Video From Gaza Falsely Shared as One of India’s Attack on Sialkot, Pakistan
The video dates back to November 2023 and shows Israel bombing the area of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza.
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A video showing a series of explosions going off as people run for cover is being widely shared on X (formerly Twitter), where users have claimed that it shows "new footage" released by news organisation Al Jazeera, of the Indian Army's attack in Sialkot, Pakistan.
Another claim shared by X user @kiranpatel1977 received nearly 15 lakh views at the time of writing this report.
(Archives of more claims on social media can be seen here, here, and here.)
Is it true?: No, the video dates back to November 2023 and shows Israeli forces bombing the Indonesia Hospital in Gaza.
How did we find out the truth?: We carried out a reverse image search on the viral video using Google Lens, which led us to an X post shared on 9 November 2023.
The post, carrying the same clip, was shared as one of Israel bombing the "vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza strip."
Taking a cue from this, we searched Al Jazeera's YouTube channel with the keywords 'Indonesia Hospital Gaza'.
One of the results showed a video, also shared on 9 November 2023, titled 'Injuries reported in Gaza’s Indonesian hospital', which carried a still from the video as its thumbail.
The viral clip starts at the 5:07-minute mark in this report.
Conclusion: An old video from Gaza has gone viral with the false claim that it shows new footage of the Indian Army's attack in Pakistan's Sialkot.
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