AI-generated explosion video falsely linked to real-world events in Israel
A video of a massive explosion is going viral on social media, which many users are linking to the recent ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. It is claimed that this explosion happened after Iran attacked Israel. A handle named Kavish Aziz shared the video and claimed that this is an explosion in Israel. (archived link)
Another handle Muhammad Salim asserted, “Iran targets Israeli Channel 12 and 14 news studios with missile attacks, calling them a terrorist network, recently Israel attacked the studio of Iran’s media channel. It seems as if Iran is taking revenge with interest.” (archived link)
The video was also shared by other handles like Shikha Singh (archived link), Bilal Ahmad (archived link), and Taza Tamacha (archived link).
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In our fact check research, we took keyframes from this video and ran a reverse image search. During this, we found a YouTube post by @cmlacyn where we found the same video posted on June 18. The caption of the video says, “Nuclear explosion with laser weapon.” (archived link)
Moreover, we found that the description of this channel mentions that all the content posted here is generated by AI. We found several similar AI generated videos showing unusual events and disasters shared on this channel. This makes it clear that the video showing the huge explosion circulating online is created using AI tools. It has no connection with the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel.
| Claim | The video shows a massive explosion in Israel |
| Claimed by | Kavish Aziz and others |
| Fact Check | This video is AI-generated and was created by @cmlacyn, an account who produces AI-generated content depicting unusual events and disasters. |
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