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Video of an explosion is from Moscow in 2023, not Tel Aviv
A video circulating on X is not from a Yemeni or other strike against Israel, it has been shared with false and misleading context.
A reverse image search of a frame from the video shows it is from July, 2023, when a Ukrainian drone struck Moscow and was widely reported, including by the BBC and The Daily Mail.
Annotated screenshot from X of a video from 2023 being falsely claimed as an attack by Yemen on Israel.X
Photo is not of Hezbollah missile launchers
A photo shared on X of multiple rocket launchers is from North Korea in 2016, not any nation or group in the Middle East. The photo has been linked to Hezbollah on X, and been used at other times, including to illustrate a 2020 story from the Tehran Times.
Annotated screenshot of a post on X falsely linking the photo of mobile missile launchers to Hezbollah.X
Reverse image searches showed Reuters was an original source of the image. Their archive says in the description, “Multiple rocket launchers are seen being fired during a military drill at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency.”
Screenshot of the Reuters archive showing the original source of the image was North Korea, not any group in the Middle Eat as has been falsely claimed.Reuters
Photo of Tel Aviv city hall lit as the Lebanese flag is from 2020
A photo and Times of Israel story shared on X are from August, 2020, and are not related to recent attacks between Israel and Hezbollah.
The tribute to Lebanon was in the aftermath of the massive explosion at Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020. “Tel Aviv’s city hall lit up in the colors of the Lebanese flag in solidarity on Wednesday night, following the deadly explosion in Beirut the day before,” says the first sentence in the story.
Annotated screenshot of a post on X falsely suggesting Tel Aviv city hall had recently lit up like the Lebanese Flag. The story and photo is from 2020.X
The Tel Aviv city hall has been lit in several different tributes. For example, in 2017 it was lit like the American flag after the Las Vegas mass shooting and in July, 2024, was lit like the Druze flag after 12 youths belonging to the community were killed in a strike blamed on Hezbollah.