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Fact Check: Beware of old video claiming to show 2025 Iranian strikes on Israel
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A video authentically showed Iranian missiles striking Israel around June 18, 2025.
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Around June 18, 2025, a video (archived) circulated widely online claiming to show Iranian missiles striking Israel. The clip circulated after days of attacks by both Iran and Israel after Israel struck the Iranian capital of Tehran on June 13.
The video showed several missile strikes lighting up the night sky around the person recording the scene. Users on Instagram and YouTube (archived) claimed the footage showed strikes on Israel's capital Tel Aviv. The footage also circulated on X (archived).
However, while the video was authentic and did likely show strikes in Israel, it originally (archived) circulated (archived) around Oct. 1, 2024, amid reports of strikes on the Israel Defense Force's Nevatim Air Base. Since then, the same clip also circulated (archived) falsely claiming to show Indian forces striking Pakistan in May 2025.
Given the original Oct. 1, 2024, circulation date, it was clear the footage showed neither Iranian strikes on Tel Aviv in June 2025 nor Indian strikes on Pakistan in May 2025. Rather, the footage was miscaptioned.
Around Oct. 1, 2024, as the video first circulated, Israeli officials (archived) and international media widely reported a barrage of Iranian strikes hitting targets, including Nevatim Air Base.
One video, which showed a similar sequence of strikes, also featured an air alarm in Nevatim, according to a geolocation (archived) by Bellingcat and NPR journalists.
At the time, Israeli officials said no aircraft were damaged in the strikes, and that Israel's air bases (archived, time code 3:10) remained operational.
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