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إيران تستهدف محطة حيفا في تل أبيب بصواريخ بالستية وتوقفها بالكامل
Publisher’s rating: مش حقيقي
TikTok post claiming to show a bomb explosion in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, in June 2025
Publisher’s rating: False
ماحقيقة فيديو احتفال مشاركي قافلة الصمود أثناء الانتظار في سرت؟
Publisher’s rating: مضلل
The video is old and was filmed during a tourist trip in Tunisia, not in Libya. The review says the original clip was posted on TikTok on May 25 and described travelers waiting at a border crossing between Tunisia and Algeria.
A 16-second video clip shows a bird's-eye view of a city with massive destruction and collapsed buildings. A location stamp in the video reads in Arabic, "Tel Aviv." This video has been shared widely, for example, on X by the Iranian media outlet Tehran Times, calling it "Doomsday in Tel Aviv." It has been viewed more than 1.9 million times. The video has been shared in Arabic as well, with the claim, "Unusual. This isn't Gaza, this is Tel Aviv."
Publisher’s rating: Rating unavailable
The viral video shows Iranian missiles being launched from a submarine toward Israel during the recent Iranian attack.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video was originally posted by Russia’s Ministry of Defence on 26 March 2022 and shows Russian forces launching Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea at Ukrainian military infrastructure. It is unrelated to Iran’s attack on Israel.
A video shows chaos erupting at Tel Aviv airport during the Iran-Israel conflict in June 2025, with people seen running.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review identifies the footage as video of people running inside the Florida Mall in Orlando, not Tel Aviv airport. It says the footage was recorded in February 2025 during panic following an accidental firearm discharge, and had no connection to the Iran–Israel conflict.
ساختمان موساد در هرتزلیا هدف دقیق حمله موشکی قرار گرفت.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Real visuals from the ongoing June 2025 Israel–Iran conflict.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY reviewed viral videos presented as real scenes from the ongoing Israel–Iran conflict. It found the videos were AI-generated, citing creator descriptions and AI-detection results; for example, the review says the videos were “flagged by AI detection tools as very likely to be AI-generated.”
ویدیو رهگیری پدافند وزارت دفاع از رهگیری جنگنده اف۳۵ اسرائیل
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Many viral tweets on X, including this one, which received 2.1 million views at the time of writing, claim in Arabic that this video shows an Iranian bomb destroying arms stocks in Tel Aviv. It reads, "A huge Iranian bomb fell, destroying weapons depots in Tel Aviv, causing the largest explosion in the history of the occupying entity."
Publisher’s rating: Rating unavailable
Video shows Iranian missiles attacking the Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review found that the video shows an explosion at a warehouse in Tianjin, China, not an Iranian missile attack on the Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters. It traced the footage to a longer video of the Tianjin blasts published by BBC News on 14 August 2015.
ویدیو و ادعای «انفجار موشک‌های ناشناخته جمهوری اسلامی در حیفا»
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
జూన్ 2025లో ఇజ్రాయెల్-ఇరాన్ మధ్య నెలకొన్న ఉద్రిక్తతలకు సంబంధించిన దృశ్యాలు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
ईरान द्वारा तेल अवीव में नागरिकों को निशाना बनाने की तस्वीर
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
فيديو حريق مبنى في إسرائيل بسبب صواريخ إيرانية
Publisher’s rating: غير مثبت
The review says visual clues point to the burning building being Tiger Tower in Dubai, not a building in Israel. It reports that the Dubai Media Office confirmed a fire at a 67-storey tower in Dubai Marina, extinguished within six hours with no injuries.
une vidéo de la préparation d’une offensive de l’armée russe
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
ویدئوی پرواز گروهی جنگنده‌های اسرائیلی در مسیر ایران
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
