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India Today Fact Check found that the video is more than two years old and from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, not Israel.
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India Today Fact Check
This video is from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and dates back to March 25, 2022. It shows Houthis bombing two oil tanks.
After the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah, Tel Aviv has shifted its focus to the Houthis, the Yemeni group blockading the Red Sea for about a year now.
A video now going viral shows a massive fire engulfing a sizeable area, captured from a moving car. Those sharing this clip claimed the Houthis attacked the Rutenberg power station in Israel’s Ashkelon.
"As I told you earlier, the HOUTHIS in Yemen. Yemen carried out a missile attack hitting the Israel Ashkelon power plant, so you can see the video now the power plant is still burning nonstop," one such post was captioned.
India Today Fact Check found that the video is originally from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and dates back to 2022. The attack, however, was carried out by the Houthis.
Our Probe
A reverse search of the keyframes from the viral video led us to a post from March 25, 2022, featuring the same clip. As per the translation of the Arabic caption, these visuals were from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, when the Houthis bombed two oil tanks in the Aramco facility.
The official Facebook Page of Qatar Day also shared this clip on March 26, 2022, stating the same. This makes it clear that the video is not recent at all.
According to Al Jazeera, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the group attacked Aramco’s facilities with missiles and the Ras Tanura and Rabigh refineries with drones. He also said the Houthis targeted vital facilities in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
A day after these deadly attacks, on March 26, 2022, Saudi Arabia retaliated in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital. Per reports, at least seven people were killed by the Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa and Hodeida during these retaliatory attacks. The military operations, however, halted on March 29, 2022, following a United Nations call for a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
It’s also noteworthy that the Houthis claimed responsibility for a couple of drone attacks on the evening of December 25. According to a report in The Times of Israel, the drones were targeting a “vital and sensitive target” in Tel Aviv, and the other in Ashkelon’s industrial zone.
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