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.
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Facebook, Reuters, Google, Islamic, Thomson
Locations:
Gaza, Israel, Karameh