Listen to this articleClaim:
A video is being circulated claiming “A US ship carrying F-16 fighter jets has reached Israel’s west coast.”.
Background:
A desert music festival near Gaza turned into a horror when Hamas militants stormed southern Israel on October 7, according to a media report 260 peoples were killed in the attack.
Debunked Source:
Fact Check:
Inorder to verify the claim we performed a reverse image search on various search engines.
Through the utilization of reverse imaging techniques it was determined that the shared video dates back to Dec, 2022 from San Diego, USA as Navy Ships were about to collide. It does not show ships arriving on the coast of #Israel.
Rating
Misleading/False
Conclusion
Our research confirmed that an old video from USA was shared with false context showing US Military support for Israel.
ABCDE Framework-Based Analysis
| Actor | Social Media Users / Pro-Israeli Accounts |
| Behavior | US Military Aid to Israel |
| Content | Image |
| Degree | The targeted audience of the post was general public. The disinformation was spread on Twitter and Facebook mainly. |
| Effect | Unrelated video was shared in a context as U.S supporting Israel for war.However U.S president Joe Biden do ordered the US Carrier Gerald Ford to the area to help stabilize the region. |
