A video purporting to show teenagers jumping one by one into a narrow water well has gone viral. It is said that the Muslim youths in Algeria did so at the request of their local imam, who informed them that the well leads to a tunnel in Gaza.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @endislam tweeted the video in a post and claimed that Muslim youths jump into a well after the orders of their local imam, who told them that it connects to a tunnel in Gaza. The post was made on Jan 10, 2024, which has received an about 33.5k views on X.
🇩🇿 Ghardaia, Algeria
— RELIGION OF PEACE !! (@endislam) January 10, 2024
Muslim youth jump into a well on the orders of their local imam who told them it connects to a tunnel in Gaza pic.twitter.com/0ZESJIhhxr
Is it true that Muslim Youths Jump Into A Well That Connects To a Tunnel in Gaza? : Fact
The same video was discovered on a travel-related Instagram account in Algeria. Prior to the ongoing conflict, in June 2023, the video was posted. Thus, this is unrelated to the ongoing conflicts that exist between Israel and Palestine. The tourism account states that this is from Ghardaia, Algeria.
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D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a group of teenagers jumping one by one into a narrow water well has been shared, claiming that Algerian Muslim youths jumped into a well on the orders of their local imam, who told them it connects to a tunnel in Gaza. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/yWklnz1zU7
Intent:
Influencers are circulating old videos with false claims to set their narrative over the ongoing war in Gaza. A video that shows a group of teenagers jumping one by one into a narrow water well has been shared, claiming that Algerian Muslim youths jumped into a well on the orders of their local imam, who told them it connects to a tunnel in Gaza. The identical video was discovered on a tourism-focused Instagram account in Algeria. Before the ongoing conflict, in June 2023, the video was posted. Therefore, this is unconnected to the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine. This originates from Ghardaia, Algeria, according to the tourism account.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video of a group of teenagers jumping one by one into a narrow water well has been shared, claiming that Algerian Muslim youths did so on the orders of their local imam, who informed them that the well connects to a tunnel in Gaza.
Fact : We discovered the same video on an Algerian Instagram account that promotes tourism. The video was posted in June 2023, before the ongoing conflict. So this has nothing to do with the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to the tourism account, this is from Ghardaia, Algeria.
