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☆ Fact Check: Photo shows Israeli airstrike on Gaza in 2019, not October 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A photograph of a 2019 Israeli airstrike on Gaza has been falsely captioned online to suggest that it shows a new wave of aerial attacks on the Palestinian enclave on Oct. 22, 2023. The post includes three photos of Israeli strikes on Gaza, none of which is from Oct. 22 as claimed. The images were shared after Israel pounded hundreds of targets in Gaza from the air on Oct. 22, with the bombardment killing hundreds, according to figures reported by Gaza’s health ministry. And keep sharing,” reads the caption of an Oct. 22 Facebook post sharing images of night-time explosions. A 2019 photograph was shared with false captions suggesting that it shows a new wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza on Oct. 22, 2023.

Persons: Read Organizations: Facebook, AFP News Agency, “, AP, Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Tel Aviv, Palestinian

☆ Fact Check: Video shows naval parade in Mexico unrelated to Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A screenshot of the video that includes the caption “Finally Arab countries Start moving towards Gaza to help”, was shared on Facebook. The video shows three helicopters in the sky, each carrying a flag. Local news reports said the parade, which commemorated 202 years since the creation of the Mexican Navy, took place on Oct. 4, 2023, in Veracruz, Mexico. The first helicopter is carrying a Mexican flag, while the second carries a Mexican navy flag known as “torrotito.” The third flag appears to be an emblem made for the celebration. The video shows a Mexican navy parade, not Arab countries flying into Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Facebook, Mexican Navy, Government, United Nations, Reuters, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Veracruz, Mexico, Gaza, Israel, Mexican, Egypt

☆ Fact Check: Clip of people running to Egypt border not related to Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Hamas killed at least 1,400 people in a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, provoking Israeli airstrikes on Gaza that its health ministry said have killed thousands. However, the clip is outdated and does not show aid being carried for Palestinians in October. The video was earlier posted on TikTok on Aug. 31, 2023, more than one month before the Hamas attack. Its caption indicates the video was filmed near the Egypt-Libya border, but no further information on the context of the footage was available. The video is from as early as Aug. 31, 2023, more than one month before the Hamas attack.

Persons: TikTok, “, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt, Libya

☆ Fact Check: 2019 image shared as October attack on US military base in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photo of explosions from shelling by U.S.-backed forces in Syria in 2019 has been miscaptioned online as showing an October 2023 attack on a U.S. military base in Syria. However, the circulating image does not show the reported October 2023 attacks on U.S. military bases. Posts on social media shared an image of a blast from a distance claiming to show attacks on U.S. military bases in northwestern Syria, described as a “massive explosion at the base located in the Al-Omar oilfield”. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attacked the Islamic State’s Baghouz enclave on March 10, 2019. The image of an explosion dates back to a U.S. attack against Islamic State in Syria in 2019, not an attack on a U.S. military base in October 2023.

Persons: Al, Omar, Zor, Delil Souleiman, Read Organizations: U.S, Hamas, Reuters, Getty, Islamic, Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, Thomson Locations: Syria, Iran, Iraq, Iranian, Israel, Palestinian, U.S, Deir, Zor, Lebanon, Al, Deir al, AFP, Islamic State, Syrian, Baghouz

☆ Fact Check: Video does not show 2023 pro-Palestinian protests in Barcelona
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video of an altercation between a group of protesters and the Barcelona police dates to at least 2020, but has been falsely shared as showing attacks by pro-Palestinian protesters on the Spanish city’s police amid the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023. A Facebook user captioned the video posted on Oct. 19: “Breaking: Pro-Palestinian protesters attack police in Barcelona, Spain. A separate video capturing the same incident from a different angle was posted on X on Oct. 30, 2020. Reuters has previously addressed a claim that falsely linked the video to a November 2020 gun attack in Vienna. The video predates the October 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict by years and does not show pro-Palestinian protestors clashing with police in Barcelona.

Persons: Read Organizations: Spanish, Daily Mail, Reuters, Laietana, Thomson Locations: Barcelona, Israel, Spain, spain, Vienna

☆ Fact Check: Miscaptioned video of Kim Jong Un does not mention Biden or Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The clip shows Kim speaking at a military parade in 2020, but he did not discuss the Israel-Hamas or Russia-Ukraine wars, nor mention Biden or former President Trump, according to a transcript of the speech. “I’m afraid that if the Biden admin does not cease to exist in the next election, World War 3 may begin. I support Donald Trump for President in 2024. An English transcript of the full speech, published by the National Committee on North Korea, a U.S. non-governmental organization, does not include the terms “Biden,” “Trump,” “Israel,” “Palestine,” “Russia” or “Ukraine.”VERDICTFalse. A video with fabricated subtitles falsely claims to show Kim Jong Un criticizing Joe Biden and expressing support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Persons: Kim Jong, Joe Biden, Republican Donald Trump, Kim, Biden, Trump, “, Donald Trump, ” “ Trump, ”, Kim Jong Un, Read Organizations: North, U.S, Republican, Reuters, People's Army, Workers ' Party of Korea, National Committee, Thomson Locations: Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Palestine, North Korea, U.S, ”

☆ Fact Check: Video shows 2012 attack on police station in Bahrain, not Israel embassy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The video, which shows a crowd of people setting fire to a building at night, was shared in a Facebook post that reads, “BREAKING: The Israeli embassy in Bahrain was just set on fire! The title of the video, translated from Arabic, reads “Bahrain: A police station was besieged and burned – Sitra,” and the caption says the clip shows demonstrators attacking the Sitra Police Station in Nov. 2012. The official also added that claims that the video shows Israel’s embassy in Bahrain are not true. France24 cited AFP witnesses saying dozens of protesters had marched toward the Israeli embassy in Bahrain after the hospital attack. The video shows a 2012 attack on the Sitra Police Station in Bahrain.

Persons: France24, Read Organizations: Sitra, Al, Twitter, Reuters, United Press, Sitra Police, Google, Thomson Locations: Bahrain, Israel, Ahli, Gaza

☆ Fact Check: Egypt desert convoy clips predate Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video showing two clips of truck convoys are unrelated to the October 2023 Israel-Hamas war, contrary to claims made online that the footage depicts an Egyptian convoy reaching the Gaza border. However, both clips are at least a year old and do not depict current events from the Israel-Hamas war. The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, the only direct pathway to Gaza outside of Israel, is heavily restricted. The second clip was filmed as early as Jan. 10, 2022, according to videos posted to TikTok of the same event. Tyre markings on the desert sand correspond with the clip posted on X.

Persons: Rabi Al, Israel, Read Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, Associated Press, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Defla, Egypt’s, Libya, Rafah, Egypt, U.S, South Senai

☆ Fact Check: Video shows Tajikistan flood survivor, not Gaza child victim
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of a 7-year-old boy being rescued from an August 2023 flood in Tajikistan has been falsely captioned as showing “a traumatized child in Gaza,” as hundreds of children continue to be caught in the crossfire of the Israel-Hamas war that began on Oct. 7, 2023. “Another traumatized child in Gaza!” reads the caption of a post sharing the dated video on X social media. The report adds that the child was swept away along with members of his family, in a flood on the night of Aug.27 in the village of Choyangaroni Vakhdat. On Aug. 28, Reuters reported that mudslides triggered by heavy rains had killed 13 people in Tajikistan, according to government estimates. The video predates the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023 and according to news reports from September, it shows a boy rescued from a flood in Tajikistan.

Persons: “, Mirzazoda, Read Organizations: Facebook, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tajikistan, Gaza, ”, Israel, Radio Free Europe, Vakhdat, Choyangaroni

☆ Fact Check: Video captures Gaza building attack in May 2023, not October
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing the bombing of a building in Gaza in May 2023 has been shared on social media as if it was filmed during the October 2023 clashes between militant Islamist group Hamas and Israel. Reuters, citing Palestinian officials, reported that an explosion at a Gaza hospital on Oct. 17 killed at least 500 people. The video shows a blast destroying a light orange-colored building surrounded by trees that then collapses in a cloud of smoke and dust. Al Jazeera also shared the video on YouTube on May 13, 2023 and said it shows an attack in Gaza. The video shows an airstrike on a building in May, not October, 2023.

Persons: Chris Osieck, Al Jazeera, Read Organizations: Hamas, Social, Israel, Reuters, Authorities, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Al

☆ Fact Check: Video of explosion in Gaza predates Israel's bombardment after Hamas Oct. 7 rampage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of an explosion in Gaza from May has been falsely claimed online to have been filmed in October. Users on Facebook and messaging platform X, suggested the video showed an Israeli airstrike responding to Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel. Reuters confirmed the location of the video as Al Karameh street in Gaza by comparing trees, lamp posts, and buildings with satellite images found on Google Maps. But the video was filmed at least five months before the Hamas attack. Video of Gaza explosion was filmed at least five months before Hamas’ October attack.

Persons: Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, Google, Islamic, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Karameh

☆ Fact Check: Video of boy crying dates to 2014 in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing a young boy crying was taken in Aleppo, Syria, and dates back to at least 2014, contrary to posts claiming it was taken during the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023. A longer version of the video shows the same scene, including both the Shaam News Network angle and that being shared on social media. Aleppo Media Center said in an email to Reuters that the video being shared is not from Gaza and was shot in Aleppo, Syria back in February 2014, according to their archives. The video was taken in Syria and dates back to 2014. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Read Organizations: YouTube, Shaam News, Shaam, AMC, Aleppo Media Center, Reuters, Human Rights, Thomson Locations: Aleppo, Syria, Israel, Gaza, Britain

☆ Fact Check: Clip shows Arma 3 gameplay, not Israel’s laser weapon system
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

“History : First video of the Israeli Iron Beam, new laser air defense system, intercepting enemy rockets, from today”, reads the caption of a Facebook post sharing the gameplay footage. The video was also misrepresented on X social media, by an account impersonating Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service. Pavel Krizka, public relations manager at Bohemia Interactive, which developed the Arma 3 game, said in an email that the miscaptioned video online contains footage from Arma 3. Reuters Fact Check has previously reported on Arma 3 gameplay footage being misrepresented as authentic war imagery after violence between Hamas and Israel broke out on Oct 7. The video shows gameplay footage from Arma 3, not Israel’s "Iron Beam" intercepting rockets amidst the Israel-Hamas war in 2023.

Persons: Pavel Krizka, Marek Spanel, Israel, Read Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Bohemia Interactive, Bohemia, Thomson Locations: Israel, Arma

☆ Fact Check: Old Syria photograph used alongside real claims of Palestinian child deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israel hit Gaza with retaliatory air strikes after a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7. As of Oct. 17, at least 3,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by Israel’s bombing campaign, according to Gaza’s Hamas authorities. The picture being shared shows the bodies of at least seven children, wrapped in white fabric. Reuters reported that hundreds of people were killed in a sarin gas attack on Aug. 21, 2013, in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. Claims that hundreds of Palestinian children have died since the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated are true, according to authorities.

Persons: VEREDICT, Read Organizations: Israeli IOF Forces, Palestinian, Syrian Shaam News Network, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Syria, Israel, Gaza, PALESTINE, AFP, Damascus, Ghouta

☆ Fact Check: Photos do not show mRNA pioneers wearing masks at Nobel Prize ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The 2023 Nobel Prize award ceremony will be held on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel. Kariko, from Hungary, and her U.S. colleague Weissman, whose pioneering work paved the way for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, were announced as the Nobel Prize winners on Oct. 2. “Won the Nobel science prize for the mRNA jab yet they wore a mask to collect their award for their vaccine??!!? The photographs of the pair holding the Japan Prize were taken when the COVID-19 pandemic was still active, in April 2022. Photos show Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman with the Japan Prize in April 2022, not the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in October 2023.

Persons: Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman, Alfred Nobel, Weissman, “, ”, Kariko, Read Organizations: Facebook, Japan, World Health Organization, Reuters Pictures, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Hungary, Tokyo, Japan

☆ Fact Check: Airstrike image shows Israel bombing Gaza, not Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image of an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 9, 2023, has been incorrectly described online as showing Israel bombing airports in Syria’s Damascus and Aleppo. Syrian authorities said their Damascus and Aleppo hubs were put out of service after Israeli missile attacks on Oct. 12. Aleppo airport was hit again in an air strike late on Oct. 14, the Syrian defence ministry said. The photograph in fact shows an airstrike on Gaza, not Syria. The image shows an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, not Syria.

Persons: Fatima Shbair, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, The Associated Press, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Damascus, Aleppo, Syria, ”, Palestinian

☆ Fact Check: Video of convoy with Palestinian flags is from 2021, not 2023 protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A 2021 video showing a convoy of cars in London flying a Palestinian flag and broadcasting antisemitic messages from a megaphone has been misrepresented as footage from October 2023 amidst the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. “NEW: Palestine supporters parade through the streets of London, flying Palestinian flags while calling on people to r*pe Jewish women”, reads the caption of a Facebook post sharing the video as if recent. British media and Reuters reported on the incident in the video in May 2021. The claims were shared after Jewish charity organization Community Security Trust reported that antisemitic incidents in Britain had tripled since the outbreak of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. A video showing people shouting anti-Semitic abuse from a convoy of vehicles in London, is from May 2021 not October 2023.

Persons: “, ”, Read Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, Reuters, Metropolitan Police, Crown, Service, Jewish, Community Security Trust, Thomson Locations: London, Israel, Palestine, Britain

☆ Fact Check: Video of people climbing Lebanon-Israel border filmed dates to 2021
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of people climbing the Israel-Lebanon border wall during protests in solidarity with the Palestinian people in May 2021 has resurfaced online with the false claim that it was filmed in October 2023 during the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel. The mislabeled video was shared online after former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal called for protests across the Muslim world on Oct. 13 in support of Palestinians, Reuters reported. A Reuters photograph taken at the Lebanese border village of Adaisseh on May 15, 2021, shows people climbing the concrete wall with the large building in the background. The building in the background is a match when comparing the YouTube video uploaded in 2021, the clip circulating in 2023 and the Reuters image taken on May 15, 2021, in Adaisseh village. The video shows people scaling the Israel-Lebanon border wall in 2021, not 2023.

Persons: Khaled Meshaal, Read Organizations: Reuters, Facebook, Lebanese Citizens, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Al Aqsa, Lebanese, Adaisseh

☆ Fact Check: Old video showing staged funeral unrelated to 2023 Hamas-Israel war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 2020 video showing a group of young men staging a funeral procession to circumvent Jordan’s COVID-19 lockdown rules has been shared to falsely claim that Palestinians are faking funerals amidst the clash between Israel and the Islamist militant group Hamas in October 2023. The caption accompanying a Facebook post carrying the video reads, “And Winner For Best Performance Goes To...Palestinians are seen carrying a small boy's "body" that has fell victim to Israeli airstrikes. The video resurfaced online after Israel launched its fiercest air strikes ever against Gaza in retaliation to Hamas’ surprise ambush of Israel on Oct. 7. Reuters has previously addressed a misleading claim linking the same clip to May 2021 tensions between Israel and Hamas. The video of a group of young men carrying a lifeless body on a stretcher was filmed in Jordan in 2020 and is unrelated to the Hamas-Israel unrest.

Persons: Jordan’s, “, Jordan, Read Organizations: Hamas, Twitter, Israel, Reuters, Jordan’s Roya, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Mar, Jordan

☆ Fact Check: Clip of baby rescued from rubble unrelated to Israel-Hamas conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A post on social media using the hashtag said: “#ISRAEL IS KILLING BABIES After indiscriminate Israeli occupation force bombing. They hear the cry of a baby and use their bare hands to shift rubble. On Feb. 11, the Syria Civil Defence, a volunteer humanitarian organization, shared the same video in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, captioned: “Her baby sister sacrificed herself... Incredible moments to save a baby alive who was in the lap of her sister. The video of a baby rescued from underneath rubble stems from the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February, not the Israel-Hamas conflict in October.

Persons: Instagram, Read Organizations: Syria Civil Defence, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Turkey, Syria, Israel, ISRAEL, Palestine, Gaza, Jandiris, Afrin, Aleppo

☆ Fact Check: Graphic video of girl burned by mob is from Guatemala, not Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

(Editor’s note: Contains links directing to graphic imagery in paragraphs two and four)A 2015 video of the lynching of a 16-year-old girl in Guatemala has been misrepresented online as showing a young Israeli woman being burnt by a “Palestinian mob” amid the ongoing war between the militant Islamist group Hamas and Israel. They burned alive a 14 year old girl that captures in Israel.” A screenshot of the clip was also posted on Facebook. However, Reuters traced the video to news reports of a 2015 incident where a Guatemalan teenager was lynched after being accused of being a part of a group that killed a taxi driver. Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre reported that the incident took place on May 12, 2015, in Río Bravo, Guatemala. The video of the young woman being tortured is from Guatemala and dates to 2015.

Persons: Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, hamas, Reuters, Guatemalan, Prensa Libre, Thomson Locations: Guatemala, Israeli, Israel, Kibbutz Re'im, Southern Israel, Guatemalan, Río Bravo

☆ Fact Check: Video clip shows Israeli airstrike in Lebanon not Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A widely shared video shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on Oct. 9 not, as has been wrongly stated online, Israeli missile strikes on Syrian airports on Oct. 12. Syria said Israeli missiles hit airports in its capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo on Oct. 12, damaging runways and putting both hubs out of service. Joukhadar confirmed the film was shot in Lebanon in another X post on Oct. 12, saying: “I filmed this video on Monday 9th of October in Marwahin. This is an Israeli air strike right behind us and it has nothing to do with bombing Damascus!”VERDICTMiscaptioned. While Syria did say its airports were struck by Israeli missiles on Oct. 12, the video shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, not Syria.

Persons: Hossein Amir, Carmen Joukhadar, Joukhadar, “, Read Organizations: Isreali Air Force, Aircraft, Iranian Government, Foreign, Al, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Syria, Israeli, Damascus, Aleppo, Western Syria, Al Jazeera, Marwahin, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been extensively documented
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022, and is ongoing as of this article’s publication, has been heavily documented by news media worldwide, contrary to claims on social media. That’s because that’s a money laundering operation.”The posts surfaced following the surprise attack on Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Oct. 7. Reuters has reported on the conflict in Ukraine extensively with images, as well as video footage. Reuters Fact Check has addressed many social media posts containing misinformation, such as claims that the war was faked, planned or staged, miscaptioned images and videos, as well as diplomatic falsehoods. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been documented widely by news media since it began in 2022.

Persons: “, that’s, Read Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Palestinian

☆ Fact Check: Video of rockets launched from Gaza in 2021 shared in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip of rockets fired from Gaza at Israel in 2021 has been shared in October 2023 purporting to show a recent air assault by Hamas militants. However, the same video was shared by the social media accounts of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in May 2021. The camera movement seen around the 0:05 timestamp in the IDF’s social media posts matches that of the video shared on social media in October 2023, also around the 0:05 timestamp. On May 19, 2021, Israel said that around 4,000 missiles had been launched from Gaza with most intercepted by Israel’s anti-missile system. The video has circulated since at least May 2021 and predates the October 2023 clashes between Israel and Hamas.

Persons: Israel, Read Organizations: Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Facebook, ISRAEL, Twitter, Israel’s, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Video shows Iran lawmakers chanting ‘death to America’ in 2020, not 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 2020 video of Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” in parliament has been falsely linked to a September 2023 prisoner swap deal worth $6 billion between the two countries. The video is part of a news broadcast, with a chyron that reads, “Lawmakers chant death to America in Iranian Parliament.” An Instagram post includes text on the video that says, “Iran Law Makers chant death to America...Didn’t Joe Biden just give Iran $6 BILLION?” The claim also surfaced on Facebook and X, formerly Twitter. The video is from a CNN news broadcast uploaded to YouTube on Jan. 5 2020, that credits the parliament footage to Reuters. The broadcast shows Iran’s lawmakers reacting to the death of Tehran’s most prominent military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020, as reported by Reuters. A video showing Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” shows their response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani in January 2020.

Persons: Didn’t Joe Biden, Qassem Soleimani, Antony Blinken, Read Organizations: America ”, Hamas, Facebook, CNN, YouTube, Reuters, U.S . U.S, Thomson Locations: America, Iran, Israel, Iranian, ”, U.S, Baghdad, Jan, Tehran

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