Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing SuperNova Festival During Hamas Attack In Israel -- Video Shows Bruno Mars Fans Running To Concert Seats Days Earlier

Fact Check

  • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing SuperNova Festival During Hamas Attack In Israel  -- Video Shows Bruno Mars Fans Running To Concert Seats Days Earlier Bruno Mars

Does a video show festival attendees running for their lives amid the attack by Hamas gunmen at a rave in Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The footage is from three days before Hamas' attack; It shows people rushing into a Bruno Mars concert in Tel Aviv on October 4, 2023. It does not show the festival near the Gaza strip that was attacked by Hamas as one part of its incursion into Israel.

The claim appeared in a video published on TikTok on October 7, 2023 (archived here) with following description:

Israel is under attack right now. The world needs to wake up! #WorldNews #Israel #War #Help #PrayForIsrael #????????

This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:

TikTok screenshot

(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Mon Oct 9 16:23:27 2023 UTC)

The footage is not from the open-air SuperNova music festival, held in the Negev region, where Hamas killed about 260 attendees and took hostages.

The footage was originally posted Wednesday, October 4, 2023, on TikTok (archived here). A translation of the caption posted on the video says: "Fob: That moment when the gates were opened in Bruno Mars."

There is no a caption that reads "#PRAYFORISRAEL" on the original video as this screenshot shows:

IMG_2973.PNG

(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Mon Oct 9 16:31:11 2023 UTC)

@noareynathecosit אתם בהופעה היום? #ברונומארס ♬ original sound - Noa Reyna

Mars performed in Tel Aviv at Yarkon Park on October 4, 2023, as news outlets reported. He canceled his scheduled October 7, 2023, concert after the attacks.

Here is the video posted on TikTok that is falsely labelled as footage of the festival attack:

@avi.koen Israel is under attack right now. The world needs to wake up! #WorldNews #Israel #War #Help #PrayForIsrael #🇮🇱 ♬ original sound - Avi

Other Lead Stories fact checks about the Hamas-Israel war can be found here.

Want to inform others about the accuracy of this story?

See who is sharing it (it might even be your friends...) and leave the link in the comments.:


  Alexis Tereszcuk

Alexis Tereszcuk is a writer and fact checker at Lead Stories and an award-winning journalist who spent over a decade breaking hard news and celebrity scoop with RadarOnline and Us Weekly.

As the Entertainment Editor, she investigated Hollywood stories and conducted interviews with A-list celebrities and reality stars.  

Alexis’ crime reporting earned her spots as a contributor on the Nancy Grace show, CNN, Fox News and Entertainment Tonight, among others.

Read more about or contact Alexis Tereszcuk

About Us

International Fact-Checking Organization Meta Third-Party Fact Checker

Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet.
Spotted something? Let us know!.

Lead Stories is a:


WhatsApp Tipline

Have a tip or a question? Chat with our friendly robots on WhatsApp!

Add our number +1 (404) 655-4223, follow this link or scan the image below with your phone:

@leadstories

Subscribe to our newsletter

* indicates required

Please select all the ways you would like to hear from Lead Stories LLC:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.

Most Read

Most Recent

Share your opinion