Is the video depicting a child victim resulting from the Israel-Palestine war?
As the war between Israel and Hamas erupts for days, a video clip shows children trapped under the collapsed building, which was posted on several Facebook pages, claiming that the scene was the result of the war. The claims in the video clip have been widely shared and reacted to by Facebook users. Fact Crescendo Cambodia, however, found that the claims attached to the video are false.
This is about our investigation of this claim.
Social Media Claim
On October 14, 2023, a Facebook page posted a 38-second video clip showing a child trapped under the collapse of a building. The video clip is linked to the war between Israel and Hamas Palestine that has happened recently.
The post with the video clip above has been shared many times by social media users, along with mixed opinions and reactions as well.
Below is the full video clip that the Facebook page wrote above “Because this video is from Palestine, no information was published”.
A link to the same video clip was also found on other Facebook pages.
Video clips with such claims have been posted and found on many Facebook pages. Please see the full claim via this link (archived link) and this link (archived link).
Fact Check
Fact Crescendo Cambodia reviewed and verified the above claim through the Google Reverse Image Search process, which led to the following facts:
A video clip with the exact same view and format was found on the Reuters website, published on February 12, 2023. The same website does not confirm that it is the view of the victims because of the recent war between Israel and Hamas Palestine.
Instead, it is a scene of rescuing a child victim trapped under a rubble earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, after the earthquake that occurred in February 2023.
Below is the full video clip reported by the news agency website above.
The same case was reported and published by The Telegraph on February 13, 2023, also on its YouTube channel, without specifying that it was the result of a war between Israel and the group of Hamas Palestine recently.
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Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia found that the claim attached to the video above was false. This video clip shows a scene of rescuing a child trapped under a collapsed building in Aleppo, Syria, from the earthquake in February 2023.
Title:Is the video depicting a child victim resulting from the Israel-Palestine war?
Written By: Kakada SimResult: False
