On June 13 (Friday), Israel launched an attack targeting Iran’s nuclear and military facilities. In response, Iran launched missile attacks on Israel. Attacks and counterattacks between Iran and Israel are still ongoing. In this context, a video has been circulated on social media claiming to show the condition of Israel following an Iranian attack.
Watch the video circulated on Facebook here (archive).
As of the time of this report’s publication, the video circulated under the discussed claim has been viewed nearly 1.6 million times. Reactions to the video have come from about 53,000 Facebook accounts and pages. Additionally, the video has been shared around 3,500 times.
Fact Check
The Rumor Scanner’s investigation reveals that this is not a video of areas in Israel damaged during the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict; rather, a video created using AI or artificial intelligence technology has been circulated under the discussed claim.
In this investigation, through reverse image search of several keyframes from the video, a video was found on an Instagram account with the username 3amelyon (link), published on June 14 with the caption “عامليون #جنوب_لبنان”. Upon observation, it is found to match the discussed video exactly.
Moreover, observing the scenes of the damaged structures in the video, it appears to be created by AI.
Later, by reviewing the Instagram account of the user ID named 3amelyon, multiple contents were found that were created with the help of such digital technology. Some videos created using artificial intelligence can be seen here, here, and here.
Additionally, by translating the bio section of the account into English, it is seen to read “Resistance to Artificial Intelligence”. From this, it is confirmed that the videos were created with the help of AI or artificial intelligence technology.
Later, to further verify the matter, several scenes from the discussed video were tested using multiple AI content detection tools, which indicated a 93 percent probability that the video was AI-generated.
Conclusion
Therefore, an AI-generated video has been falsely circulated on the internet claiming to show the condition of Israel after an Iranian attack during the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict. This claim is false.
Sources
- 3amelyon: Instagram Post
- AI-Generated Detection Tool: Cantilux
- Rumor Scanner’s Analysis
