Claim: A video shows an Iranian missile hitting Israel in June.
Fact: The video showing a missile strike is old.
On 7 June, an unverified X page, Tehran Times, posted a video in which a missile could be seen falling in a place that had what looked like the Israeli flag.
The caption only has a hashtag and two words written like this:
#BREAKING
Hit hard
The “breaking” part of the caption implies that the video is from the recent spate of attacks.
The same video or its screenshot is posted elsewhere too on social media, with a caption in Arabic stating that it shows an Iranian missile hitting Haifa, a city in Israel. The translation for the captions was obtained from Google Translate.
On Facebook, the video was found posted on 7 June on a page titled in Arabic, the translation of which is: Al Nahda Newspaper Today. The caption was is in Arabic and reads as follows:
ولعت مرة أخرى ..موجة جديدة من الصواريخ الإيرانية تخترق قلب الكيان
Translation: It’s ignited again…A new wave of Iranian missiles penetrates the heart of the entity.
Al Nahda newspaper is an Israeli publication but the aforementioned Facebook page is not linked to it.
The video was also found on Instagram with the following captions
وسائل إعلام العدو : أنباء أولية عن سقوط صاروخ في كفار يهوشع جنوب شرق حيفا
🔺️لحظة سقوط صاروخ إيراني في مدينة حيفا.
Translation:
Enemy media: Initial reports of a missile falling in Kfar Yehoshua, southeast of Haifa.
The moment an Iranian missile fell in the city of Haifa
Recent attacks between US, Iran
Israel launched air attacks in Lebanon on 9 June, despite a warning from Iran not to continue attacks in the country. Following this, on 10 June, Iran shot down a United States helicopter that was patrolling close to the Strait of Hormuz.
According to US President Donald Trump, Iran had shown the Boeing AH-64 down, after which he ordered retaliatory strikes. The US military Central Command (Centcom) said air defence systems, ground control stations and radar sites were targeted near the Strait of Hormuz.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran said they launched strikes on 21 targets at US bases across the Gulf: one in Bahrain, other in Jordan, while Kuwait’s army said it was also intercepting an attack.
A screenshot of the X post
Fact or Fiction?
The comments under the post being fact-checked suggested that the video is old. Soch Fact Check reverse searched the key frames of the video and found that the video was from March.
In some places it was posted on 1 March, while in others the posting date is shown as 11 March.
Following are the captions with the video:
- An X page titled Press TV, claiming to be Iran’s first International News Network, posted the video on 11 March. The caption stated: Footage captures the moment an Iranian missile struck its target in occupied territories.
- Another X page titled PIC | صـور من التـاريخ (Pictures from History) also shared the video on 11 March, with the caption:
#Iran: “We used in Wave 37 ‘Kheibar’ and ‘Qader’ missiles with multiple warheads weighing one ton each, and ‘Khorramshahr’ missiles in the bombing of Tel Aviv”
Video from #Tel_Aviv just moments ago - A page on Instagram titled difa_official313 posted the video on 1 March, with the caption: Iran striking Israel with billistic missiles.
- Another page on Instagram, called hondudiario, also posted the video on 1 March, with a detailed caption in Spanish, the translation of which is:
BREAKING: An Iranian ballistic missile struck Jerusalem during a new wave of attacks launched by Iran against Israel, following the military escalation and previous airstrikes by the United States and Israel. Iran extended its attacks in retaliation for the death of its Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and other high-ranking officials in US and Israeli airstrikes, according to international media.
After finding the video posted on various social media platforms in March, Soch Fact Check concludes that the claim is false and the video of an attack in Israel from Iran is not recent i.e. it did not happen in June.
Virality
The video was posted in June on Facebook, Instagram and X.
The US-Iran war sparked a flow of false, misleading and AI generated information as such tactics can shape global narratives if left unflagged.
Conclusion: The video being fact-checked is not related to the recent wave of attacks by Iran and Israel that began in June.
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