A misleading claim that the Houthis attacked and destroyed an Israel-bound ship accompanied a video of a burning ship.
Several accounts on twitter, including @PalestineUrdu_ tweeted “Yemen’s Houthis attacked and destroyed a British plane bound for Israel. The ship refused to heed the Yemeni warning” on Jan 1, 2024. The tweet has received an about 94.6k views on X. The archive can be read from above.
یمن کے حوثیوں نے اسرائیل جانے والے برطانوی جہاز پر حملہ کرکے تباہ کر دیا۔ جہاز نے یمنی وارننگ سُننے سے انکار کردیا تھا pic.twitter.com/iB8Vla7y9k
— Palestine Urdu | فلسطین اردو (@PalestineUrdu_) December 31, 2023
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that a boat caught fire in the territorial waters of the Sultanate of Oman near the coast of Hasik Niyabat in the Dhofar Governorate. It was travelling to the Republic of Somalia while loaded with a variety of goods. There are 11 Indians on its crew. It is unrelated to the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
We visited Times of Oman, which published an article on this incident on December 23, 2023 with the headline “Ship with 11 Indian passengers onboard catches fire”. This shows that the incident is not at all from the recent Israel-Palestine conflict.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video of a burning ship being shared with a fake claim that Houthis attacked and destroyed an Israel-bound ship.Fact is a boat caught fire in the Sultanate of Oman's territorial waters off the Hasik Niyabat coast in Dhofar Governorate. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/esJdP1tiMC
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating videos with false claims to target Israel. A false claim accompanied by a video showing a burning ship indicates that the Houthis attacked and destroyed an Israel-bound ship. But, after proper research, analysis and fact-checking, we have discovered that a boat caught fire in the Sultanate of Oman’s territorial waters near the Hasik Niyabat coast in Dhofar Governorate. It had a load of group of goods and was travelling to the Republic of Somalia. Eleven Indians made up its crew. The Israel-Palestine conflict is unrelated to it.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video of a burning ship was shared, along with a false claim that Houthis attacked and destroyed an Israel-bound ship.
Fact : Off the coast of Hasik Niyabat in the Dhofar Governorate, a boat caught fire in the territorial waters of the Sultanate of Oman. It was travelling to the Republic of Somalia while loaded with various goods. There are eleven Indians on its crew. It’s unrelated to the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
