Israel is reportedly in the midst of its ongoing conflict with Hamas. began evacuation of several embassies throughout the Middle East, including Bahrain, Jordan, and Morocco. A widely shared video is now purported to show a mob setting fire to Bahrain’s embassy in Manama, the capital.
In the video, rioters were seen carrying Molotov cocktails and running towards the building before setting it on fire. One X user sharing viral videowrote, “Bahraini nationals attempted to set fire to the Israeli embassy in Manama.”Ann An archived version of this post can be found here.
India Today has learned that the viral video is not recent and does not show the attack on the Israeli embassy in Bahrain.
our probe
If the Israeli embassy had been set on fire in Bahrain, it would definitely have made headlines. However, there are no reliable reports suggesting that, so I reverse searched the keyframes of the video. This results in Facebook post from November 2012. The post included a screenshot of a similar building on fire, with a caption indicating it was from the Nov. 5, 2023 arson attack that surrounded a police station. Ta.
moreover, long videos on youtube This video was shared by a channel called Revolutionary Media Center in Bahrain in December 2012. The video contains a viral clip and it has been revealed that it has nothing to do with the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
The caption of the video showed protesters attacking a police station on Sitra Island, south of the capital Manama. It further suggested that the attack was believed to have taken place on November 3, 2012.
Riots broke out in Bahrain in 2011., led by Shiite demonstrators opposed to the rule of the Sunni al-Khalifa family, which has ruled the island for about 250 years.a Al Mayadeen’s report states that dozens of individualsattacked a police station in Sitra, Bahrain with petrol bombs.Many of the perpetrators of police station attacks was arrested and then tried according to the law Executive agency.
So, in conclusion, it is clear that this video does not show an attack on the Israeli embassy in Bahrain.