Reverse image searches on Google using keyframes of the falsely shared clips led to the same footage appearing in reports about a devastating port explosion in Lebanon's capital Beirut in August 2020.

The Aug. 4, 2020, explosion reduced huge swaths of Lebanon’s capital to rubble and caused billions of dollars in damage, but corruption and mismanagement have stalled an investigation into the ...

Vatican City, Aug 26, 2024 / 10:39 am Pope Francis met with 30 relatives of victims of the Port of Beirut explosion in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday, expressing his sorrow and ...

By MATT MCGARRY, JESSICA HOPPER, MARJORIE MCAFEE and ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC News(BEIRUT) Dr. Seema Jilani was tending to a wounded teenage girl, still trying to register what had happened Tuesday after a.

However, this is false: the video was filmed in 2020 in Lebanon, where a massive explosion caused by chemicals stored at Beirut port destroyed large parts of the capital city.

Lebanese judge questions former top security chiefs over Beirut port blast In this Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, a drone picture shows the destruction after an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon.

Damage after the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut explosion. | Credit: Mehr News Agency, CC BY SA 4.0 By Victoria Cardiel ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2025 / 17:31 pm ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rami Rajeh, a father of two who has lived in Beirut since the 1980s, about what things are like on the ground there after Tuesday's massive explosion in the city's port.

Pope Francis meets on Aug. 26, 2024, at the Vatican with relatives of the victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut explosion. (photo: Vatican Media) Kristina Millare/CNA World August 26, 2024 ...