A massive explosion video is making rounds on social media platforms. The footage shows an explosion, causing a huge fireball, followed by a thick cloud of fire and smoke rising into the sky. Several media and social media users have shared the video, claiming it is linked to an ongoing military conflict between Israel and Iran.
TV9 Kannada The video was released with the caption, “Iranian missile hits a building in Haifa, Israel.” (Archive Link 1, Archive Link 2))
Outlet x Handle and Facebook Page He also posted a video claiming that the visual had shown an Iranian missile strike on Israeli territory.
A page called Iranian Instagram page akhbar.fouri India Instagram handle Geopolitics.ig It also amplified the viral video as a recent Iranian attack on Israel.
Other X handles including @iamsaharemami, @Truck2047, @qlbi_3la_gaza and @mustafaaleem, It promoted the visuals and accompanying claims.
The video gained widespread traction on YouTube as an Iranian strike against Israel.
Fact check
Alt News examined the virus video in question and observed that in addition to the fire and smoke from the explosion, there were flashes of lightning in the sky. This suggests that the video may have been artificially generated.
Reverse image search was performed using frames taken from the viral video. This has made it a YouTube video uploaded by a named channel on June 18th Cemilacıyangallery. The provided caption explicitly states that the AI is a generated visual.
Furthermore, when users asked for the location of the explosion, the creator replied that it was generated using artificial intelligence.
When we looked further into our YouTube channel, it was revealed that the creators always uploaded AI-generated videos. The channel description also clearly states that all the videos on the channel are made with artificial intelligence.
In summary, several individuals and media, including TV9 Kannada, distributed AI-generated videos on social media as real and misrepresented them as scenes from the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel.
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