After the Iranian attack on Israel, old recordings are going viral (again).

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired over 180 rockets into Israeli territory last night.

The IRGC claimed 90 percent of the projectiles hit their target, but the Israeli military said that while some missiles reached central and southern Israel, many were intercepted by Israeli air defense systems. US and British military personnel were also involved in the response to the attacks.

Details of the damage will be announced at the time of writing. A BBC correspondent in Jerusalem reported that military bases, restaurants and schools had been hit, and CNN reported that homes in central Israel were damaged by the attack's shockwaves. A CNN analysis of geolocated videos suggests a “significant concentration of missiles” struck at or near Mossad headquarters, Nevatim Air Base and Tel Nof Air Base. However, Israeli officials have reported no serious injuries or casualties.

This is Iran's first attack since April and the second this year, marking an escalation in decades-long shadow wars between the two countries. According to a US Pentagon spokesman, yesterday's attack was twice as large and involved more ballistic missiles, which are harder to intercept, and forced many Israeli citizens to evacuate to shelters.

The operation is said to be in retaliation for Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoshan in Lebanon on September 27, as well as the alleged Israeli assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July. It also came less than 24 hours after Israel announced its ground invasion of southern Lebanon to combat Hezbollah.

Israel has vowed that Iran will “pay” for the attack, and Iran has said an Israeli response would be met with “stronger and more painful” strikes. This has raised fears that the Middle East could be heading towards a regional war.

Social media is awash with footage purporting to show Iranian airstrikes, but some of it is unrelated and misleading. Many have also been used again and again for different purposes during several recent news events, each time claiming to show something different. Here are some viral videos to watch out for.

Arma 3 footage is incorrectly attributed to the Iranian attack on Israel

A video on X with over 139,000 views purports to show an Iranian plane attacking Israel. This is wrong; The video is from the video game Arma 3, not from the Middle East.

Through reverse image search, Logically Facts found several videos from the game Arma 3 – like this example – that show the same jet plane, cannon, and red beams.

The video was also made before Iran's attack on Israel. On January 6, 2023, the same account shared the same Arma-3 video and claimed it was filmed in Culiacán, Mexico. On June 23, 2023, this happened again, this time claiming it showed the shooting down of a Russian aircraft by Wagner troops in Russia's Voronezh Oblast.

Source: X/YouTube/Screenshots/Modified by Logically Facts

The video shows people at the airport fleeing Tel Aviv

This X-post, which has over 500,000 views, claims to show people running outside a Tel Aviv airport, trying to escape the Iranian attack.

However, by looking at the TikTok watermark, Logically Found found the original TikTok video – which dates back to October 9, 2023. The video's hashtags include “Natbag,” the Hebrew acronym for Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport.

Source: X/TikTok/Screenshots/Modified by Logically Facts

Similar claims have surfaced before. In April this year, Logically Facts debunked a viral photo that purportedly showed a “mass exodus” of people at Ben-Gurion Airport amid tensions with Iran – and showed that it was actually travelers ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 pandemic in 2022. In June, another photo went viral that purportedly showed thousands of Israelis at Ben-Gurion Airport trying to flee an impending war with Lebanon. This photo was also originally taken during COVID-19 in December 2021.

Video shows Israel's Iron Dome after Iran fires missiles

This TikTok video purports to show Iranian missiles firing into Israel, hitting the Iron Dome air defense system. Given The Telegraph's logo, one might think it's credible.

But the video is actually from October 12, 2023 and shows the Iron Dome intercepting Hamas rockets. The original video can be found on The Telegraph's YouTube channel.

The same video surfaced during Iran's first attack in April 2024 and also claimed to show Iranian missiles rather than Hamas missiles, which Logically Facts debunked at the time.

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The video shows the first images of Iran's attack on Israel

This video, which has been viewed over 1.6 million times via this X post, purportedly captures the moment an Iranian missile hits a building in Tel Aviv. In fact, the video shows a Ukrainian drone crashing into a building in Moscow, Russia in July 2023.

Source: X/BBC/Screenshots/Modified by Logically Facts

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The video shows Iran attacking Israel

In fact, the dramatic explosion was filmed in the port city of Aden in Yemen in August 2024.

We found the same video in a Sky News article explaining that the explosion is believed to have occurred at a gas station.

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The video shows Netanyahu running to a bunker

Several users shared a video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly running to a bunker during the Iranian attack. One X post received over 2.2 million views.

However, this video was first shared by Netanyahu himself in an X post on December 13, 2021 with the caption “I'm always proud to run for you.”” According to local media, the video shows Netanyahu running through the Knesset corridors to a plenary vote.

Source: X/Screenshots/Modified by Logically Facts

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One last thing…

Social media platforms are regularly flooded with misattributed or fake footage during breaking news stories, and it's likely to happen again.

That's why we've put together a guide to help you review all the photos, videos, and statements in your feed.