This footage shows an explosion during a funeral procession in Syria 13 years ago.
A video which shows an explosion during a funeral procession is going viral on social media with the claim that Israel bombing the bodies of martyrs in Palestine.
The caption states, “Israel handed over the body of a Palestinian martyr for burial. A bomb was placed inside the body and exploded among the crowd carrying it. No one in the history of the world has ever seen such cruelty. This is Israeli terrorism”.
Fact Check-
By performing a reverse image search on Google, we found that this video is 13 years old. NBC published a news story about this video on 2 July, 2012.
According to the news, these images are from a bomb explosion at a funeral in the Syrian capital Damascus in July 2012. This can be confirmed from the news provided by Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera reports that 133 people were killed in this explosion at a funeral in Damascus in July 2012.
We can also see the national flag of Syria in the video. So it is clear that this video is old and has nothing to do with Palestine.
Moving forward, we also found a Euro News video titled “Funeral Attack in Syria – Claims,” uploaded in July 2012. This also confirms that the video is not recent.
Thus, it is clear that the viral video does not show Israel bombing the bodies of Palestinian martyrs.
Conclusion
Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral image to be False. This footage shows an explosion during a funeral procession in Syria 13 years ago.
Title:Old video of Syria funeral procession explosion falsely shared as Israel bombing the bodies of Palestinian martyrs.
Fact Check By: Usha ManojResult: False
