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Mar 2 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
⚠️Fake news alert!!!
#FactCheck: Irrelevant images passed as from #BalakotAirStrike.

We did a fact check on the claimed images and found those images on stock image hosting websites having no connection with any "Air Strike".

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Claim: A collage of broken trees is claimed to be from Balakot and alleged #IndianAirForce for destroying them.

Fact: The images being shared have no connection with any Air Strike. The images are old and are present on stock images hosting websites.
On Feb 26-27, 2022, several social media handles shared a collage of broken trees and claimed it to be from Balakot where on Feb 26, 2019 #India claims to successfully carry out air strikes in Jabba, Balakot.
As per Indian sources, #India claims to have carried out a successful airstrike in Jabba, Balakot destroying a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp. These claims are appropriately refuted by #Pakistan. @DGISPR allowed a group of journos who verified those claims by going on ground.
In the wake of this, posts keep coming up claiming Indian Air Force destroyed trees & killed crows while sharing some irrelevant and misleading images.
A collage of some posts on Twitter below.
The images are picked in random from stock photos websites like Alarmy & Dreamstime. Below is a collage of original images.
dreamstime.com/old-pine-tree-…
dreamstime.com/big-broken-pin…
alamy.com/stock-photo-br…
alamy.com/broken-tree-in…
alamy.com/broken-pine-da…
Conclusion: The images being shared as from Balakot as a result of air strike by Indian Air force is misleading. The images are of broken pine trees present on various stock photo hosting websites with no connection to any air strike.

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