{"id":37699,"date":"2024-10-25T00:20:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T04:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/syria-funeral-procession-explosion-footage-falsely-linked-to-israel-hamas-conflict\/25\/10\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T00:20:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T04:20:23","slug":"syria-funeral-procession-explosion-footage-falsely-linked-to-israel-hamas-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/syria-funeral-procession-explosion-footage-falsely-linked-to-israel-hamas-conflict\/25\/10\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria funeral procession explosion footage falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Screenshot of the false post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The video recirculated alongside a similar false claim on\u00a0X<\/span><\/span> <\/a>and Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a> in October this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the world leaders who condemned the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas that triggered the war.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The attack resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures that include hostages killed in captivity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Of the 251 people abducted that day, 97 are still being held in Gaza, and 34 have been declared dead by the Israeli army.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Israel’s retaliatory military offensive has killed more than 42,847 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to figures provided by the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry. The UN has described the figures as reliable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, the video dates back to reports of a car blast at a funeral procession in the Syrian town of Zamalka, 10km (six miles) east of the capital Damascus in June 2012.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Misrepresented footage<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

A reverse image on Google using keyframes found similar footage published on DailyMotion<\/a> alongside the title “Zamalka – Syria: car bomb in a funeral procession 30\/6\/2012” (archived link<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot comparison of the false video (left) and the video published on DailyMotion (right):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Screenshot comparison of the false video (left) and the video published on DailyMotion (right)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

The first 10 seconds were also uploaded<\/a> by a YouTube channel called ZNNsyrian on June 30, 2012. This channel uses the logo that was shown in the top left-hand corner of the false posts (archived link\u00a0here<\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Arabic-language title of the video translates to “Damascus countryside, Zamalka, the moment the funeral procession was bombed, 6\/30\/2012.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot comparison of the false video (left) and the YouTube video (right):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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An AFP journalist based in Syria confirmed the chants in the video were in a Syrian dialect.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also noted that the flag seen in the video is used by Syrian rebels<\/span><\/span><\/a> opposing President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as shown in the screenshot comparison below (archived link<\/span><\/span><\/a>):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A screenshot comparison of the Syrian rebels flag (left) and the footage circulating online (right)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

According to an Al Jazeera report<\/span><\/span><\/a> from July 1, 2012, “eighty people were killed and hundreds were injured in an explosion during a funeral procession for activist Abdul Hadi Al-Halabi in the Zamalka area of Damascus. Al-Halabi was killed during the military campaign in the Eastern Ghouta region” (archived link<\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Similar visuals are also included in the report, although the full footage was not used.<\/span><\/p>\n

AFP also reported<\/a> on the attack and has debunked other misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war here<\/a> (archived link<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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