A video clip of a huge fire being put out by fire trucks has spread on social media, as of fire at the Israeli embassy in India.
The video included the voice of a broadcaster presenting a text that read: “Viewers, welcome directly to these images that we received a short while ago of the targeting of the Israeli embassy in India. Of course, this image has reached us now. Of course, the police are on the scene at the site, the Israeli embassy where this explosion was heard and are also investigating what happened. So far, we do not have details about what happened except for reports of an explosion near the Israeli embassy. These are the images circulating of the vicinity of the Israeli embassy in India where this explosion was heard and monitored according to reports. The Indian police rushed to the site and began investigating what happened. Of course, we are awaiting information related to the details of what happened. This is with regard to the Indian media that transmitted this…”
The clip was accompanied by the following claim: “Targeting and bombing the Israeli embassy in India. Have operations abroad against Zionist interests begun?”
Kashif verified the video and found that it is old, the audio is fabricated, and the claim is misleading. The video is of fire in a shopping mall in the American city of Whittier on 10/9/2024, not at the Israeli embassy in India.
Kashif’s team noted that the circulated clip contains scenes taken from a video clip published by the “onscene.tv” on 10/9/2024, and the video was accompanied by the following title: “Major commercial fire in Strip Mall.” The website added that the fire included a pizza restaurant on Telegraph Road and Mills Street in the American city of Whittier.
Four businesses and a Pizzamania restaurant were damaged in a fire at the one-story mall in the 13500 block of Telegraph Road, Los Angeles Times reported on 9/10/2024.
The audio clip attached to the video is of Al Arabiya presenter during a coverage of an explosion near the Israeli embassy in India , as Al Arabiya published on YouTube on 26/12/2023.
The channel explained in the video description that: “Indian media confirms that an explosion occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, and the police are investigating the incident, and the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirms that an explosion occurred at its embassy.”
An explosion occurred on Tuesday,26/12/2023, near the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital, New Delhi, without recording any injuries.