Video shows explosive footage of a ship being hit by a missile strike.
Houthi rebels claimed this week to have targeted a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Red Sea, the latest in a series of attacks the Yemeni group has claimed are a response to Israel's war with the militant group Hamas in Gaza.The Associated Press reported Houthi claims made on Wednesday that they had targeted the USS Mason and another ship they identified as the Destiny. However, the attack was thought to have happened two days earlier, with U.S.
News about the test strike was also reported by The Independent, Yahoo News, and the Daily Mail.It's not the first time that the footage has been misappropriated. In 2022, fact-checkers Snopes investigated a similarly false claim that the video was of a Russian warship being destroyed.It was misused again earlier this year, with claims circulating on Chinese-language social media that it showed an Israeli ship being sunk in the Red Sea, Radio Free Asia reported.
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