Fact Check: NOT Israeli woman crying over her destroyed house, this video is from Syria
India Today Fact Check, however, found that the video is not from Israel but from Syria. It also predates the present Iran-Israel conflict.OUR PROBEListening to the woman in the viral video speak immediately makes it clear that the video is from Syria. She can be heard saying in English, "I am back to my home, my home is in Darayya, the suburbs of Damascus." Damascus is the capital of Syria.Subsequently, reverse-searching keyframes from the viral video led us to the original clip, posted by professional Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini on March 14, three months before the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran began."I'm home..but my home doesn't stand.. I want to share what I feel with you because this is not just about me, this is what many Syrians are going through right now..Loss, pain and trauma. This is the home I grew up in, drew my dreams of becoming the best woman I could be, and even washed dad's car with him in the neighbourhood. Yes, my home is just rubble, but those memories will always give me the strength to move forward," read Mardini's caption, making it obvious that the video is not from Israel but from Syria.advertisementPer an NDTV report, Mardini left war-torn Syria in 2015, when she was 17, and went on to compete in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Another report from Al Arabiya, published on March 28, featured her homecoming after almost a decade. Mardini's return marked a full-circle moment for the 27-year-old, whose dramatic escape from the war was documented in the Netflix film 'The Swimmers'.Thus, it is abundantly clear that a video from Syria was falsely shared as a video from Israel.Tune InMust Watch
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