A TikTok account under the same name, which features images of the same man in the licence plate photo, first posted the image on Jan. 30.Photo by maherzitawi318/TikTok

This Ontario 'OCTOBER7' licence plate is real but was cancelled months ago, government says

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said after the government was notified, it responded quickly to invalidate the plate, 'making it illegal for it to be used on any vehicle'

by · National Post

An image circulating on social media of a man displaying an Ontario licence plate that appears to celebrate the October 7 massacre is real, but was cancelled months ago, the Ontario government has confirmed.

The image shows a man smiling wildly and holding up a licence plate that says OCTOBER7. It was posted to X on Thursday by the account @l3v1at4an, which named the man in the photo as Maher Zitawi, the owner of High Sky Demolition Services in Mississauga, Ont.

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