{"id":300939,"date":"2025-06-21T13:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T07:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=300939"},"modified":"2025-06-21T13:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T07:49:19","slug":"2009-photo-of-israeli-shell-exploding-over-gaza-strip-viral-with-claims-that-it-shows-irans-strikes-on-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2009-photo-of-israeli-shell-exploding-over-gaza-strip-viral-with-claims-that-it-shows-irans-strikes-on-tel-aviv\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 photo of Israeli shell exploding over Gaza Strip viral with claims that it shows Iran&#8217;s strikes on Tel Aviv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the conflict between Iran and Israel rages on, leaving a large number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2025\/06\/urgent-need-to-protect-civilians-amid-unprecedented-escalation-in-hostilities-between-israel-and-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">casualties<\/a> in its wake, an image of a missile exploding in the air has gone viral. Those sharing it on social media claim it shows Iran attacking Israel.<\/p>\n<p>X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheIranianNews\/status\/1935679097407263130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheIranianNews<\/a> posted the image on June 19, with the caption, &#8220;We&#8217;re back, Tel Aviv.&#8221; At the time of this article being written, the post had 6 million views. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/Id1fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-300928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_53.jpg 917w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_53-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_53-768x631.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another X user, <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thjournalisteye\/status\/1935690623547539919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thjournalisteye,<\/a> also shared the image with similar claims. At the time we wrote this, the post had 28,000 views. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/Ee2oo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-300929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_54.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_54-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same image was amplified by several other users on X. (Archives: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/AcR9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/jC0iG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/G0LpV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/WlXvY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-300939 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/screenshot_58-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_58.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_58.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_58-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/screenshot_57-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_57.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_57.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_57-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/screenshot_56-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_56.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_56.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_56-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/screenshot_55-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_55.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_55.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_55-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The image was also viral on Facebook with similar claims.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-300939 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/screenshot_62-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_62.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_62.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_62-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/screenshot_61-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_61.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_61.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_61-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/screenshot_60-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_60.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_60.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_60-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_60-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/screenshot_59-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_59.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_59.jpg 923w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_59-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_59-768x559.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>To check the veracity of the claims, we ran a reverse image search on the viral image.<\/p>\n<p>This led us to a report by German magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/fotostrecke\/photo-gallery-the-bloody-war-against-hamas-fotostrecke-38496.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Der Spiegel,<\/a> from January 5, 2009, on Israel&#8217;s military offensive in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20181227-remembering-israels-2008-war-on-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza Strip<\/a>, an operation which lasted three weeks, leaving over a thousand Palestinians dead. The report had used the same image, crediting it to news agency Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_63.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1383\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_63.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_63-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_63-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_63-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1383px) 100vw, 1383px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found the same image on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/news\/picture\/24-hours-03-jan-2009-idINRTR2316A\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, published on January 4, 2009, photographed by Baz Ratner. The caption says, &#8220;A shell fired by Israeli forces explodes over the northern Gaza Strip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_64.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1622\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_64.jpg 1622w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_64-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_64-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_64-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_64-1536x803.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, a Reuters image of an Israeli ballistic shell exploding mid-air in the Gaza Strip has been shared on social media with wrong claims that it shows an Iranian missile fired into Israeli territories. The image is from 2009 and completely unrelated to the recent conflict between Iran and Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the conflict between Iran and Israel rages on, leaving a large number of casualties in its wake, an image of a missile exploding in the air has gone viral. Those sharing it on social media claim it shows Iran attacking Israel. 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