Accounts on “X” recently published a video clip of young men dancing in the street, and the clip was accompanied by the following claim: “Joy and celebration of the Syrians after the news of the Battle of Dhat Al-Bijr”.
Kashif verified the video by searching the name of the account included in the video, and found that it is old and the claim is misleading. The video was published by “ahmedmagdy124” on “TikTok” on 10 April 2024, along by several hashtags, such as: “Eid, Happy Eid, Eid Mubarak, Eid al-Fitr Mubarak, Matariya” indicating that the video was during Eid al-Fitr in the city of Matariya in Egypt.
Kashif’s team searched the account “ahmedmagdy124 ” and found that it shared a group of videos of the same place from different angles and stated that they date back to the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in the city of Matariya in Egypt.
Kashif’s team found a number on a sign in the video that shows a place called “Munjid Al-Rabi’”, the mobile line numbering on the sign is the same as telecommunication network, “Orange”, in Egypt.
The Arab and Islamic countries celebrated Eid al-Fitr for the year 2024 on April 10.
The wireless pager devices exploded on Tuesday afternoon, 17 September 2024, with their carriers in southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Bekaa in eastern Lebanon, as well as in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the Rif Dimashq Governorate.
Hezbollah announced in a statement that the Israeli occupation was responsible for the attack, saying: “We hold the Israeli enemy fully responsible for the aggression that also targeted civilians and led to the deaths of a number of martyrs”.
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| ahmedmagdy124 1 ahmedmagdy124 2 Arabic BCC skynewsarabia | Abu Duaij Youth of Freedom Zini Muhammad Hassan Jamdar |