ഫാക്ട് ചെക്ക്: പ്രചരിക്കുന്നത് പാകിസ്താൻ തിരിച്ചടിക്കുന്ന ദൃശ്യങ്ങളല്ല

India has started a retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives. India's surgical strikes were carried out at nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. India attacked terrorist camps. The Army said that nine Pakistani terror camps were attacked and destroyed. The Army has announced on social media that justice has been done . The Army has clarified that the attack was only on terrorist camps. No attack was carried out on Pakistani military bases. Attacks took place in Bahawalpur, Muzaffarabad, Kotli and Muridke. Pakistan has confirmed the attack.

Meanwhile, several videos are circulating on social media claiming to be footage of Pakistan retaliating to the Indian attack. Footage of an explosion from a street lined with buildings is being circulated claiming to be a missile attack by Pakistan on India. Pakistan's revenge against India. The post is captioned as "Recent missile attack!!!" . The post and link are below.

Fact Check:

The bombing footage being circulated claiming that Pakistan is retaliating for Operation Sindoor is misleading. It has been found that the footage being circulated is of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.

The video was checked through a reverse image using key frames of the circulating video . It was found that it was posted in 2020. The video was posted on August 6, 2020 with the description Beirut / Lebanon. The explosion that shook the world took place in Beirut, Lebanon on August 4, 2020. Hundreds of people were killed in an explosion in a warehouse where explosives were stored at the port of Beirut. It is clear that the video is related to this.

A similar video was also posted on the YouTube channel La Nación Costa Rica . The video was posted on August 5, 2020, under the title "Bayruth Explosion."

A keyword search conducted based on available information revealed a report on the Beirut explosion by the Korean website Han Kyung . The report, titled "Three lakh people lost their homes in the Beirut explosion... Half of the city was destroyed, " was published on August 5, 2020, and was found to have used a portion of the video being circulated. It was clear that the bombing footage being circulated with the claim of Pakistan's retaliation was from 2020.

The bombing footage circulating on social media, claiming that Pakistan is retaliating against India for its response to the Pahalgam terror attack through Operation Sindoor, is misleading. It has been found that the footage being circulated is of a warehouse explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, in 2020.