India are bombing Pakistan? The film shows a different event

On the night of May 6-7, 2025, the Indian armed forces began the “Sinddoor operation”, hitting nine facilities in Pakistan and a part of the region of Dżammu and Kashmir controlled by Pakistan, the Indian government said. Later donatedthat Pakistani forces “opened artillery fire”. 36 people were killed and nearly a hundred were injured (as of the morning of May 7).

Recordings to document the night attack as part of “Sindo operation” quickly appeared in social media. Only that not all of them present current events. Yes, for example, users of the X website made available a 32-second video, which shows subsequent explosions illuminating the night sky and the dark silhouettes of some buildings, which probably fall from the air. Each explosion is accompanied by a characteristic whistle, and in the background you can hear male voices. Some Internet users attached this recording as an illustration for comments about the Indian attack on Pakistan. “India carried out a rocket attack for nine goals in Pakistan as part of the 'Sinddoor' operation. According to the Indian authorities wrote In X shortly after 23 o'clock on May 6, a local confederation politician Marek Tucholski (spelling of all posts original).

A few minutes earlier, one of the anonymous users of the X website did the same. “As part of the 'Sindur' Operation, India attacked 15 ballistical missiles and rockets maneuvering nine goals in Pakistan. The Indian armed forces carried out precise attacks on 'terrorist' camp Rawalakot ” – said in a post with this recording. His entry was displayed almost 16 thousand. times.

The same recording as an illustration of the current conflict made available many English -language users X. Some posts had several hundred thousand views, and the most popular – over 1.5 million. However, this film has nothing to do with India's attack on Pakistan.

Thanks to the inverted image search, we reached the older versions of this recording. Some English -language Internet users published them in October 2023 – then in the context of Israel's retaliation on gauze. On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Hamas gauze ruling the Zone Hamas carried out a massive attack on Israel, killing many civilians. This assault initiated the ongoing conflict.

The oldest English -speaking post with a recording appeared on the website x October 13, 2023. “Israel bombards the gauze zone with massive raids” – was the commentary with the hashtag #israelfightsback.

October 23, 2023 on the Arab Satellite Television channel Al Mayadeen on YouTube published A fragment of the antenna entrance, which showed the same recording as “scenes of Israel's raids on the Gaza Strip”.

The fact that the popular recording now does not present the India attack on Pakistan, he explained On the website x BBC Verify journalist Shayan Sardarizadeh.

At the time of the outbreak of new armed conflicts on the network, old recordings and photos usually appear quickly, published again as current relations. Such materials are often taken out of context, without the date and description of the source, which can mislead and fuel disinformation. We dealt with a similar phenomenon, among others After the start of Russia's full -glass invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and after Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. At that time, archival materials that did not present current events were widely disseminated – many of them We verified in Zasta24.

How not to be fooled? Before clicking “Share”, check the source and date of publication. It is also worth looking for reliable analyzes – has anyone already verified the recording or photo. Use the inverted image search function – it allows you to determine where in what context the material appeared earlier.