video Post to X It claims to show fires in Israel.
It’s not Aramco… it’s Israel.
Smoke from the fires can be seen across the Middle East. “It's Hezbollah.” pic.twitter.com/aD4Vx4Ydam
— SilencedSirs◼️ (@SilentlySirs) September 24, 2024
Verdict: False
The video does not show footage of an Israeli fire. The war between the Israeli military and Hezbollah continues, with both sides conducting airstrikes, but the video is not from the Middle East. Rather, it shows a recent warehouse fire in Brazil.
Fact check:
Israel has intercepted a Hezbollah ballistic missile near Tel Aviv, marking the first time a missile from the Lebanese militant group has reached the city's vicinity. CNNIsrael and Hezbollah have been trading gunfire since an Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas in southern Israel.
A September 24 post from X shows footage of a large fire and smoke rising from an unspecified location. The 24-second clip shows trucks responding to the incident and passersby watching the fire. (Related: Post reveals US military equipment left in Afghanistan)
The caption for the video says the fire is “not at Aramco,” likely Fires in 2022 A fire broke out at an oil facility in Saudi Arabia, blamed on an attack by Houthi militants. The post reads, “It's not Aramco's fault… it's Israel's fault. Smoke from the fires can be seen all across the Middle East. It's Hezbollah's fault.”
However, this footage is not from Israel or Lebanon. Shared According to an account by Portal Roma News, a news media site based in Belem, Brazil, the outlet published the story on August 11th, with a caption describing a “large fire” that “took place in a warehouse behind a local store.” The outlet said the incident took place in the city of Novo Progresso in northern Brazil.
Dr. Isaias Antunes, New Progresso, Access to BR-163, 11th Record, Alastroux Quick Management, Good Management, Increased Big Projects to Atingindo Nearby Commercial Facilities pic.twitter.com/w6ggLzZgTe
— Portal RomaNews (@RomaNewsOficial) August 11, 2024
The RomaNews portal published the original video a few days after Reuters Reported This year's Amazon rainforest wildfire season is Brazil's most intense in two decades, due to severe drought in the region.
Misinformation surrounding the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict is nothing new. Check Your Fact recently fact-checked a video that claimed a missile fired from Lebanon had started a fire in Israel. The video, which came from Taiwan, showed a fishing boat on fire in December 2023.
