Amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, a video has been circulated on the social media platform Facebook claiming to show images of Israel’s Tel Aviv airport damaged by an Iranian missile strike.

Watch such videos shared on Facebook here (archive), here (archive), and here (archive).

Fact Check

Rumor Scanner’s team investigation found that the video does not show Israel’s Tel Aviv airport damaged by Iranian attacks in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict. In fact, an old video created using AI or artificial intelligence technology has been circulated with the discussed claim.

In this regard, key frames from the video were reverse image searched and a video published on May 27 by an Instagram user with the ID 3amelyon was found here.

Upon reviewing the video, it was found to be an exact match with the circulated one. Also, reviewing the publish date—May 27—makes it clear that the video was already available online before the current Iran-Israel conflict began. This confirms the video is not from the current Iran-Israel conflict.

Moreover, observing the damaged structures shown in the video suggests it was generated using AI.

Monitoring the account here, many more such videos can be found. Watch some of them here, here, here, and here. Furthermore, translating the bio section of the account into English reveals the phrase “Resistance to Artificial Intelligence,” confirming that these videos were indeed created using AI or artificial intelligence technology.

Later, to confirm further, the video was analyzed using the AI-generated image and video detection website Cantilux.com, which determined that the video is 73% likely to be AI-generated.

Conclusion

An old video created using artificial intelligence (AI) has been falsely circulated as footage of Tel Aviv airport damaged by an Iranian missile strike during the current Iran-Israel conflict—which is false.

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