Claim: Footage from a protest shows Israelis marching on the street and asking Pakistan for help amid the current escalation with Iran.
Fact: The viral video is AI-generated. Additionally, Israelis have not staged any recent protests asking Pakistan for help.
A video (archive) shared on Facebook shows a group of people marching in protest, carrying Israeli flags, as well as posters and banners with illegible slogans. They can be heard chanting, “Stop Iran, Pakistan; only you can help. Pakistani people, please stop Iran.”
The video contains the following text: “یہودی سڑکوں پر آگئے پاکستان سے مدد کی بھیک مانگ رہے ہیں
مسلمانوں وہ وقت یاد رکھنا
جب یہ ہمارے
بہن بھائیوں
نسل کشی کر رہے تھے”
[Translation: The Jews have taken to the streets, begging for help from Pakistan.
Muslims, remember the time
when they were committing genocide
against our brothers and sisters.]
Israel launches strikes in Iran
On 13 June, Israel launched strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities and, ballistic missile sites. The strike targeted Iranian nuclear scientists and senior military leadership; among those reportedly killed were Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Revolutionary Guards Chief Hossein Salami, and IRGC Aerospace Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, as well as six Iranian nuclear scientists. Israel targeted key energy sites, including a major oil depot, a natural gas field, and residential areas, resulting in at least 78 people being killed and over 300 injured, as of 13 June.
In response, Iran launched over 150 ballistic missiles and more than 100 drones at Israeli targets. As of 24 June, the Associated Press reported that up to 24 people were killed and over 1,000 injured in Israel, according to the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists.
After Israel’s first wave of attacks on Iran, Trump denied direct US involvement but asserted that America “knew everything” about the plans. This was in contradiction to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s claim that Israel’s operation was “unilateral”. On 16 June, G7 leaders reaffirmed Israel’s right to self-defence, warning that Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons, and called for regional de-escalation.
The conflict has now entered its second week with the US officially entering the war on 21 June.
The US struck three main nuclear sites in Iran. US President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would face more devastating attacks if it does not agree to peace. Initially, Trump had reacted to Israel’s strikes by praising it as “excellent,” claiming they “hit hard” and warning Tehran that “more will come” unless Tehran agrees to a deal to halt its nuclear program.
Pakistan said that the US’ move violated international law and that diplomacy was the only way to resolve the crisis. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying, “The unprecedented escalation of tension and violence, owing to ongoing aggression against Iran is deeply disturbing. Any further escalation of tensions will have severely damaging implications for the region and beyond,” the statement added.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, calling it a historic move that would prevent a dangerous regime from acquiring nuclear weapons. On the other hand, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi condemned the attacks as a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, warning of serious consequences and asserting Iran’s right to self-defense.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer supported the US action as a measure to counter a significant global threat, while urging Iran to return to diplomatic talks. China’s UN Ambassador Fu Cong opposed the use of force, emphasising that peace in the Middle East cannot be achieved militarily and that diplomacy still holds potential. Dmitry Medvedev of Russia mocked Trump’s actions, accusing him of launching a new war instead of securing peace, and dismissing any hope of him receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check reverse-searched keyframes of the viral video but was unable to locate the original footage. However, several irregularities throughout the video suggest it is likely AI-generated.
In several frames of the video, the protesters’ banners and posters feature text in both Hebrew and English. We translated the Hebrew text, but the results did not form coherent or grammatically correct sentences. Similarly, the English text appeared to consist of gibberish rather than proper language. These inconsistencies suggest that the media was likely generated using artificial intelligence, which struggles to render text accurately.
In addition, some of the protesters’ faces appear distorted, especially as they are chanting. In authentic footage, human faces do not typically distort during speech or movement. This further suggests that the video was likely created using AI.
Soch Fact Check also analysed the video’s audio using Resemble Detect, a tool designed for real-time detection of deepfake audio across various media types, which rated the audio as “fake.” Since Resemble Detect uses advanced tools to analyse the sound’s patterns and identify anything unusual, the analysis confirmed that the audio is artificial.
Crucially, considering the large number of people shown in the video, it is suspicious that this is the only footage available. If the protest were genuine, one would expect multiple videos from different angles to have surfaced online.
We also conducted a keyword search using the terms ‘protests,’ ‘Israel,’ ‘Iran,’ and Pakistan,’ but did not find any news reports or first-hand accounts on social media about any such recent public demonstrations in Israel.
Although we were unable to locate the original footage, the numerous inconsistencies, including distorted visuals, incoherent text, and fake audio strongly indicate that the video is AI-generated. The absence of news reports on such a protest further lends credibility to our conclusion that the video is not authentic.
Virality
The video was shared here, here, and here on Facebook. Archived here, here, and here.
It was shared here (archive) and here (archive) on TikTok.
On YouTube, it was shared here, here, and here.
Conclusion: The viral video is likely AI-generated. Visual inconsistencies typical of AI-generated content, and the absence of credible news reports suggests that the video does not depict an actual protest by Israelis asking Pakistan for help.
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