The video was shared with similar claims elsewhere on X and Facebook. It was also shared in Arabic.
Hezbollah has traded almost daily cross-border fire with Israel since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel which triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
The unprecedented attack resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures that include hostages killed in captivity (archived link).
Of the 251 hostages seized by militants, 97 are still held in Gaza, including 33 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 figures provided by the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.
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 by Brazilian news outlet Portal Roma News on August 11, 2024 (archived link).
“A large fire broke out in a warehouse behind a store on Dr Isaias Antunes Avenue, in Novo Progresso, near BR-163, this Saturday. The fire quickly spread, spilling oil onto the streets, reaching nearby stores and businesses,” read the Portuguese-language post.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the clip shared in the false 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, which is located in Novo Progresso (archived link).
Below is a screenshot comparison of a photo of the restaurant on Tripadvisor (left) and the false post (right), with similarities highlighted by the AFP:
Local media outlets Jornal Folha do Progresso and Roma News reported that a blaze at a warehouse on Dr Isaias Antunes Avenue engulfed nearby stores on August 10 (archived here and here).
AFP has fact-checked more misinformation about the conflict in the Middle East.
