⁍ Users on social media are sharing a video that claims to show a missile provoking an explosion in Beirut on August 4.

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⁍ Some users allege the footage was captured by a ‘thermal camera’
This claim is false, the video has been digitally manipulated.

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– A viral video circulating on social media claims to show a missile causing an explosion in Beirut earlier this month, but Reuters says it’s false. The video, which claims to show a missile causing an explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4, has been shared thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and elsewhere, but the fact-check team at Reuters says the video has been “digitally manipulated” to include an image of a missile. The original unedited video, which can be seen here, shows no missile. The doctored video, which claims to show a missile causing an explosion in Beirut, has been removed from YouTube for violating community guidelines. The original unedited video, which claims to show a missile causing an explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4, has been viewed thousands of times and shared on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. Most of the iterations of the video include a watermark that reads “ronaldreynaldo0@gmail.com.” The original unedited video, which claims to show a missile causing an explosion in Beirut, can be seen here on CNN Arabic. The pattern of video zoom and the screeching and crackling sound on the audio exactly matches that of the doctored video. The footage was manipulated to add a negative filter and to include in some frames what appears to be an image of a missile (second 00:08, here). Reuters tested the application of a similar negative filter to the video, which again revealed no missile. Some iterations of the doctored video include a second clip that allegedly shows the explosion from a much closer angle. Reuters was unable to independently confirm the original source of the second clip.