Posts recycle Yemeni port blaze footage after Israeli airstrikes

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Posts recycle Yemeni port blaze footage after ******** airstrikes

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The video included in the post, viewed over 82,000 times, was published one day after Iran-backed Huthi media said at least 

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on Yemen on September 30 (

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The ******** military said it was striking several targets of the Iran-backed rebel group in Yemen, including in the port city of Hodeida.

The Huthis are part of Iran’s “axis of resistance” against ******* and the ******* States, and since November 2023, have targeted ******* and its perceived interests in stated solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The clip was also shared on

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in English.

But it was taken in July 2024 and shows a different ******** airstrike on Hodeida.

July airstrikes

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using keyframes from the video, followed by keyword searches, found the clip corresponds to a

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on July 20, 2024, by the Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu (

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According to the video’s title, it shows ******** airstrikes on oil storage facilities in Hodeida.

A man can be heard saying in Arabic “British-******** ****** aircraft bombed Al-Hodeidah Governorate”, referring to the port’s administrative area.

Below is a screenshot comparison of the misrepresented video (left) and the footage distributed by Anadolu news agency (right):

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Screenshot comparison of the post misused the video (left) and the video uploaded by Anadolu Agency on

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The same video was also published by British newspaper

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and video agency

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in July 2024 (archived links

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videos the same day showing ***** and smoke rising above Hodeida, credited to Huthi-run Al-Masirah television (

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Huthi television footage shows ***** and smoke following stikes on Yemen’s Hodeida

The strike on the port, a key entry point for fuel and humanitarian aid to war-ravaged Yemen, is the first claimed by ******* in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country, about 2,000 kilometres (1,300 miles) away, AFP

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It ******* six people and injured 83, many of them with severe burns, the rebel-run health ministry said in a statement carried by Huthi media. Three people remained missing, it said.

******* said it carried out the strike in response to a drone ******* by the Huthis on Tel Aviv which ******* one person on July 19, 2024.

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