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What is the truth?: This video is not from Gaza.
- It shows football club CR Belouizdad's fans celebrating their victory with flares and firecrackers. 
- The photos showing the yellow flare across the sky are recent pictures taken by news agency Agence France-Presse's (AFP) Gaza-based photographer, Mahmud Hans. 
How did we find out?:
1. "RED SKY" VIDEO:
- Using a virtual private network (VPN), we accessed TikTok and found a video by a user @memedkedir who had uploaded the same visual as the viral video. However, the video on TikTok was uploaded six days ago, that is, on 3 October. 
- Israel declared war on Palestine on began on 7 October after the Hamas attack took place on 6 October. 
- In other TikTok posts with the video, we found several comments that linked the viral video to Algeria football club fans celebrating their victory with flares and firecrackers. 
- Swipe right to see the comments. 
- To see whether such celebrations had taken place in Algeria, we conducted a Google reverse image search and came across a similar video on football club CR Belouizdad's YouTube page uploaded on 19 July. 
- It was titled "Ultras Fanatic Reds: The Celebration of Champions." (translated from French to English). It had similar visuals of red flares and firecrackers like the viral video. 
- We also came across a video by a sports website, Yallakora, uploaded on their YouTube channel on 16 July. 
- It was captioned with the title, "A bit of madness. The stars light up the Algerian sky as CR Belouizdad fans celebrate the league title." (translated from Arabic to English) 
- It also had similar visuals of red flares and firecrackers like the viral video. 
- We found an old news report by The Daily Mail from 2017 noting the usage of red flares to celebrate CR Belouizdad's win. 
2. PHOTOS:
- The photos shared by users are indeed recent visuals captured by news agency AFP photographer Mahmud Hans. 
- The photographer shared the images on their Instagram account and mentioned that they were captured on 8 October. 
- AFP also shared one of the images of their official Instagram account, mentioning that it was taken on 8 October. 
Present situation between Israel and Palestine: Al Jazeera noted Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest comment, “What Hamas will experience will be difficult and terrible … we are going to change the Middle East,”
- The death toll in Palestine has risen to 1,500. 
- Al Jazeera reported Israel has attacked the Gaza Strip for the third consecutive day after declaring war against the militant group Hamas. 
- Major fighting has continued in three areas of southern Israel, Ashkelon and Sderot. 
Conclusion: The viral video does not show violence in Gaza. It shows Algerian FC CR Belouizdad's fans celebrating its win.
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