CLAIM: Video shows protesters storming the Israeli embassy in Bahrain. israel-hamas war.
AP Rating: False. This video, taken in 2012, shows demonstrators storming a police station in Sitra, Bahrain.
Fact: A video showing protesters throwing what appears to be Molotov cocktails at the building has been falsely attributed to an attack on the Israeli embassy in Bahrain.
“BREAKING BREAKING,” reads one post on the video-sharing platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “The Israeli embassy in Bahrain is on fire…”
The video shows a large group of people running toward a building with incendiary materials and throwing them at the building, setting it on fire. This one-minute video of him was shared on multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, and showed different angles of the attack.
a long version This video, discovered on YouTube in 2012, shows the same structure as the currently shared clip. The title of the video, translated from Arabic, is “Bahrain: Police station under siege and set on fire – Sitra”.
The original video also uses the same music as the clip that was incorrectly identified as showing the Israeli embassy. According to the video description, the attack occurred in November 2012.
Structures matching the structures in the video, such as tall vertical structures and fences around the police station, can be found in the following locations: satellite image On Google Maps.
protests erupted It happened in Bahrain and other Middle Eastern countries during the recent Israel-Hamas war. Since the war began, Flood of misinformation On social media, users share false claims and pass on false videos.
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