Social media accounts posted a video of the night sky, claiming it showed a strange phenomenon occurring recently in the skies of the Gaza Strip, “A strange phenomenon is occurring in the skies of Gaza. No one knows what is happening. Everyone is crying and saying ‘Allahu Akbar’. Are these “Sijeel stones (Divine stones)?”
Kashif verified the video clip via Google Images search and found that the claim is misleading. The clip dates back to an Iranian missile attack on the occupation in early October 2024.
Journalist Mahmoud Al-Amoudi from the Gaza Strip posted the video on his Facebook account on 1/10/2024, asking what was happening at that time. His voice can be heard in the background. Al-Amoudi’s posting of the video coincided with an Iranian missile attack on Israel.
Multiple social media accounts also posted the video on the same date, 10/1/2024, including “ Lulu’a Channel” on Instagram, “Labid Al-Sumaidaie” on Facebook, and “Ibra” on “X”. The accounts all shared that the clip was of Iranian missiles from the skies of Gaza.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced on Tuesday evening, 1/10/2024, that it had targeted three military bases in the occupied state with a missile attack. It confirmed that this operation came in response to the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
For its part, Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles targeting various areas across the occupied state.
| Sources of Claim | Sources of Verification |
| دباس 60- Dabbas 60 Samir Chekroun Chekroun Cani Alali Alali user345164356 a.1977.1977 | Journalist Mahmoud Al-Amoudi, Al-Lulu’a Channel Labid Al-Sumaidaie, Al-Arabiya Needle Al-Mayadeen |
