{"id":26719,"date":"2024-04-17T08:36:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/old-clip-showing-rocket-barrage-at-night-misattributed-to-iranian-attack-on-israel\/17\/04\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T08:36:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:36:56","slug":"old-clip-showing-rocket-barrage-at-night-misattributed-to-iranian-attack-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/old-clip-showing-rocket-barrage-at-night-misattributed-to-iranian-attack-on-israel\/17\/04\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Old clip showing rocket barrage at night misattributed to Iranian attack on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran\u2019s retaliatory attack involving hundreds of missiles and drones aimed at its archfoe Israel has heightened fears of a wider war in the Middle East. Social media posts sharing unrelated videos of rocket fire and explosions have surged online, among them a clip purported to show the moment Iran unleashed its barrage of missiles in the direction of Israel. But the claim is false; the original footage was filmed during the conflict between Turkey and Syria in 2020. AFP Fact Check debunked the footage at the start of the ongoing war in Gaza.<\/h3>\n

\u201cBreaking full video … Iran attacked Israel with 200 missiles and drones (sic)<\/em>\u201d reads a post published in Nigeria on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot showing the false post, taken on April 16, 2024<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

The post, published on April 14, 2024 and shared more than 300 times includes three visual elements: a video showing dozens of missiles being fired from an open field at night; an image depicting a fleet of fighter jets; and a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiafrans airlines news\u201d \u2013 the Facebook account that shared the post \u2013 supports the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group seeking independence<\/a> in Nigeria\u2019s southeastern states (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Igbo population in these parts is mostly Christian, but also home to a small Jewish community<\/a> (archived here<\/a>) estimated to be several thousand strong and\u00a0fiercely loyal<\/a> (archived here<\/a>) to Israel.<\/p>\n

On April 13, 2024, Iran attacked<\/a> Israel, elevating tensions in the Middle East to new heights more than six months into the deadly conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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