2023-10-13 11:23:24
# Sachin Kumar K. / Fact Check Desk 13 October 2023, 04:53 PM IST .
Social media is flooded with videos and pictures from the Israel-Hamas battlefield. These scenes from the battlefield are a direct testimony to how inhuman wars are. In the meantime, reports are coming out that Israel has used white phosphorus bombs in the populated areas of Gaza and South Lebanon. Human Rights Watch has also confirmed this. Meanwhile, a video purporting to show Israel using white phosphorus in Gaza has gone viral on social media. Checking the truth of this.
Screenshots of some of the circulating posts
investigation
In these scenes, it looks like sparks are continuously falling from the sky and smoldering on the ground. After checking with the help of search tools, the same video was found in the news of British media, Mirror and Daily Mail. This is in reports published in May 2023.
It is said in the news that this is the footage of the thermite bomb attack by Russia in Ukraine. According to reports, the attack took place in Vuhleder, Ukraine. Like white phosphorus, the use of thermite bombs in populated areas is considered a war crime.
British media news:
Another video went viral purporting to show Israel using white phosphorus in southern Lebanon. The footage was reviewed by Human Rights Watch and confirmed the allegations. According to the report released in this regard, it was confirmed that Israel used white phosphorus not only in South Lebanon but also in Al-Mina area of Gaza.
It is a war crime to use white phosphorus in populated areas, which can cause fires and burn people. But Israel has yet to respond to Human Rights Watch’s current findings.
The fact
A video circulating as if it is of Israel’s white phosphorus attack on Gaza is misleading. A video of Russia’s thermite bombing in Ukraine in March 2023 is being falsely circulated.
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