Does the video show the process of destroying aid designated for the Gaza Strip at the Egyptian Rafah crossing?

24 Jan 2024

13:54

False

True

Misleading

Result

The video is not recent.
Published on November 16, 2016, the video depicts Saudi authorities in the Qassim region disposing of trucks loaded with chickens unfit for consumption.

Claim Spread

After a hundred days since the commencement of the Gaza Strip war, the humanitarian aid issue has garnered extensive attention and engagement on social media. The ongoing debate regarding the reasons behind the hindrance of aid passage remains a central concern, particularly amidst accusations exchanged between Egypt and Israel regarding responsibility for permitting humanitarian aid through the Rafah crossing to Gaza. This discussion stands out as a prominent and heavily focused topic, alongside ongoing developments in the current war.

Inaccurate information and false news about this file continue to be published and circulated in conjunction with the continuation of the ongoing war.

In this context, in the previous days we will highlight one of the videos clips that achieved thousands of views on the X platform and was widely circulated. This video claims to document the process of disposing of aid intended for the Gaza Strip, in a waste dump on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, after it expires.

Evidence

The video in question is not recent and has no connection to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

The video was published on November 16, 2016.

While verifying the authenticity of the video through the reverse image search method, the results uncovered that the footage originates from November 16, 2016, when it was shared by the official account of the Qassim Province Municipality on the X platform (formerly Twitter).

According to the mentioned source, the video shows the disposal of 25 trucks loaded with unfit-for-consumption chickens in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The video was also posted on a YouTube channel on November 16, 2016, under the title “Qassim Municipality Disposes of (25) Trucks Loaded with Spoiled Chickens.”

In addition, the same news was circulated at that time on local Arabic-language media outlets.

Given the recent developments, there has been a conspicuous rise in the dissemination of deceptive information and false news concerning the war that began in the Gaza Strip since October of last year.

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