A combined video purporting to show Yemen attacking Israel has been circulated, featuring various old incidents.
Verified accounts on twitter, including Nura Muhammad (“@NuraMuh75683531“) claimed that the video shows the Yemen attack on Israel city Tel Aviv. Popular hashtags from the current conflict like #CeasefireForGaza #StopGenocideInGaza #GazaGenocide #Palestine #GazaGenocide #Gaza_Genicide #Hamas_is_ISIS #HamasISIS #Yemen was further added in the post. The post was made on Nov 1, 2023, which has received an about 158.7k views on twitter.
Yemen 🇾🇪 announce to attack on Israel 🇮🇱 tanks comes for Israel 🇮🇱 #CeasefireForGaza #StopGenocideInGaza #GazaGenocide #Palestine #GazaGenocide #Gaza_Genicide #Hamas_is_ISIS #HamasISIS #Yemen pic.twitter.com/4tPy2TReuP
— Nura Muhammad (@NuraMuh75683531) November 1, 2023
Several other accounts like Auwal Umar (“@AuwalUmar164186“) made the same claim that the video shows the Yemen attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The post was viewed by many users, contributing to the spread of the information. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Acutal Truth About the Incident? : Fact
The video footage of the burning building is actually from the Delhi Mundka Fire in India from the year of 2022, and the final part of the video depicts a destructive fire that destroyed a historic church in Spencer, Boston, Massachusetts on June 2, 2023. Neither the Israel-Palestine nor the Yemen-Israel conflicts are relevant to it.
We visited NDTV, which published an article on this incident on May 16, 2022 with the headline “Building Owner Sent To 2-Day Police Custody After Delhi Mundka’s Fire”. Manish Lakra, the owner of the building, was arrested for further investigation after the massive fire claimed 27 lives. Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal declared a compensation of ₹ 50,000 for the injured and ₹ 10 lakh for the families of the deceased in the Mundka fire incident.
USA TODAY attached the video in an article published on June 5, 2023. The historic church in the video caught fire after being struck by lightning. The fire department reported though that there were no injuries.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A combined video featuring different old incidents has been shared, claiming to be of Yemen attacking #Israel. the fact is that the building burning video is from the Delhi Mundka Fire, which occurred in 2022 in India, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/QzHq2rhPoY
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating out-of-context old videos of different Incidents from different locations, claiming to be from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East to set their propaganda.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video combination of various old incidents purportedly depicting Yemen attacking Israel has been circulated.
Fact : It’s actually from the Delhi Mundka Fire in India in 2022 that the building burning video is from, and the last part of the video depicts a destructive fire that destroyed a historic church in Spencer, Boston, Massachusetts on June 2, 2023. None of the conflicts between Yemen and Israel or between Israel and Palestine.
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