evidence: Dictionary.com defines a "crisis actor" as a person pretending to be a victim in a hoax (or "false flag," in conspiracy theorist lingo) attack. The "crisis actor" claim spread following attacks launched on Israel by Hamas in October 2023, which elicited reprisal attacks on Palestine by Israel. At the time of this writing, CNN reported that more than 900 people had died in Israel and more than 830 in Palestine. [...] False claims of "crisis actors" being hired to masquerade as victims often follow tragedies. For example, we fact-checked claims that "crisis actors" staged videos in Ukraine after Russia attacked that country in February 2022. We’ve also previously fact-checked claims of "crisis actors" following school shootings, like the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012 and Uvalde shooting in 2022. We found that all of those claims were false. [...] "Crisis Actor Definition & Meaning." Dictionary.Com, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/crisis-actor. Accessed 10 Oct. 2023.