A video of United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed forces raiding a civilian’s house in Yemen has been falsely shared online as showing Hamas militants forcefully entering houses in Gaza to recruit men to fight against Israel in the war that started on Oct. 7, 2023. The video shows armed men dressed in military-style camouflage forcing their way into a home and taking a man into their custody, after which they search the house while a woman can be heard protesting and several children look on. The same video, however, was shared on social media (archived) on Oct. 3, predating the Hamas attack on Israel, with reference to a region that includes eastern Yemen. Video shows UAE-backed militias forcing their way into the house of a civilian in Yemen, not Hamas militants forcefully recruiting Palestinians to fight. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

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