Recently, a video of a building collapsing has been circulated on social media platform Facebook, claiming it to be a recent video from the war between Palestine and Israel.
Checkout some of Facebook posts here (archive), here (archive) and here (archive).
Fact-Check
According to Rumor Scanner’s investigation, it has been found that the video shared on Facebook claiming to be from the war between Palestine and Israel is not recent. Instead, it is a video from 2021 when an Israeli air raid targeted a building in the Gaza City of Palestine.
Upon closer analysis of the video, it is observed that the video contains the logo of Qatar-based media Al Jazeera on the upper left corner. However, Rumor Scanner has not seen any such video published on the YouTube channel and Facebook page of Qatar-based media ‘Al Jazeera’ recently.
Further research revealed that a video from May 14, 2021, showing the Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shorouk Tower in Gaza City was published on Al Jazeera’s YouTube channel.
From the detailed portion of the video, it is evident that the building seen in the video, was collapsed during the Israeli airstrike on Al-Shorouk Tower in Gaza City on May 12, 2021.
Additionally, a report titled “Israeli air strikes level third high rise in Gaza” was published on the website of Middle East Eye, a London-based news outlet, corroborating the same information from May 12, 2021.
Basically, a video showing a building collapsing is being circulated on Facebook with the claim that it is a recent scene from the war between Palestine and Israel. However, according to Rumor Scanner’s investigation, this claim is not correct. The video actually depicts an event that occurred over two years ago, during the Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on May 12, 2021.
Relevantly, On Sunday (8th October), Israel launched a significant military operation in Gaza, resulting in the loss of numerous lives. This action was taken in response to one of the deadliest attacks in Israeli history, where the Islamist group Hamas claimed the lives of 700 Israelis and kidnapped dozens of others.
Notably, in previous times, Rumor Scanner published a fact-check report identifying misleading information on the recent attack of Israel in Palestine.
So, the old video of a building collapsing in Gaza City due to an airstrike by Israel circulated on Facebook claiming to be a video of the war between Israel and Palestine; which is misleading.
Sources
- Al Jazeera Youtube: Video
- Middle East Eye: Israeli air strikes level third high rise in Gaza
- Rumor Scanner’s Own Analysis
