Fact Check: Israeli leader running away from Iran missiles? This video is from 2023
Amid Iran and Israel's fragile ceasefire, which was violated almost immediately after its declaration, many began sharing a video of an Israeli politician running away because of airstrikes. It showed a man being interviewed when an air raid warning causes him and the reporters to start running away. Later, an explosion could also be heard.'An Israeli Knesset member ran off mid-interview as Iranian missiles began to rain down. The camera kept rolling — so did the fear,' wrote one person who shared the video.advertisement
India Today Fact Check found that while this video is from Israel, it has nothing to do with the present conflict with Iran. It's from 2023.OUR PROBEReverse-searching keyframes from the video led us to a Facebook post featuring it from October 18, 2023. This immediately proves it predates the present conflict, which began on June 13 this year.We subsequently found a Christian Broadcasting Network video news report from the time, which said that in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations and then-Knesset member Danny Danon brought several ambassadors to Sderot on a fact-finding tour. Sderot is an Israeli town near the Gaza border. Notably, Danon is now the Israeli ambassador to the UN again.During the visit, a siren sounded, causing everyone to run for safety. The viral clip can be seen in this report around the 46-second mark.advertisement We also found a Times of Israel report that said this incident took place on October 15, 2023. Sderot's then-deputy mayorElad Kalimi was also present at the scene and can be seen in the viral clip. Other news outlets and reporters had also shared this video at the time.BREAKING NEWS: A rocket attack right now over us here in Sderot, an Israeli town right in the Gaza border, as the deputy mayor and Amb. @dannydanon were briefing foreign ambassadors and reporters. Watch whole terrifying video and pray. @all_israel_news pic.twitter.com/dA648WCl0V— Joel C. Rosenberg (@JoelCRosenberg) October 15, 2023Thus, it's clear that this video is about two years old and unrelated to the present Iran-Israel conflict.- EndsTrending Reel
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