Lighthouse Journalism found a video widely shared on social media platforms. It was claimed, along with the video, that the Indian Army has started a war at the border. The video was claimed to be shot by the people of Pakistan, stating the Indian Army was firing at houses in PoK.
During the investigation, we found the video to be old.
Claim:
X user Jitendra Pratap Singh shared the video on his profile.
Other users are also sharing the video with the same claim.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by uploading the video to the InVid tool and obtaining keyframes from the same. We then ran a reverse image search on the keyframes one by one.
We found the video uploaded by X user FJ on October 24, 2019.
The first post on the thread said: Heavy clashes are ongoing now between Indian and Pakistani armies along the LoC
According to a 2019 NDTV report, the Indian Army launched attacks on terror camps located inside Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, in which three camps were destroyed and six to 10 soldiers of the Pakistan army were killed. Sources said the terror launch pads in Neelam valley — opposite the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara– were destroyed in the artillery strikes. The artillery strike was in retaliation for the support provided by the Pakistan Army to push terrorists into the Indian territory.
Conclusion: An Old video from 2019 is now being shared as recent footage of firing by the Indian Army on PoK. The viral claim is misleading.
