Video edited by Cristiano Ronaldo during Israel’s war with Hamas

October 19th was the 12th day of the war between Israel and Hamas militants.

The health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza said that as of October 19, 3,785 Palestinians had been killed and nearly 12,500 injured. More than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel. An Israeli military spokesman said on Thursday that the families of 206 people believed to have been captured by Hamas and taken to Gaza have been notified.

In recent days, a video has gone viral online showing soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo speaking to Palestinian children.

“I am a very famous player, but you are the real heroes. Don’t lose hope, the world is with you,” he said in the video.

The video has been posted on TikTok, Facebook and Xpeople have commented The video is not real or asks if it is artificial intelligence.

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question

Did Cristiano Ronaldo record this video to support Palestine?

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Answer

No, Cristiano Ronaldo did not record this video to support Palestine. The video was released in 2016 as a message to Syrian children.

what we found

Cristiano Ronaldo has not posted information about the war between Israel and Hamas factions on any social media channels since the war broke out on October 7, nor has he made any public statements in support of Palestine.

Using InVid to isolate key frames in the video and RevEye to conduct a reverse image search, VERIFY traced the video back to a person Ronaldo posted on his social media accounts on December 23, 2016.

“This is a message of hope for children affected by the conflict in Syria. @ rescue the child,” Ronaldo’s post on X said.

In the first few seconds of the original video, Ronaldo explicitly said: “Hello, this is for the children of Syria.”

The video shared with what was claimed to be a pro-Palestinian message was edited to remove the first few seconds, removing a portion of the video that clearly stated who the message was being sent to.

Ronaldo posted the 2016 message in partnership with international human rights organization Save the Children, tagging them in the original post.

According to reports at the time, in 2016, when Ronaldo posted the news, the Syrian army was fighting rebels to regain control of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. By 2016, the war in Syria had lasted four years.