This Video Does Not Show Egyptians Crossing Border to Deliver Aid to Palestine
The Claim
A video shows Egyptians crossing border to deliver aid to Gaza.
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Recently, accounts and pages on social media have been circulating a video that claims to show some Egyptians crossing the Palestinian border to deliver water and food to Palestine during the ongoing war.
The video shows a group of men carrying luggage on their backs. They are walking through a desert landscape. The video is captioned with the text: "Egyptians cross the desert into Palestine to carry water, food and supplies for the people of Gaza."
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating video and found the claim to be misleading.
The video predates Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and was taken on the Egyptian-Libyan Border
Misbar's team found that the video was posted on TikTok on August 13, 2023, by user1368146280095. The caption of the video says "Saloum, the western border of Egypt, Matrouh, and there it is." This suggests that the video was filmed on the Egyptian-Libyan border near the city of Matrouh.
It is also noted that the luggage carried by the people in the circulating video is similar to the luggage in other videos published as people smuggling goods into Libya for trade.
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