A video compilation showing the detention of three former leaders of Azerbaijan’s disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has been falsely claimed online to show the capture of Israeli generals by the Islamist militant group Hamas.
The 30-second compilation of three clips shows men in military fatigues removing three individuals in handcuffs from vehicles.
Captioning the video, one Facebook user wrote on Oct. 8: “Breaking News Israel: Several high ranking IDF Generals have been seen captured with Hamas Terrorists”.
A video compilation showing the detention of three former leaders of Azerbaijan’s disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has been falsely claimed online to show the capture of Israeli generals by the Islamist militant group Hamas.
The 30-second compilation of three clips shows men in military fatigues removing three individuals in handcuffs from vehicles.
Captioning the video, one Facebook user wrote on Oct. 8: “Breaking News Israel: Several high ranking IDF Generals have been seen captured with Hamas Terrorists”.
Reuters reported on their arrests on Oct. 3.
Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally viewed as part of Azerbaijan but was run as a breakaway ethnic Armenian statelet until October, when Azerbaijan re-took control.
Miscaptioned. The video shows detention of Nagorno-Karabakh former leaders, not Israeli generals.
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