Old and unrelated protest footage went viral, falsely claiming to be fake scenes of dead bodies from the ongoing Israel-Hamas Conflict!

About a month ago, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated once again. According to the latest reports, the Israeli military states that it has surrounded Gaza City on three sides. Additionally, Israel reported that thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the recent attacks. In the face of such a situation, a video emerged claiming to show how Hamas fighters created a fake video to depict a pile of corpses.

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Twitter users shared a video claiming that it depicted fake bodies in Gaza and accused Israel of the situation. The post also stated that it was shot by Al Jazeera.

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The same claim was also spreading on Facebook too.

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We have decided to conduct a fact-check on the subject matter to verify the accuracy and reliability of the information presented.

Fact-Check

We initially analyzed this video using ‘InVid: WeVerify’ by capturing the keyframes, then conducted a reverse image search and discovered that the viral clip was actually part of a video that was uploaded approximately ten years ago.

This original video was posted by Al-Badil, an Egyptian news service, on their official YouTube channel in October 2013 can be seen below.

The Arabic caption for the video, which was released ten years ago, translates to English as "Depicting dead bodies in Al-Azhar University."

Below is the English translation of the full description given to the video.

“A representation of deceased bodies inside Al-Azhar University Photographed by Mustafa Darwish, edited by Muhammad Anwar Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood students at Al-Azhar University organized a massive demonstration in front of the college administration building. Brotherhood students at Al-Azhar University joined the girls' and boys' marches side by side, forming one march. They met between the Faculty of Medicine and Engineering buildings next to the Al-Azhar University Presidency building after touring around the university campus to mobilize students and disrupt studies. The marches then headed to the College of Engineering. Several students, who were unable to live in university cities and had good grades, started preparing loudspeakers and placing them in front of the Al-Azhar University Presidency building to hold protest activities and put pressure on the university president to accommodate them. Brotherhood students also blocked the road to the permanent camp at Al-Azhar University, causing traffic paralysis on both sides amid a crowd of motorists.

The students chanted slogans against the army and the police. A number of Brotherhood demonstrators at Al-Azhar University tried to storm the university's administrative building while other students lit candles and fireworks in the air.”

We have also found additional information about this incident from reputable sources. The conflict between the students of Al-Azhar University in Egypt and the police in October 2013 was also reported by Reuters and BBC. The articles can be read here and here.

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Conclusion

Our investigation reveals that the viral video is misleading and is shared out of context. The video is actually from October 2013 and depicts the representation of corpses during a protest by Muslim Brotherhood students at Egypt's Al-Azhar University. It is crucial to note that this video is unrelated to the current ongoing conflict between Israel-Hamas intense fighting.