<div style="background-color: #f7f9fa; padding: 10px;"> <p><strong>Claim:</strong> The video shows a massive fire at Israel’s Ashkelon power plant after an attack.</p> <p><strong>Fact:</strong> The claim is false. The video shows a fire at the Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, following a Houthi attack in March 2022.</p> </div> <p><strong>Hyderabad:</strong> A video is being widely shared on social media with the claim that it shows a massive fire at Israel’s Ashkelon power plant due to a planned attack.</p> <div class="pasted-from-word-wrapper"> <p>An X user <a href="https://ift.tt/yZPAmoj" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://ift.tt/FDdn8BP the video</a> with the caption: “The most powerful scene: The burning of the Ashkelon station reminds us of the days of Aramco. Israel turns off its lights.” ( <a href="https://ift.tt/vjliO5X" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Archive</a> )</p> <figure class="image"><img src="https://ift.tt/cK1Py5U" width="720" /> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> <p>The 11-second clip shows massive flames rising from a structure resembling a power plant.</p> <p><strong>Fact Check</strong></p> <p>NewsMeter found that the claim was false. The video was old and showed a fire at the Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.</p> <p>A reverse image search led us to a video uploaded on YouTube in a video report by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCMRv4AIfTQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DkCMRv4AIfTQ&source=gmail&ust=1735545172084000&usg=AOvVaw0jpAZWeql96aaTGimJUL0g">Al Arabiya</a> on March 26, 2022. The text on the video read: ‘Scenes of fire breaking out at the Aramco station in Jeddah after it was attacked’ (translated from Arabic).</p> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kCMRv4AIfTQ?si=NRjkqcu6xxAGIZUd" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p>The viral video closely matched visuals from the Al Arabiya report, which confirmed that the fire occurred at Saudi Aramco’s oil depot in Jeddah after a Houthi attack.</p> <p>Further keyword search led us to a <a href="https://ift.tt/OiGSUsb" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://ift.tt/sSgwzNo report</a> titled ‘Fire breaks out at Jeddah oil depot before Saudi Arabia Grand Prix’, dated March 25, 2002.</p> <p><br /><img src="https://ift.tt/ADkQORf" width="720" /></p> <p>The article reported that the fire erupted at the depot days before the Saudi Grand Prix, following an attack claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Similar images were included in this report, confirming the location.</p> <p>A report from <a href="https://ift.tt/F39tX8r" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://ift.tt/lLDNCMp href="https://ift.tt/yBVXAgf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://ift.tt/pnaVf2H that the visuals were from the Aramco facility in Jeddah, not Israel’s Ashkelon power plant.</p> <p>Therefore, the viral claim that the video shows an attack on Israel's Ashkelon power plant is false. The video is from March 2022 and shows a fire at Saudi Aramco’s oil depot in Jeddah after a Houthi missile strike.</p> <div style="background-color: #f7f9fa; padding: 10px;"> <p><strong>Claim Review:</strong> The video shows a massive fire at Israel’s Ashkelon power plant after an attack.</p> <p><strong>Claimed By: </strong>Social Media Users.</p> <p><strong>Claim Reviewed By:</strong> NewsMeter</p> <p><strong>Claim Source:</strong> X</p> <p><strong>Claim Fact Check:</strong> False</p> <p><strong>Fact:</strong> The claim is false. The video shows a fire at the Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, following a Houthi attack in March 2022.</p> </div> </div> <p><em><strong>This story was originally published by <a href="https://ift.tt/Rj3c9l8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NewsMeter</a>, as part of the Shakti Collective. Except for the headline and excerpt, this story has not been edited by ABP LIVE staff.</strong></em></p>
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