Movies from India and Nigeria falsely shared as ‘aftermath of Hamas assault in Israel’

1000’s of civilians have been killed on either side of the bloody battle triggered when Hamas gunmen launched an unprecedented assault on Israel on October 7 from the Gaza Strip, seizing greater than 220 hostages. A video circulating on social media displaying chaotic scenes, nevertheless, will not be associated to the battle. The footage in reality reveals clips from a spiritual pageant in India and an oil tanker explosion in Nigeria.

Israel battle state of affairs at this time,” reads a Burmese-language Facebook post from October 9 which has greater than 2,800 shares.

The video reveals enormous crowds of individuals packed collectively on the street, pushing and shoving. It then cuts to a clip of giant fires blazing subsequent to a busy street.

Textual content superimposed on the video says “Proper now in Israel” in Burmese and Portuguese.

<span>Screenshot of a false submit, taken on October 19, 2023</span>” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Kkm1LlmYUwHM2JsM_Hy8UQ–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTExNjA-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp_factcheck_us_713/e9fedd43afbc3528dcaa87f82ed38914″></p>
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<p><figcaption><span>Screenshot of a false submit, taken on October 19, 2023</span></figcaption></p>
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<p>Israel says Hamas militants killed 1,400 folks, principally civilians, after they stormed throughout the border on October 7 in an unprecedented assault. Greater than 220 hostages have been additionally seized.</p>
<p>Greater than 8,000 folks have been killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes on the territory, lots of them youngsters, in keeping with the Hamas well being ministry.</p>
<p>The footage circulatedly broadly on Fb in Myanmar, together with <a href=here, here and here, and in Thailand here and here.

Nevertheless, the scenes will not be associated to the battle.

India pageant

A reverse picture search and key phrase search on Google discovered a YouTube video which stated the group footage was filmed at a pageant in India.

The video, posted on June 23, is titled “Baripada, ratha yatra 2023” — a reference to Ratha Yatra celebrations within the metropolis of Baripada in japanese India.

Often known as the chariot pageant, Ratha Yatra is one in all India’s largest and oldest annual non secular festivals, the place Hindu devotees pull ornate chariots carrying deities by means of the streets.

The Ratha Yatra in Baripada, which was celebrated from June to July 2023, is exclusive for permitting feminine devotees to drag one of many chariots (archived link).

Beneath is a screenshot comparability of the video in false posts (left) and within the YouTube video (proper):

<span>Screenshot comparability of the scene as seen within the video within the deceptive submit (left) and within the unique YouTube video (proper).</span>” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/yv9b4X.kNhTEl26HpdI9ag–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY1Mg–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp_factcheck_us_713/45014db4b39f6e893da41eb2610d6016″></span></p>
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<p><figcaption><span>Screenshot comparability of the scene as seen within the video within the deceptive submit (left) and within the unique YouTube video (proper).</span></figcaption></p>
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<p>Google Road View photographs <a href=confirm the video was taken in Baripada (archived link).

Beneath is a screenshot comparability of the YouTube video (left) to the picture from Google Road View (proper), with comparable options highlighted by AFP:

<span>the screenshot comparability of the YouTube video (left) to the picture from Google Road view with comparable options highlighted by AFP</span>” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/xixApvx4U_KVYJ9C39NFjA–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTM2Ng–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp_factcheck_us_713/dec33b00b4cb9efe9fdf2d03148262b7″></span></p>
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<p><figcaption><span>the screenshot comparability of the YouTube video (left) to the picture from Google Road view with comparable options highlighted by AFP</span></figcaption></p>
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<p>Kalinga TV — a broadcaster based mostly in Odisha in japanese India — additionally posted a <a href=report on YouTube channel on June 21, displaying the identical chariot on the 1:02 mark because the one within the false video (archived link).

Nigeria oil tanker explosion

A reverse picture and key phrase search on Google discovered a clip displaying the identical scene of fires burning on the facet of a street published by Nigerian information outlet TrustTV on July 25 (archived link).

The video is titled: “Ondo tanker explosion: 8 killed whereas scooping spilled gasoline at Ore Benin Expressway.”

“The explosion was stated to have occurred when the victims rushed to scoop gasoline from the tankers, which had skidded off its lane and crashed,” the video’s caption reads.

Beneath is a screenshot comparability of the scene as seen within the false video (left) and within the video from TrustTV (proper):

<span>Screenshot comparability of the scene as seen within the deceptive video (left) and within the video from TrustTV (proper).</span>” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/bS1.tgqPEibiXuDGW3NPgg–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTM2OA–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp_factcheck_us_713/b4525e80008c2b16f433156de55c0779″></span></p>
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<p><figcaption><span>Screenshot comparability of the scene as seen within the deceptive video (left) and within the video from TrustTV (proper).</span></figcaption></p>
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<p><span>Scooping gasoline from site visitors accidents has resulted in quite a few casualties in Nigeria, the place the value of petrol doubled since June 1 after President Bola Tinubu ended a subsidy on gasoline, Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper <a href=reported (archived link).

The scenes within the video additionally match Google Street View images of the freeway in Nigeria’s Ondo state (archived link).

Beneath is a screenshot comparability of the scene as seen within the false video (left) and on Google Road View (proper) with the similarities highlighted by AFP:

<span>Screenshot comparability of the picture from the second video (left) and Google Road View picture (proper) </span>” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/vBrLqcDVTnJxpfj8G85nRg–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTI1Mg–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp_factcheck_us_713/f88fdab76061295ace866c2c031e6cb4″></span></p>
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<p><figcaption><span>Screenshot comparability of the picture from the second video (left) and Google Road View picture (proper) </span></figcaption></p>
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