The internet thinks this video from Gaza is AI. Here's how we proved it isn't.

New video posted to social media from southern Gaza became the center of a heated internet debate about whether it was generated using artificial intelligence.

New video posted to social media from southern Gaza became the center of a heated internet debate about whether it was generated using artificial intelligence.

The video, which started circulating Tuesday, shows a person in a camouflage-print face covering and baseball cap making a heart sign and a “shaka” sign with their hands in front of a large crowd of Palestinians gathered along rows of fences, waiting for food aid at the Tal as Sultan distribution site in Rafah.

A combined analysis from NBC News and Get Real Security, a cybersecurity company that specializes in detecting generative AI, proved the video was not made with AI, finding no evidence of AI generation or manipulation in the video.

NBC News geolocated the video to inside the Tal as Sultan aid distribution site, recently constructed by Israel’s civilian policy unit — the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories — in partnership with the Gazan Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

The GHF’s chief spokesperson confirmed with NBC News that the video was originally distributed by its team but could not confirm the identity of the person in the video.