There is a video on social media from France24 that purports to show that the United Arab Emirates warplanes are participating with the Israeli Air Force to kill people in Palestine.
@Mojtahed_najran tweeted the 20 seconds video on Oct 23, 2023 and wrote “France 24: The warplanes of the United Arab Emirates are participating with the Israeli Air Force in killing our people in Palestine. By God, attacking Burj Khalifa, Ali Port, and oil wells has become an obligation and a legitimate target”. The video has reached to an about 256.5k views on twitter. The archive can be read from above.
قناة فرانس 24 الطائرات الحربية لدولة الامارات العربية تشارك سلاح الجو الاسرائيلي في قتل اهلنا في فلسطين .
— مجتهد نجران (@Mojtahed_najran) October 22, 2023
والله ان برج خليفه وميناء علي وآبار النفط اصبح ضربها فرض عين واهداف مشروعه. pic.twitter.com/hEFKbpzZ0c
Is the Video Related to the Current Israel-Palestine conflict? : Fact
The same video was uploaded on the France24 Arabic YouTube channel. The UAE reportedly participates in Israeli Air Force military maneuvers, according to the news media. The video is not current and is unrelated to the ongoing conflict.
UAE called for an immediate ceasefire to avoid dangerous consequences, sent food aid to the Gaza Strip, and cautioned Syria’s Assad in interfering in the conflict between Hamas and Israel.
According to AXIOS, which published an article on Oct 9, 203, as per two sources briefed on the Emirati diplomatic effort, the United Arab Emirates has cautioned the Assad regime in Syria not to interfere in the Hamas-Israel conflict or permit attacks on Israel from Syria.
We visited The UAE Today which confirmed the information that as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, the UAE has sent a plane to deliver 68 tonnes of essential food supplies to the Gaza Strip. The article was published on Oct 20, 2023.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement in which the UAE called for the exercise of the utmost restraint and an immediate ceasefire to avoid potentially disastrous consequences. The news was clarified and published by GULF NEWS on Oct 7, 2023.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video of France24 reporting about UAE fighter jet has been shared claiming that the warplanes of the United Arab Emirates are participating with the Israeli Air Force and killing our people in Palestine. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/avXyurBdWk
Intent:
Users are spreading old videos with exaggerated claims in an attempt to set their agenda.
Conclusion:
Claim : There is a video on social media from France24 that purports to show that United Arab Emirates warplanes are collaborating with the Israeli Air Force to kill Palestinians.
Fact : It is an old video from March, 2017, which was uploaded by France24 Arabic youtube channel. As per the news media, the UAE participates in military maneuvers by the Israeli Air Force. It is not related to the current conflict between Israel and Palestine.
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