Old footage from the 2020 port explosion resurfaced online as Pakistan and India engaged in four days of intense fighting before a ceasefire, AFP notes.

“BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan and India are engaged in an open war and attacking each other brutally,” reads part of an Indonesian-language post on X on May 7.

 Screenshot of false post, taken on May 9, 2025 — AFP.
Screenshot of false post, taken on May 9, 2025 — AFP.

The post features a six-second clip of a major explosion levelling buildings along a street.

AFP found that the scene matches images of a Beirut street seen on Google Maps. The video’s matching location is along a street called Chafaka.

A reverse image search using keyframes found that the circulating clip is part of longer footage published on the YouTube channel of broadcaster CNBC International on August 2, 2021.

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