India launched many missile strikes in retaliation against Pakistan, but videotapes were widely displayed online and did not show violence between nuclear weapons competitors. The clip depicts an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
“India attacked Pakistan,” reads the Thai title of Facebook post on May 7, 2025.
The post includes multiple nightly blasts. The video carries the logo of Pakistani news outlet Ary News, which shared the clip on its page.
Screenshot of Falles Facebook post published on May 8, 2025
The video was released by the media department of the Pakistani army, including news media after India's strike.
The videos surfaced in Thailand as well as other articles in Burma, Hindi, Sinhalese and English. Thai National Broadcasting Corporation's Urdu TV Channel 92 News and Thai PBS also misrepresented videos from reports about India's conflict with Pakistan.
Nuclear weapons rivals suffered the worst violence in the twenty years after India launched a deadly missile strike against neighbors, with repeated and continuous shootings escalating into shells along the border (reserved link)
New Delhi accuses Islamabad of supporting attacks on tourists in the controversial Indian management in Kashmir two weeks ago – Pakistan allegations deny it.
Islamabad said 31 civilians were killed by India's strike and opened fire along the border. New Delhi said Pakistan's fire killed 13 civilians and a soldier.
However, the video has nothing to do with the crisis.
Reverse image search using key frames resulted in an X post (archive link) posted by Al Jazeera Palestine on October 13, 2023. The Arabic title reads: “Scene shows Israel's violent attack on Beit Lahia north of Gaza strip. ”
Screenshot between fake posts (L) and clips shared by Al Jazeera Palestine
Screenshot between fake posts (L) and clips shared by Al Jazeera Palestine
Other keyword searches found the same clip in the TRT Haber report on October 13, 2023. Turkey exports said Israel launched a strike on 320 targets overnight, killing about 400 Palestinians (released link).
Lebanese news media Al Manar shared screenshots from the same video and also reported that an Israeli strike forced evacuation in Gaza (a link to archive).
According to official data, Hamas' attacks on southern Israel killed 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mainly civilians.
The attack launched by the Israeli offensive for retaliation of the October 7 attack at least killed 52,653 people in GazaAccording to Hamas-Ministry of Operations Health, usually civilians, the United Nations is considered reliable (archive link).
AFP debunked other misinformation about India-Pakistan here, here and here.
