{"id":521838,"date":"2021-05-18T13:50:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=521838"},"modified":"2021-05-18T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:50:10","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-fire-from-an-explosion-that-killed-hundreds-of-jewish-people-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-fire-from-an-explosion-that-killed-hundreds-of-jewish-people-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Fire From An Explosion That Killed Hundreds Of Jewish People In Israel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-fire-from-an-explosion-that-killed-hundreds-of-jewish-people-in-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=521838&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232282561-scaled-e1621024509955.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shoaibshafi205\/videos\/1073379139852492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0purportedly shows fire sparked by an explosion in Israel that killed almost 650 Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The footage, taken in 2020, actually shows a fire in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video shows a huge fire billowing with black smoke engulfing vehicles. A man can be seen falling down near the edge of the flames, with others coming to his aid and moving him further away. \u201c#Bigbreakingnews, A big explosion happened in #Isreal where near about 650 Jewish people\u2019s killed,\u201d the video\u2019s caption reads.<\/p>\n<p>Conflict broke out between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas starting on May 10, with both groups firing rockets at each other, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/05\/17\/israel-gaza-conflict-latest-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>. Health Ministry officials are reporting 212 deaths in the Gaza Strip, and there have been 10 deaths in Israel as a result of the clashing, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The video, however, does not show an explosion in Israel. Through a reverse image search of key frames, Check Your Fact found the video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cxs-b09lnBo\">posted<\/a> on YouTube by The Telegraph on July 16, 2020, with the title: \u201cRuptured crude oil pipeline sets off a huge fire in Egypt.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/05\/14\/fact-check-video-hamas-rockets-gaza-strip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Hamas Rockets Landing In The Gaza Strip?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA ruptured crude oil pipeline set off a huge fire on a desert road in Egypt, injuring 12 people,\u201d the video\u2019s description reads, in part. \u201cFlames and clouds of dense, black smoke billowed over the road that stretches from capital Cairo to the city of Ismailia on the Suez Canal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the fire was sparked on July 14 last year after an oil pipeline began leaking, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-pipeline-fire\/egyptian-oil-pipeline-fire-injures-17-idUSKCN24F2LX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The fire likely started after motorists continued to drive by the pipeline, despite the pipeline and road where it had leaked being cordoned off, according to the outlet. While the video\u2019s description says 12 people were injured, outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/ruptured-pipeline-in-egypt-causes-massive-blaze-injuring-12\/2020\/07\/14\/1a8101ac-c604-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-pipeline-fire\/egyptian-oil-pipeline-fire-injures-17-idUSKCN24F2LX\">Reuters<\/a> reported there were at least 17 people injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook\u00a0purportedly shows fire sparked by an explosion in Israel that killed almost 650 Jewish people.Verdict: False The footage, taken in 2020, actually shows a fire in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278435,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232282561-scaled-e1621024509955.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Fire From An Explosion That Killed Hundreds Of Jewish People In Israel?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232282561-scaled-e1621024509955.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Fire From An Explosion That Killed Hundreds Of Jewish People In Israel?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}