Fact Check: Video of Israelis jumping from burning house is old, not from Israel-Iran war
While a tense and fragile ceasefire is in place now, social media is still buzzing with videos allegedly showing the Israel-Iran conflict. One such video of some men jumping out of a burning house was attributed to an Iranian missile attack in the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv. The post was captioned, "Zionist jumps from burning building in Tel Aviv,' and featured the hashtag 'Israel Iran War'.advertisementIndia Today Fact Check found that the video predates the recent conflict between Israel and Iran, and it is not from Tel Aviv.OUR PROBE
Reverse-searching the keyframes from the viral video led us to the same clip posted by an Israeli news outlet on March 1. The Hebrew caption translates to: "17 injured in fire at a rental villa in Tiberias, including 11 children. Several were recorded jumping from the second floor in an attempt to escape the fire, and 5 were moderately injured."This made it clear that the video is not related to the recent conflict, which began in June. A link to a news report was also attached to the caption. It mentioned that a rental villa in Tiberias caught fire on the morning of March 1. The first floor was completely burned down, and some of the people trapped inside jumped from the second floor. Tiberias is a city in Israel, nearly 130 km from the capital, Tel Aviv.advertisementWe also found several other reports about this incident published in Israeli outlets like The Jerusalem Post and The Times of Israel. Per these reports, three people were moderately injured, while the rest did not suffer major harm. Reportedly, it took six firefighters to douse the flames. The cause of the fire was not immediately determined, and an investigation was launched by the concerned authorities.Thus, it is evident that the video is not related to the recent conflict between Iran and Israel at all.- EndsTrending Reel
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