As the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine continues to dominate international headlines, social media has been flooded with viral content related to intense fighting. However, many of these posts are either false or misinterpreted out of context.
It is essential to be critical of any information you see online and to verify it from multiple sources before sharing it.
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A video circulating on social media claims to show the Israeli Air Force attacking the Re’im music festival and killing Israelis.
The video caption reads, “Footage from Israeli Occupation Airforce show it was the IDF that took out its own citizens with Apache Helicopter on October 7 at the music festival.”
We decided to do a fact-check on this.
Fact Check
We began the investigation using the Invid-We-Verify tool and found several international media reports and credible posts on ‘X’ related to this video. Accordingly, international media outlets such as ‘Newsweek’ have reported that the video depicts the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) attacking Hamas militants.
According to Newsweek, the video appears to show Israeli AH-64 Apache attack helicopters’ bursts of gunfire and Hellfire air-to-ground missiles zoning in on Hamas targets in an unspecified location. The Newsweek report can be read here. Archived
Imanuel Fabian, a defense correspondent for the Israel Times newspaper, has also reported that the video shows the IDF striking Hamas militants as they streamed across the breached border from Gaza on October 7. Towards the end of the video, a group of men crossing the border and being attacked can also be seen.
The video shows missiles hitting cars, trucks, motorcycles, and people on foot as pilots report hundreds of gunmen sweeping into Israel to attack nearby communities, the Times of Israel reported. Archived
However, there have been few reports, like that of this interview with Yasmin Pora, a survivor of the bloodshed at Kibbutz Be’eri near the boundary with Gaza, that state that Israeli forces could have unintentionally killed their own.
She states that Israeli civilians “undoubtedly” were tragically killed by their own security forces during the intense confrontation while the Hamas fighters were trying to take back the captured Israeli hostage inside Gaza. The same was detailed in this Israeli news report as well.
The Re’im music festival
The Re’im music festival was a psychedelic trance festival in Israel on October 7, 2023. The festival was attacked by Hamas militants, who killed at least 260 people and took captives back into Gaza.
The attack began in the early morning hours when militants infiltrated Israel via motorized paragliders and jeeps. They then opened fire on the festival attendees, who were primarily young Israelis celebrating the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Many of the victims were shot in the back as they ran.
The militants also blockaded roads and took control of bomb shelters, preventing people from escaping. The massacre took place amid a rocket siren, signaling a barrage of rockets fired into Israel.
The Re’im music festival massacre was among the deadliest terrorist attacks in Israeli history. It was also a significant escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has been ongoing for decades. More details about it can be read here: Archived.
Another report on the attack on the music festival can be read here
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Title:Insight into viral footage claiming Israel Air Force Attacking the Re’im music festival and killing Israelis!
Written By: Kalana KrishanthaResult: Insight
