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Fact Check: This viral clip that stormed social media is NOT from Israel
A video currently going viral allegedly shows a massive storm that recently hit Israel. The footage shows debris crashing through an underpass at high speed, with people seen running in panic. A woman in a hoodie appears to be filming the scene in selfie mode. Text overlaid on the clip reads, 'Today Israel.' A Facebook user shared this video on May 26 with a Hindi caption that translates to: 'A terrific storm has struck Israel.'advertisementIndia Today Fact Check, however, found that this video dates back to April 2024 and shows a storm in Probe A reverse search of the video's keyframes led us to multiple April 2024 posts on social media. One such Instagram post described it as a storm in Dubai. We also found this video in an April 17, 2024, Daily Mail report about a huge storm that struck Dubai at that time. According to the report, heavy rains caused flooding in Dubai, resulting in airport disruptions and cancelled social media users attributed the video to a vlogger called Polina Nedogon. We found that Nedogon had shared this video on her TikTok account on April 16, 2024, mentioning the location as to Wooglobe, a company that shares user-generated content, Nedogon narrated her experience of the storm. "I had a day of travel, three flights, and a bus to Dubai. Before departure, I didn't know about the upcoming storm. I barely made it to the Ibn Battuta Mall bus stop, and this is what happened next," she to her Twitch and YouTube accounts, Polina Nedogon is a Russian acrobatics coach and a were also able to locate the video around Dubai's Ibn Battuta Mall bus stop on Google Maps. It has the same pillar design and adjoining glass building as seen in the viral did not find any recent reports of a major storm in Israel. However, there were reports of a massive sandstorm in southern Israel in early it's clear that a video from Dubai is being shared as footage of a recent storm in Watch Want to send us something for verification? Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000 You can also send us an email at factcheck@
India Today
04-05-2025
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Fact Check: Kashmiri locals DIDN'T fight with Army after Pahalgam attack, this video is old
Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, a video began making the rounds on social media showing an Indian Army soldier beating a civilian with sticks. Those sharing the clip claimed that locals in Kashmir got into a fight with the Indian army following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. Sharing the clip on Instagram, one person wrote, 'Kashmiri locals fighting with Indian Army. And yes it's April 2025 and after Pahalgam terrorist attack.' advertisementIndia Today Fact Check, however, found that this video predates the Pahalgam attack. The video is from August 2022, when Indian army personnel had beaten up a civilian in PROBE Reverse-searching keyframes from the viral video led us to a news report about this incident from August 22, 2022. According to it, Indian Army personnel hit a civilian with sticks at Nowgam Chowk in Srinagar. This makes it clear that the video predates the Pahalgam attack by almost three then found multiple news reports about this incident from 2022. As per reports, some uniformed soldiers beat up a civilian after they got into a minor fight in Srinagar. Following the incident, the Nowgam Police Station registered a case under sections 323, 341 of the IPC against the soldiers on August 18, Monday afternoon, an incident came to notice wherein some Army personnel in uniform reportedly beat up a civilian, while other personnel present also got involved in a minor fight at the Nowgam chowk," the Srinagar Police said in a statement.J&K police registers FIR after a video showing army men beating civilians at Nowgam area of Srinagar went viral. 'On receipt of this information, cognisance of incident was taken and a case under FIR number 116/2022 under sections 323,341 of IPC was registered in nowgam PS.' Ieshan Wani (@Ieshan_W) August 22, 2022In the video, we can see two soldiers pulling out the driver of a load carrier and hitting his head with a stick. During the altercation, another civilian could be seen trying to rescue the the time, many had shared the video of the incident on social media platforms. In one such post, we found another video of the incident shot from a different is thus clear that the video of soldiers beating up a civilian in Srinagar predates the Pahalgam attack, and is therefore unrelated to InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Jammu and KashmirWant to send us something for verification? Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000 You can also send us an email at factcheck@
India Today
29-04-2025
- Politics
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Fact Check: Amid ceasefire violations, Pak accounts share OLD video as attack on Indian Army depot
Amid Pakistan's repeated ceasefire violations following the Pahalgam terror attack, a video showing massive explosions has gone viral. Many Pakistan-based accounts on social media claimed these explosions occurred at a military ammunition depot in India and were carried out by the Pakistani 30-second-long video features several houses, indicating that the area was residential. At some distance, flames from the blasts were visible. Loud explosions could also be heard. A Pakistan-based account shared the video on X and wrote: 'Massive explosions reported at the military ammunition depot in India's Lipa Valley after being targeted by Pakistani forces.' Its archive can be seen Some also claimed that the Indian Army caused these explosions in Pakistan. Notably, the Leepa Valley is part of Pakistan-occupied Today Fact Check found that this video has no connection to the ongoing tensions between the two countries. It's from 2022 and shows a massive explosion in Sialkot, ProbeReverse-searching keyframes from the viral clip led us to a March 2022 post which contained the same video. This made it evident that the video is not related to the current tensions between the two countries that began after the Pahalgam massacre on April 22. The post said that the video was from Sialkot in found several news reports featuring the same visuals. According to a report by a massive explosion occurred in Sialkot, Pakistan, on March 20, 2022. The sound of the blast was reportedly heard near the cantonment area in the Punjab province of According to reports, the explosions were caused by an accidental fire that broke out in an ammunition shed near the Sialkot Garrison due to a short circuit."Due to effective and timely response, the damages were immediately contained," the Pakistan Army's media wing said at the time, adding, "The fire has been extinguished." It also said there was no damage to property or loss of it is evident that a 2022 video of explosions in Sialkot is being falsely shared in connection with the current tensions between India and Pakistan.(Written by Abhishek Pathak) Want to send us something for verification? Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000 You can also send us an email at factcheck@
