published it first.