video shared on facebook It claims to show a missile attack by Iran on Israel.
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Verdict: False
This video is of a Ukrainian missile attack, not an Iranian one.
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Social media users have shared videos of the explosion, claiming it shows the “aftermath of an Iranian ballistic missile in Israel.”
However, this video is from March 2024 and from a completely different country. The picture was taken in Sevastopol, Crimea, which is under Russian occupation. The video was shared by X By OSINTtechnical. Journalist and open source intelligence analyst who frequently covers the Russia-Ukraine war.
Sevastopol, multiple Ukrainian cruise missiles “Storm Shadow” hit Russian targets pic.twitter.com/D8emHWNn4z
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 23, 2024
“Sevastopol, multiple Ukrainian Storm Shadow cruise missiles hit Russian target,” the tweet read. Ukraine claimed it hit two Russian naval vessels during the attack. CNN.One ship, Yuri Ivanov, was visually confirmed to have been damaged in March, according to an open source information website. war spotting.
Katerina Stepanenko, a Russia analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, said: Confirmation of dispatch fact The video is said to be from the March 23rd strike.
“This particular video was specifically located in Sevastopol,” Stepaneko told the outlet. (Related: Viral X image showing Iranian truck is not recent)
Check Your Fact debunked another claim related to this video before Iran’s April 13 attack.
