A video depicting children trapped amidst the wreckage of a collapsed building has gone viral on social media. The video shows children both inside and outside the building crying for help. It also captures individuals frantically attempting to clear the debris and rescue the trapped children. Many users claim that this incident occurred recently in Palestine.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: “कहाँ है दुनिया के वो हुक्मरान जो इंसाफ़ की • बड़ी बड़ी बातें करते हैं ले किन जब जुल्म होता है किसी मज़लूम पर तो चुप रहते है अल्लाह फ़िलिस्तीन की गैब से मदद फ़रमा आमीन” (English translation: Where are those rulers of the world who talk big about justice but when there is oppression of the oppressed they remain silent? May Allah help Palestine from heaven, Ameen)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Performing a Reverse Image Search, the NM team traced a Facebook post carrying the extended version of the viral video, dated May 31, 2019, with a caption: “More children targeted by Assad bombs from the sky in #Idlib. Just look at how many children are injured in SYRIA ON 30 MAY 2019”. Evidently, this video is old and unrelated to the ongoing Israel-Palestine war.
We also found a video akin to the viral footage dated June 15, 2019. In this video, individuals involved in the rescue operation are attired in identical uniforms and white helmets, mirroring those seen in the extended version of the viral clip. The term ‘The White Helmet’ is visibly inscribed in this higher-quality footage on their uniforms.
The viral video had been shared on the organisation’s Twitter account, dated May 31, 2019. As per the tweet, the video pertains to the attacks in the city of ‘Ma’arrat Nu’man’ in Syria, during which five people lost their lives.
The horrified wails of children punctuate one of the last day of the holy month of #Ramadan. Today the target was #MaaretNuman City. Five civilians were killed in this attack, 3 were brothers. The parents of the boys were rescued alive and 1 brother was pulled from the rubble. pic.twitter.com/8TV9Qxmc5f
— The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) May 30, 2019
Thus, it is evident that an old video from Syria is falsely linked to the Israel-Palestine war.
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