{"id":4045,"date":"2023-11-01T01:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T05:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/videos-from-india-and-nigeria-falsely-shared-as-aftermath-of-hamas-attack-in-israel\/01\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T01:52:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T05:52:47","slug":"videos-from-india-and-nigeria-falsely-shared-as-aftermath-of-hamas-attack-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/videos-from-india-and-nigeria-falsely-shared-as-aftermath-of-hamas-attack-in-israel\/01\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Videos from India and Nigeria falsely shared as ‘aftermath of Hamas attack in Israel’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Israel says Hamas militants killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, when they stormed across the border on October 7 in an unprecedented attack. More than 220 hostages were also seized.<\/p>\n

More than 8,000 people have been killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes on the territory, many of them children, according to the Hamas health ministry.<\/p>\n

The footage circulatedly widely on Facebook in Myanmar, including here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>, and in Thailand here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the scenes are not related to the conflict.<\/p>\n

India festival<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A reverse image search and keyword search on Google found a YouTube video<\/a> which said the crowd footage was filmed at a festival in India.<\/p>\n

The video, posted on June 23, is titled “Baripada, ratha yatra 2023” — a reference to Ratha Yatra celebrations in<\/p>\n

The YouTube video was published with a caption saying it shows Ratha Yatra celebrations in the city of Baripada in eastern India.<\/p>\n

Also known as the chariot festival, Ratha Yatra is one of India’s biggest and oldest annual religious festivals, where Hindu devotees pull ornate chariots carrying deities through the streets.<\/p>\n

The Ratha Yatra in Baripada<\/a>, which was celebrated from June to July 2023, is unique for allowing female devotees to pull one of the chariots (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot comparison of the video in false posts\u00a0(left)<\/span> and in the YouTube video (right):<\/p>\n

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Screenshot comparison of the scene as seen in the video in the misleading post (left) and in the original YouTube video (right).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Google Street View images confirm<\/a> the video was taken in Baripada (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot comparison of the YouTube video (left) to the image from Google Street View (right), with similar features highlighted by AFP:<\/p>\n

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Kalinga TV — a broadcaster based in Odisha in eastern India — also posted a report<\/a> on YouTube channel on June 21, showing the same chariot at the 1:02 mark as the one in the false video (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Nigeria oil tanker explosion<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A reverse image and keyword search on Google found a clip showing the same scene of fires burning on the side of a road published<\/a> by Nigerian news outlet TrustTV on July 25 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The video is titled: “Ondo tanker explosion: 8 killed while scooping spilled fuel at Ore Benin Expressway.”<\/p>\n

“The explosion was said to have occurred when the victims rushed to scoop fuel from the tankers, which had skidded off its lane and crashed,” the video’s caption reads.<\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot comparison of the scene as seen in the false video (left) and in the video from TrustTV (right):<\/p>\n

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Screenshot comparison of the scene as seen in the misleading video (left) and in the video from TrustTV (right).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Scooping fuel from traffic accidents has resulted in numerous casualties in Nigeria, where the price of petrol doubled since June 1 after President Bola Tinubu ended a subsidy on gasoline, Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper reported<\/a><\/span> (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The scenes in the video also match Google Street View images<\/a> of the highway in Nigeria’s Ondo state (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot comparison of the scene as seen in the false video<\/span> (left) and on Google Street View (right) with the similarities highlighted by AFP:<\/p>\n

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Screenshot of a false post, taken on October 19, 2023 Israel says Hamas militants killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, when they stormed