Fact Check: Viral video showing Israel warplanes bombing Palestinian Homes in Gaza. Truth behind viral video

The Israel-Hamas conflict has entered the sixth day as Israel continuously bombarding the Gaza Strip causing thousands of civilians killed and the death toll has extended in both of the countries. Amid this, a video is going viral on social media platforms showing Israeli warplanes bombing Palestinian homes in Gaza.  

Claim made through the viral video

 A user by the name of Harlem Shah shared this video on X(Twitter), captioning: ‘Israel warplanes continue to bomb Palestinian homes in Gaza”

Users shared this video with similar claims

Subsequently, several social media users shared this video on X(Twitter) making similar claims.

Fact-Check

To verify the authenticity of the viral video, the DFRAC team converted the viral video into some keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. We found this viral video on YouTube which was uploaded 10 years back and completely unrelated to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Video shows Syria’s Airstrike

Firstly, we discovered this video on the Telegraph’s Official YouTube Channel with the title: ‘Footage emerges of Syria airstrike’ mentioning: ‘Amateur footage shows the moment a Syrian Air Force jet bombs the town of Yabroud, and the aftermath of another attack in nearby Douma’ in its bio. Moreover, the video was uploaded 10 years ago’ in its bio.

Furthermore, the video was found on another YouTube channel named ‘On Demand News’, uploaded on May 19, 2013 and the title of the video read: ‘Syrian bomber unleashes a devastating airstrike on a town’.

Conclusion

DFRAC’s Fact-Check proves that the viral video claiming Israeli warplanes bombing Palestinian Homes in Gaza is misleading since the video has been released 10 years ago showing the moment of devastation caused by Syria’s airstrike in the town of Yabroud.