Huthi rebels have vowed to avenge their chief’s loss of life after the group’s prime minister was killed in an Israeli strike in August, however footage circulating on-line doesn’t present an anti-Israel protest within the rebel-held capital Sanaa. The clip really exhibits an anti-corruption rally in Serbia in March.
“Tons of of 1000’s of Yemenis marched within the Ansarallah-controlled Yemeni metropolis of Sanaa, demanding revenge on the Israeli authorities,” reads an Urdu-language Fb put up printed on September 1, 2025.
It additionally shares a video displaying what seems to be giant crowds on the streets.
Screenshot of the false put up taken on September 24, with a purple X added by AFP
The false put up surfaced after Israel launched a strike in Sanaa and killed the group’s prime minister, Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser Al-Rahawi, in an assault on August 28 (archived hyperlink).
Huthis chief Abdul Malik Al-Houthi stated the group would maintain launching assaults on Israel after the killing.
Israel attacked the rebel-held capital once more on September 25, killing a minimum of 9 individuals and wounding greater than 170, the group stated, a day after the rebels launched a drone assault on southern Israel (archived hyperlink).
Because the battle in Gaza started following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 assault on Israel, the Huthis have launched drone and missile strikes on Israel and Israel-linked transport within the Crimson Sea, claiming solidarity with Palestinians.
Related claims have been shared elsewhere on Fb, and X.
Anti-graft protest in Serbia
Reverse picture searches utilizing keyframes from the footage reveal a clip displaying the identical scene was posted on Reddit on March 15, 2025 with the outline, “Greatest protests ever in Belgrade, Serbia, taking place proper now!” (archived hyperlink).
The video exhibits giant crowds of individuals on the streets holding up their cellphones with flashlights turned on.
Tens of 1000’s of protesters converged on the day in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, in one of many largest in a collection of anti-corruption demonstrations (archived hyperlink).
The motion shaped after 15 individuals have been killed when a railway station roof collapsed within the metropolis of Novi Unhappy in November 2024, igniting long-simmering bitterness over alleged corruption and lax oversight in building initiatives.
Screenshot comparability with the false put up (L) and the Reddit put up (R) taken on September 24, 2025
AFP’s movies and pictures of the protest additionally match parts within the false posts.
Screenshot comparability of the protest as seen within the false video (L) and AFP footage (R) with similarities highlighted
Photos on Google Maps Avenue View of Slavija Sq. in central Belgrade — the place the protest happened — present the identical buildings (archived hyperlink).
AFP has beforehand debunked the video in relation to claims in regards to the arrest of Istanbul’s former mayor, and different false claims linked to Huthi rebels.
