CHENNAI: A video of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has gone viral with the claim that he expressed his support for Palestine amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

On carefully listening to the audio in the viral clip, AltNews found that at the beginning of the video Ronaldo says: “Hello, this is for children of Syria”.

The video is from 2016 and was posted as a partnership project between Ronaldo and the non-governmental organisation Save The Children to support the children in Syria.