A sensitive video depicting an explosion during a funeral procession has circulated, claiming that Israel eliminated a terrorist and detonated explosives during the funeral. However, this video is actually from Syria, capturing an explosion in a funeral procession in Damascus that killed dozens in 2012. It is unrelated to the current conflict in the Middle East.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) propagandist account @FrontalForce wrote, “Israel eliminated a terrorist, returned his body with explosives. 100s of terrorist supporters eliminated in his janaza”.
Another account @Baliyan_x has also disseminated the video and wrote. “After killing the terrorist, Israel returned his body, hundreds of other terrorists attended his funeral. The body was filled with gunpowder, due to which many more terrorists died after the blast. Right or wrong??”
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also disseminated the same visuals and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @NazneenAkhtar23, @virjust18, @prachyam7, @coolfunnytshirt
The truth about the viral video shared as conflict in the Middle East, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the sensitive video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the video and found that the video was not related to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East but an old incident from Syria.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video on Google Lens. This led us to several media reports (1, 2) containing the same visuals published in 2012. According to the media reports, this is an old video from Syria showing the moment of a funeral procession being hit by an explosion in Damascus, killing dozens of people in 2012. Hence, It has nothing to do with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the viral video was not from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East but an old video from Syria.
Intent
Social media users and influencers are circulating sensitive old videos with misleading claims to set their narrative over the situation in the Middle East.
Conclusion
Claim– Israel eliminated a terrorist, and returned his body with explosives, leading to a massive explosion during the funeral procession.
Fact– This video was not from the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict but an old incident from Syria, in 2012.
Related Article: Fact Check: Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi assassinated in the recent Hezbollah attack on Israel? – D-Intent Data (dintentdata.com)
