Claim: A video shows Iran’s missiles hitting Israel during the war that started in February 2026.
Fact: The video is old and unrelated. It actually shows MC Alger’s fans celebrating the Algerian football club’s anniversary.
On 1 March 2026, Facebook user ‘Alam Sher Khan’ posted (archive) a video allegedly showing destruction in Israel due to Iran’s retaliatory strikes. It was accompanied by the following caption:
“ساری خوشیاں ملا کر دیکھی تیری تباہی کا مزہ ہی الگ ہے ❤️✅🫢
[I’ve seen all the happiness combined, but the taste of your destruction is different ❤️✅🫢]”
The video in question includes superimposed text as well; the line at the top reads:
“اسرائیل لرز اٹھا
[Israel has started to tremble]”
The line at the bottom reads:
“ایرانی میزائل حملہ پہلی بار بڑی تباہ دیکھ کر اسرئیلی چیخ اٹھے 😱
[Israelis scream after seeing Iranian missile attack cause major damage for the first time 😱]”
US, Israel attack Iran
On 28 February, the US and Israel launched a joint offensive codenamed “Operation Epic Fury” and “Operation Roaring Lion,” respectively, and assassinated Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with his family members.
Numerous top military and security officials were also killed in the airstrikes, leading to the appointment of the former Supreme Leader’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the successor on 9 March.
Among those assassinated were Defence Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s Army Chief Abdolrahim Mousavi, Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Pakpour, and head of the Supreme Leader’s military office, Mohammad Shirazi, and many others.
In the following days, other members of Iran’s top leadership were also assassinated by the US and Israel. The deceased included Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Ardashir Larijani, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, the commander of the IRGC’s Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani, and IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini.
The conflict has seen significant casualties, with Iran’s Health Ministry reporting over 1,200 civilian deaths — including 160 children in a school bombing in Minab — and the displacement of 3.2 million people, alongside the targeting of the historic Golestan Palace.
In retaliation, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to most international traffic and launched drone and missile strikes against US bases and regional targets, causing casualties across Israel and the Gulf states while destabilising global oil prices that impacted Pakistan as well.
Although the US reportedly proposed a 15-point peace plan via Pakistan to address nuclear and maritime concerns, Iran rejected the “maximalist” terms, insisting on reparations and control of the Strait of Hormuz as its “natural and legal right”.
Amidst these hostilities, the Trump administration has faced scrutiny for providing conflicting justifications for the strikes, ranging from preemptive defence to the destruction of Iran’s naval and nuclear capabilities, with State Secretary Marco Rubio eventually suggesting the US joined the fray to support an inevitable Israeli initiative.
It later emerged from closed-door briefings to Congress staff that Trump administration officials acknowledged “there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack US forces first”.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check conducted a reverse-image search using keyframes from the viral video.
The first portion in the viral video matched with one posted on 19 August 2024 by Instagram account @mondoultras__ufficiale, with the caption: “Mouloudia Algiers supporters burn the Algerian capital!🤯👌🇩🇿”. It appears at the 1:07 mark.
The same also appears in this YouTube video from 24 August 2024 at the 0:11 mark. The clip is titled, “This Country Has The WILDEST Celebrations 🇩🇿 #travel #explore #adventure”. A narrator describes it as fans celebrating the 103rd anniversary of the Algerian football club, Mouloudia Club d’Alger or MC Alger.
The club itself also posted similar visuals on 8 August 2024, further confirming the video is related to MC Alger.
The exact same viral video was posted in its entirety on a Facebook page here called ‘LAVENDER’, where, according to the date of the comments, it was shared sometime in October 2024.
The shot that was seemingly filmed from a car — and appears in the middle of the viral video — was traced to a TikTok clip from 8 August 2023. This post includes the hashtags “#viragesudmouloudeen”, “#mouloudia_1921”, and “#مولوديةالجزائر”, all of which also point to the MC Alger football club.
Soch Fact Check, therefore, concludes that the viral video has nothing to do with the US and Israel’s war against Iran.
Virality
Soch Fact Check found the video posted here, here, and here on Facebook.
Conclusion: The video is old and unrelated. It actually shows MC Alger’s fans celebrating the Algerian football club’s anniversary.
Background image in cover photo: Aaron Ovadia & Mahdi Amiri
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