West Asia conflict: Old video falsely viral as footage from Tel Aviv after Iranian strike

by Deniash Marak

As the tension escalates in West Asia, a 20-second video showing large-scale destruction has gone viral on social media, claiming to show actual footage from Tel Aviv. The video shows an area with buildings and parked vehicles destroyed, debris scattered everywhere, and certain areas on fire.

A media agency based in Azarbaijan, named ANewZ.TV shared the purported video on Facebook, claiming that the video shows the ‘aftermath of Iranian missile strikes’ across parts of Israel, linking it to the recent conflict. (Archive)

The post has had over 7,33,000 views and 2,200 shares.

Another news outlet, Palestine International Broadcast, posted the video on Facebook, claiming that the footage shows Iranian retaliation for bombing Minab Primary School, killing 160 people, most of them school girls. (Archive)

The post has garnered over 84,000 views.

On March 10, 2026, an X user named Reem Al-Sanani (@r0_oem) shared the video claiming that according to Hebrew media, it was footage from Tel Aviv, “short while ago”.  (Archive)

Fact check

We performed a reverse image search on a few key frames of the video that led us to an X post by Iran today(@Iran) shared on June 16, 2025. This video and the now-viral clip are exactly the same.

We found another post with the same visuals on Facebook by an Arabic News website, Jordan News. It was also posted on June 16, 2025. (Archive)

 

دمار هائل في تل أبيب وحيفا صباح اليوم

Posted by ‎صحيفة أخبار الأردن‎ on Sunday 15 June 2025

 

Hostility between Iran and Israel dates back to the late 1970s but their confrontation was largely a shadow war involving proxy groups across the region. Tensions escalated in April 2024, when Iran launched its first direct missile and drone attack on Israel following an Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus. The conflict entered a more direct phase in 2025, when Israel carried out major strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites, triggering a short but intense exchange of attacks between the two countries.

To sum up, the viral video circulating online does not depict recent footage from Tel Aviv, and is not related to the ongoing conflict in West Asia. It has been available on the internet since at least June 2025.

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