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Syria funeral procession explosion footage falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict

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False video of a car bomb blast at a funeral procession in Syria was viewed thousands of times in posts falsely claiming it showed an attack on Palestinians .

The video was earlier used in reports about an explosion in Syria 's Damascus region which killed dozens of people.

The false posts circulated in India , which sent 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in October 2024 .