{"id":36843,"date":"2024-10-04T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/old-clip-shows-nigerian-maritime-disaster-not-huthi-attack-on-israeli-ship\/04\/10\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T08:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:49:48","slug":"old-clip-shows-nigerian-maritime-disaster-not-huthi-attack-on-israeli-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/old-clip-shows-nigerian-maritime-disaster-not-huthi-attack-on-israeli-ship\/04\/10\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Old clip shows Nigerian maritime disaster, not Huthi attack on Israeli ship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Yemen-based Huthi group has been attacking shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in what they call a show of solidarity with Palestinians over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. A social media user shared footage of a ship on fire, claiming it showed a \u201cYemen\u201d attack on an Israeli ship. But the claim is false: the footage is from a 2022 explosion of a Nigerian oil container ship.<\/h3>\n

\u201cYemen sent an Israeli ship to the bottom of the sea,\u201d reads an X post<\/a> published on September 29, 2024.<\/p>\n

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A screenshot of the false post, taken on October 2, 2024 <\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

An Iran-based user shared the video showing flames and smoke billowing out of a semi-submerged ship.<\/p>\n

Yemen\u2019s Huthi rebels have attacked scores of merchant ships<\/a> off the country’s coast over the past ten months as part of a sometimes-deadly campaign they say is in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Iran-backed group\u2019s drone and missile strikes have targeted nearly 100 vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, according to the Joint Maritime Information Centre, which is run by a Western naval coalition.<\/p>\n

Social media users liked the post more than 6,000 times, with several praising the alleged attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood for Yemen. The bravest country & people fighting Israel\u00a0& the USA and trying to protect the Palestinian people and Hezbollah,\u201d wrote one user.<\/p>\n

But the claim that the video shows a Yemeni attack on an Israeli ship is false.<\/p>\n

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A reverse image search<\/a> revealed the original footage is from a February 2022<\/a> maritime disaster in Nigeria (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cFPSO Nigerian oil vessel explodes, 10 dead after FPSO Trinity Spirit explodes\u2026\u201d reads part of the caption on a YouTube<\/a> video, published in February 2022 (archived\u00a0here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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A comparison of the false post (left) and the 2022 YouTube video (right)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Using a keyword search<\/a> for \u201cFPSO Trinity Spirit explosion,\u201d AFP Fact Check found other clips from the disaster on international media<\/a> sites (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In both videos, the ship is partially submerged with a red tower bearing a white symbol visible. The same outrigging is also visible off the ship\u2019s stern.<\/p>\n

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A comparison of the false post (left) with international media footage (right), highlighting the red tower <\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

The FPSO Trinity Spirit exploded at the Ukpokiti Terminal in southern Nigeria, raising concerns<\/a> about the country\u2019s ageing energy infrastructure (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission launched an investigation<\/a> into the explosion, which left seven people dead and sent about 60,000 barrels of oil into the Atlantic Ocean (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

AFP Fact Check has debunked several false claims about attacks in the Red Sea, which you can read about here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Yemen-based Huthi group has been attacking shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in what they call a show