Footage from Algiers, Algeria, showing red flares and fireworks being set off from rooftops is being shared online with the false claim it shows Gaza. Israeli strikes are complemented by local fireworks,” and “This is not Diwali fireworks. But Reuters confirmed the location of the video using satellite imagery to be Algiers, Algeria, not Gaza. The video was taken from a residential building facing south on Rue Lahcen Mimouni, Algiers. The video was filmed in Algiers, Algeria, not Gaza.

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Persons: Rue Lahcen Mimouni, Lahcen Mimouni, Mada Mohamed, Rue Mohamed Belouizdad, Read Organizations: Twitter, ”, Facebook, Reuters, Al, Google, 1er, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Algiers, Algeria, Gaza, Rue, Al Mokrani, Israel