A video of heavy bombing has been shared on social media platforms with the claim that it shows ISIS attacks on Yazidi areas in Iraq and Syria. In the video, some people are seen running from shelters and trying to escape the attack. However, D-Intent Data has found that the video is not of ISIS attacks on Yazidi areas. This is an old video from the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Sharing the video, an account @inpic0 wrote, ISIS bombs Yazidi areas!! Will the world intervene, east and west, now?
Truth about the video of the bombing from Palestine, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video came to our knowledge, we tried to find if the claims made by users are true or false. We ran a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video on Google which led us to several media reports containing the same visuals. According to the media reports. This is an old video from Gaza, where Israel attacked the area near the Indonesian hospital in November 2023.
During research, we found the same video on Al Jazeera’s YouTube channel with the caption. “Injuries reported in Gaza’s Indonesian hospital”. The video was uploaded on 9 November 2023.
We also found the same video on AFP News Agency‘s YouTube channel. The video was uploaded on 9 November 2023 with the caption. Strike hits area near the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza’s Beit Lahia”
Hence, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the video is not showing ISIS attack on Yazidi areas, but it is an old video from the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Intent
Influencers are circulating old videos of bombing from the Israel-Palestine conflict. And claiming to be of ISIS attacks on Yazidi areas to set their narrative.
Conclusion
Claim- The video showing ISIS attacks on Yazidi areas.
Fact- This is not from Iraq and Syria but an old video from the Israel-Palestine conflict showing Israeli bombing near the Indonesian hospital in Gaza.
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