Israeli military embellishes video of Iranian attack — RT World News

The Israeli military appears to have included seven-year-old footage of a Russian Grad missile launch in a compilation purporting to show Iranian missile and drone strikes over the weekend.

The video was posted on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption: The reality of the Israelis in the last hours It raised a lot of eyebrows on the Internet.

While most parts of the footage show missiles flying over Israeli territory during the night, the last few seconds have nothing to do with Israel or Iran, but rather appear to be part of the launch footage of a Russian Grad missile system being fired. to publish On YouTube back in 2017.

This discrepancy was noticed by X user Muhammad Zubair, who protested in a post and suggested that the piece may actually be an antique dating back to 2014.

The Israeli army did not respond to the user's request.

Netizens were divided over Zubair's findings, with some praising his fact-checking skills, while others pointed out the fact that the IDF clip is more inflammatory in nature and does not claim to be official footage.

Tehran fired a barrage of more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel on Saturday night, according to Israeli army estimates. The attack was in response to an air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, earlier this month that killed a number of high-ranking Iranian military officials. Tehran blamed the attack on Israel.

The majority of Iranian missiles were said to have been shot down before reaching Israeli airspace. However, unverified footage of the airstrikes circulating online allegedly shows several projectiles hitting targets on the ground in Israel.

The Times of Israel reported that West Jerusalem has not yet decided whether or how it will respond to the Iranian attack. But Tehran had previously warned Israel against taking any retaliatory measures, because it would be faced with “much wider” Answer.