Fact Check: Israel’s Ashkelon Power Plant Attacked By Houthi Rebels? No, Viral Video Is From Saudi Arabia

<div style="background-color: #f7f9fa; padding: 10px;"> <p><strong>Claim:</strong> The video shows a massive fire at Israel&rsquo;s Ashkelon power plant after an attack.</p> <p><strong>Fact:</strong> The claim is false. The video shows a fire at the Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, following a Houthi attack in March 2022.</p> </div> <p><strong>Hyderabad:</strong> A video is being widely shared on social media with the claim that it shows a massive fire at Israel&rsquo;s Ashkelon power plant due to a planned attack.</p> <div class="pasted-from-word-wrapper"> <p>An X user&nbsp;<a href="https://ift.tt/4lOnEp1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://ift.tt/KUaZxX4 the video</a>&nbsp;with the caption: &ldquo;The most powerful scene: The burning of the Ashkelon station reminds us of the days of Aramco. Israel turns off its lights.&rdquo; (&nbsp;<a href="https://ift.tt/g2f3Erj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Archive</a>&nbsp;)</p> <figure class="image"><img src="https://ift.tt/TlXiNjI" width="720" /> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> <p>The 11-second clip shows massive flames rising from a structure resembling a power plant.</p> <p><strong>Fact Check</strong></p> <p>NewsMeter found that the claim was false. The video was old and showed a fire at the Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.</p> <p>A reverse image search led us to a video uploaded on YouTube in a video report by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCMRv4AIfTQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DkCMRv4AIfTQ&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1735545172084000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0jpAZWeql96aaTGimJUL0g">Al Arabiya</a>&nbsp;on March 26, 2022. The text on the video read: &lsquo;Scenes of fire breaking out at the Aramco station in Jeddah after it was attacked&rsquo; (translated from Arabic).</p> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kCMRv4AIfTQ?si=NRjkqcu6xxAGIZUd" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p>The viral video closely matched visuals from the Al Arabiya report, which confirmed that the fire occurred at Saudi Aramco&rsquo;s oil depot in Jeddah after a Houthi attack.</p> <p>Further keyword search led us to a&nbsp;<a href="https://ift.tt/hgVOIUi" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://ift.tt/YR4qeVT report</a>&nbsp;titled &lsquo;Fire breaks out at Jeddah oil depot before Saudi Arabia Grand Prix&rsquo;, dated March 25, 2002.</p> <p><br /><img src="https://ift.tt/PtSCUd5" width="720" /></p> <p>The article reported that the fire erupted at the depot days before the Saudi Grand Prix, following an attack claimed by Yemen&rsquo;s Houthi rebels. Similar images were included in this report, confirming the location.</p> <p>A report from&nbsp;<a href="https://ift.tt/y2FUZ8j" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://ift.tt/a2J91Cs href="https://ift.tt/xaLrgj3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://ift.tt/UkNwpSs that the visuals were from the Aramco facility in Jeddah, not Israel&rsquo;s Ashkelon power plant.</p> <p>Therefore, the viral claim that the video shows an attack on Israel's Ashkelon power plant is false. The video is from March 2022 and shows a fire at Saudi Aramco&rsquo;s oil depot in Jeddah after a Houthi missile strike.</p> <div style="background-color: #f7f9fa; padding: 10px;"> <p><strong>Claim Review:</strong> The video shows a massive fire at Israel&rsquo;s Ashkelon power plant after an attack.</p> <p><strong>Claimed By:&nbsp;</strong>Social Media Users.</p> <p><strong>Claim Reviewed By:</strong> NewsMeter</p> <p><strong>Claim Source:</strong> X</p> <p><strong>Claim Fact Check:</strong> False</p> <p><strong>Fact:</strong> The claim is false. The video shows a fire at the Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, following a Houthi attack in March 2022.</p> </div> </div> <p><em><strong>This story was originally published by <a href="https://ift.tt/3UVivuP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NewsMeter</a>, as part of the Shakti Collective. Except for the headline and excerpt, this story has not been edited by ABP LIVE staff.</strong></em></p>

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