Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO Boaz Levy Viral Video
Recently, a claim is going viral on social media, alleging that Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO Boaz Levy said that “Israel had been very hopeful about conducting joint exercises with the Indian Army. However, the Indian Army has been harassing female Israeli soldiers, and therefore Israel is now cancelling all military exercises with India.”
The claim further alleges Boaz Levy remarked that after Tejas crash at the Dubai Airshow, Israel is also considering cancelling all its deals with India regarding, and that no additional Israeli radars will be supplied to India. The clip also claims that he urged India to improve its Air Force capabilities and remove “harassers” from the Indian Army.
The video was shared by the handle The Whistle Blower who wrote, “Israel Aerospace Industries CEO “Israel was very hopeful that we could do combined exercises with the Indian army, however recently Indian army has been harassing female Israeli soldiers due to which now we are cancelling all military exercises with India.” (Archived link)
Another account, Zaryab Ali, arushisamir99, also posted the clip
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In our fact-check research, we first took a screengrab from the video and conducted a reverse image search, through which we found the original video clip of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO Boaz Levy shared on ANI. Here, we found that the claim is entirely fabricated.
In the actual clip, Boaz Levy says, “IAI and India have been working together for a long period of time. We build many systems together. For instance, the Barak MX, a system being developed with DRDO and with participation from many industries in India. The Barak system was very active in the Israeli conflict, and also in your conflicts. Together, we are bringing a state of mind for ballistic missile defence and air defence, along with radar observation capabilities, enhancing the capabilities of Israel and India and creating new assets to defend our borders.”
The original clip, in which Boaz Levy spoke about the long-standing defense collaboration between India and Israel and highlighted the jointly developed Barak MX system, was altered using AI tools to falsely claim that Israel has called off a joint military exercise with India because Indian soldiers harassed female Israeli soldiers.
| Claim | Israel has called off a joint military exercise with India because Indian soldiers harassed female Israeli soldiers. |
| Claimed by | The Whistle Blower |
| Fact check | The clip is AI-manipulated. In the actual footage IAI CEO Boaz Levy spoke about long-standing defense collaboration between India-Israel and highlighted the jointly developed Barak MX system. |
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