The video was shared elsewhere on X and Facebook with similar claims. It was also shared in Arabic.
Hezbollah has exchanged cross-border fire with Israel almost daily since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel, which sparked the war in the Gaza Strip.
The unprecedented attack resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures, including hostages who died in captivity.archived link).
Of the 251 hostages seized by militants, 97 are still being held in Gaza, including 33 who the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel’s retaliatory military offensive has killed more than 42,000 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to health ministry figures in the Hamas-held territory.
However, the video shows a fire in a warehouse in Brazil.
Brazil fire
A Google reverse image search found a higher quality version of the footage posted on X on August 11, 2024 by Brazilian news channel Portal Roma News (archived link).
“This Saturday a major fire broke out in a warehouse behind a store on Dr. Isaias Antunes Avenue, in Novo Progresso, near BR-163. The fire spread quickly, spilling oil onto the streets and reaching nearby shops and businesses,” the Portuguese-language post said.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the clip shared in the fake post (left) and the video posted by Portal Roma News (right):
In the video a sign is visible for a restaurant called Churrascaria e Restaurante Polentao, located in Novo Progresso (archived link).
Below is a screenshot comparison of a photo of the restaurant on Tripadvisor (left) and the fake message (right), with the similarities highlighted by the AFP:
Local media outlets Jornal Folha do Progresso And Roma news reported that a fire in a warehouse to Dr. Isaias Antunes Avenue flooded nearby stores on August 10 (archived here and here).
AFP has fact-checked yet more disinformation about the Middle East conflict.
