{"id":298531,"date":"2025-05-10T20:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=298531"},"modified":"2025-05-10T20:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:23:35","slug":"more-false-claims-about-karachi-port-destroyed-photo-of-israeli-airstrike-on-rafah-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/more-false-claims-about-karachi-port-destroyed-photo-of-israeli-airstrike-on-rafah-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"More false claims about &#8216;Karachi port destroyed&#8217;: Photo of Israeli airstrike on Rafah viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even as tensions escalate between India and Pakistan following military strikes between the two countries, unverified images and videos claiming to be related to the conflict have flooded social media. An <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">image of an explosion illuminating the night sky and smoke billowing out is being shared with claims that it depicts the condition of Karachi port after Indian aircraft carrier warship INS Vikrant attacked it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A fortnight after a terrorist attack in Pahalgam had killed 26 people, Indian armed forces in the early hours of May 7 launched Operation Sindoor, hitting nine sites in Pakistan and PoK from where attacks against India had been planned and directed. The Union ministry of defence\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2127370&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described the action<\/a>\u00a0as \u201cfocused, measured and non-escalatory in nature\u201d, with no Pakistani military facilities having been targeted. Late on May 7,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/heavy-shelling-by-pak-troops-along-loc-in-poonch-rajouri-as-india-carries-out-operation-sindoor\/article69546835.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports came in<\/a>\u00a0of heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan on forward villages along the Line of Control in Poonch and Rajouri areas of Jammu and Kashmir killing at least 16 civilians. They also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2127670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempted to engage a number of military targets<\/a>\u00a0in northern and western India including in Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot and Amritsar, among other places, using drones and missiles. These were neutralized by India\u2019s integrated counter UAS grid and air defence systems. Subsequently, Indian armed forces targeted air defence radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan in a proportionate response, and neutralized the air defence system in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An X handle, Gujrat Titans (<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Gujrat_titans_\/status\/1920539234508607724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gujrat_titans_<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), shared the image on May 8 claiming it was a photo of Karachi port. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/Ipzpd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-298542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port.png 426w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The post has garnered over 25 Lakh views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atul Kushwaha (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealAtulsay\/status\/1920630742834688329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealAtulsay<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) shared the purported image along with 2 other images and a video <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">clip depicting an open area with several parked cars, engulfed in flames and chaos, possibly caused by explosions. In the caption he claimed that INS Vikrant had attacked and burnt down Karachi port. He alleged that Bahawalpur division headquarters, too, had been destroyed along with Karachi post and Rawalpindi headquarters are on target. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/UEDyr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS: INS Vikrant has attacked &amp; burnt down Karachi Port <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndianNavy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndianNavy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Karachi port blown<br \/>\nBahawalpur div HQ gone<br \/>\nRawalpindi HQs on target<\/p>\n<p>Remember In 1971, the port was burning for entire week!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiaPakistanWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiaPakistanWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INSVikrant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INSVikrant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndianArmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndianArmy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndianNavyAction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndianNavyAction<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nP056ZDy06\">pic.twitter.com\/nP056ZDy06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atul Kushwaha (@RealAtulsay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAtulsay\/status\/1920630742834688329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The post has approximately 5 Lakh views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News has already fact-checked the video clip shared by the user and proved that it has no links with the India-Pakistan conflict. It is a three-month old video from Philadelphia.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/abp-ananda-shows-philadelphia-plane-crash-scene-as-aftermath-of-ins-vikrant-strike-in-karachi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Read the Alt News fact-check report on the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A similar post was shared by another X user, Vaishnavi (@Vaishu_z). The tweet was later deleted but not before it had reached around 6 Lakh views. Below is a screenshot of the post:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-298543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/PORT3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/PORT3.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/PORT3-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Instagram account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJZyK29sS8z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piccha_lyt<\/a>, shared a collage featuring the image along with an image of INS Vikrant claiming that it depicts the destruction of the Karachi port. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/UEDyr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJZyK29sS8z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJZyK29sS8z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Pichha_lyt Memes &amp; Trolls (@pichha_lyt_)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conducting a reverse image search on the image, we found a news report from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-51608786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">February 24, 2020, by BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, featuring the exact same image. According to the report, the alleged image depicts an air strike launched by Israel in Gaza and Syria in response to rocket fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-298545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"738\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port-main.jpg 738w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port-main-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/24\/israeli-strikes-in-syria-and-gaza-kill-two-islamic-jihad-fighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> wrote that the image showed an Israel airstrike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, February 23, 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-298541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port-5.png 741w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/port-5-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The readers should note there is no official confirmation from the Indian government about any strike involving INS Vikrant on Karachi port as of now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, the image of the nighttime explosion is from the year 2020 and it depicts Israel\u2019s airstrike on Gaza. Claims that it depicts the port city of Karachi are absolutely false.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as tensions escalate between India and Pakistan following military strikes between the two countries, unverified images and videos claiming to be related to the conflict have flooded social media. 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