Since Israel started bombing Iran last Friday, and Iran returned to vengeance, the battlefield has not only lived on the ground, but also extended to include the Internet. A large amount of disintegration is spread by both sides of Isenn: primarily the old video is being reused as the alleged current material. The DW fact check was then found to be created to spread the AI -generated videos.
The DW Fact Czech debunted some themes and tells you what to see and how to make yourself facts.
claim: A video clip collection showed several bomb blasts from the night, explosion and fire. In one minute video Shared on tiktok “No Mercy – Israel launched a revision attack on Iran” written in capital letters. In the caption, the user repeats this claim: “Israel bombarding Iran without mercy.” The video is more than 2.8 million times of lakes.
DW fact check: Untrue
Video does not show the current conflict between Iran and Israel. He is 22 years old and returned to the US bomb blasts in Iraq’s capital Baghdad in 2003.
The compilation reveals two sources from a reverse image search of the styles that consider the time and location for the sequences of the video. The first sequence of Tiktok Video is part of a long video compilation of a bombardment at night in Iraq, published By American Media Outlet CNN (Minute 2:46.)
A sequence that starts at Ticketkok at a minute 0:31 Here Getty image in photo agency.
In the event of conflict, old footage or paintings are often shared out of reference. In this case, many users stated in the comment section that video shows US attacks in Baghdad. When doubt is whether a video shows a current conflict, the first clue may be to examine the comments of other users. However, sometimes users misuse it for sowing and claim that authentic material is AI-Janit or Misfiring.
This video is therefore an example of how AI chatbots are incredible as a fact-zanch tool, as written here by the DW Fact Czech. Under an X post with this video, in the comment section, some users have shown what the video has shown, in an attempt to verify, the X KK AI Chatbot was converted into a grake.
Ravine IncorrectlyThis “shows the Iranian missile strike on Tel Aviv on 16 June 2025.” In a comment, grouke Even protested The answer is “based on the reports of CNN, BBC and Guardian. The thesis sources confirm similar incidents that have no evidence that the video suggests from another place.” This is not true.
Even on further inquiries and providing information that the video shows Baghdad in 2003, Groke AI chatbo is clinging to its own principle buts: “But claims that this 2003 Iraq war footage cannot be completely rejected – similar scenes exist. Clear proof, I say it is recently but careful with social media clip.
As the DW Fact Czech has shown, there is a clear evidence that the video is back by 2003.
The same or similar versions have spread to claim that it reportedly reflects Israel’s Iranian bombings. Thesis claims appear here Arabic Or Urdu on either French version of PravadaA website that is considered part of a Russian dissolution campaign.
AI generated material is becoming more and more realistic
claim: The 16-second video clip shows the view of the eye of a bird of a city with large-scale destruction and collapsed building. One place in the video reads tickets in Arabic, “Tel Aviv.” This video is widely shared, for example, by Iranian media outlet on X Tehran TimesIt “day of Holocaust in Tel Aviv.” It has been viewed more than 1.9 million times. The video shared Arabic Also, with the claim, “Unusual. It’s not a gaza, this is Tel Aviv.”
DW fact check: Fake
The video is not real; This AI is generated. This does not show destruction in Tel Aviv.
With a reverse image search, we came to know what the video is Published on Tiktok on 28 MayBefore the current growth between Israel and Iran. The account bio reads “The AI Resistance”. There are many videos published on this account.
Two clear clues suggest that the video AI is produced, which are marked in the screenshot below. In the back, two cars dissolve while driving each other at 0:07 of the video. At the bottom, shades at the top of the roofs give it away: the shadow of cylindrical objects will need to be parallel as a rule of physics, as the sun, as a source of light, far away. However, they are not. On the left roof, the shadow indicates slightly more to the left over the right roof.
In the top left corner, two cars merge when driving towards each other. At the bottom, the shade of cylindrical objects at the top of the roof will need to be aligned at the same angle. On the left building, they turn more to the left than the right building.
According to AI expert Honey Farid, this video is made by AI model VO3, as he said in a post On social network linkedInFarid California is a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information that works in the field of digital forensic. Hey, is the co-founder of the effort, a company that aims to detect AI deepfake.
How to spot AI generated video?
Farid said that the AI model currently has a maximum shot of eight to 10 seconds for a video sequence. If a video has this maximum tall or has many short shots, it is an indication that the video can be generated.
It is becoming more difficult to do justice to naked eyes whether a video is AI-Janit. The equipment is better and better in making very realistic videos. When doubt, try to find a version of the video in high resolution. Be cautious if a video looks granular or a low resolution. People who spread disintegration use Downscelling to hide manipulation, as it is more difficult to spot visible discrepancies in a grain video.
The quality of the poor video may indicate that a clip was downloaded and uploaded several times. This usually results in low video quality. In this case, the original video posted on Tikok has a much better resolution than other versions.
Footage of chemical blasts in China was misused
claim: Many viral tweets on X, including This oneWho saw 2.1 million times at the time of writing, Arabic claimed that the video shows the Iranian bomb that destroys arms stock in Tel Aviv. It reads, “A huge Iranian bomb collapsed, destroyed the arms depot in Tel Aviv, causing the biggest explosion in the history of the occupying unit.”
Another post Shared the same video and claimed that it shows the Iranian strike in Israel. Here, the post claims that it shows an explosion at Haifa’s port after this Iranian attack: “The explosion on the Haifa port is remembered as one of Iran’s deadliest and strategic devastation in history.”
DW fact check: Untrue
The video does not show an explosion in Israel due to an Iranian attack. It does not show Haifa or Tel Aviv. A reverse image search shows that there is footage huge And from the total different region. It shows a chemical explosion in a factory in the port of Tianzin, Northern China. This incident occurred on August 12, 2015, Kill 173 people According to Chinese officials.
This is not the first time that this video is presented in the wrong context. In 2023, what is the same video Fall A Turkish nuclear power plant after an earthquake in February in Türkiye and Syria.
Imad Hasan and Catherine Vesolowski contributed to this report.
Edited by Rachel Baig
