On Friday (June 13), Israel carried out an attack targeting Iran’s nuclear and military facilities. In response, Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike on Israel. Attacks and counterattacks between Iran and Israel are still ongoing.
Meanwhile, a video has been circulated online with the caption: “Israel’s current horrific condition after Iran’s attack.”
The same video has also been shared with the claim that it shows damage at Tel Aviv airport.
Watch the Facebook-posted video here (archive).
Watch the YouTube-posted video here (archive).
Fact-Check
Rumor Scanner Team’s investigation reveals that this video does not show damage or destruction in any Israeli city or at Tel Aviv airport due to Iran’s attacks in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict. Rather, an old AI-generated video is being circulated with the misleading claim.
During the investigation, a video posted on June 6 on an Instagram account named ‘3amelyon’ was found here. The viral video matches this video.
In other words, the video has been on the internet since before the current Iran-Israel conflict began. This confirms that the video is not related to the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict.
Moreover, by observing the damaged aircraft and surrounding damaged structures in the video, it appears to be AI-generated.
Later, upon reviewing the account here, many similar videos were found. See: here, here, here, here, here.
Additionally, the Instagram account includes a link to a TikTok account. Similar videos can also be seen upon reviewing the TikTok account here.
When the video was analyzed on Cantilux.com, a website that detects AI (Artificial Intelligence)-generated images and videos, it was deemed 62% likely to be AI-generated. (Visit Cantilux)
Therefore, an old AI-generated video has been falsely circulated as footage of the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict — which is untrue.
Sources
- 3amelyon: Instagram Video (Archive)
- 3amelyon: Instagram Account
- 3amelyon: TikTok Account
- AI-Generated Detection Tool: Cantilux.com
