FACT CHECK: Video does not show Iran’s June 2025 attacks on Israel

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Reverse image searches reveal that the clips used in the viral video are either old or completely unrelated to the June 2025 airstrikes between Iran and Israel

Claim: A video shows clips of Iran attacking Israel on June 14, 2025.

Rating: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: The video has gone viral on Facebook, gaining 1.6 million views, 10,000 reactions, and 3,700 shares. The account, which claims to come from the Philippines, has 94,000 followers.

The video depicts scenes of an explosion, an airstrike at night, and people fleeing the scene. Text on the video says: “Iran attack Israel today (sic),” with the date June 14, 2025, written below it.

Comments left on the post show that Filipino Facebook users believe that the video truly depicts the June 2025 airstrikes on Israel from Iran. “Keep safe, mga kabayan [dyan] (fellow countrymen there),” one of the comments says.

The facts: While Iran and Israel have been attacking each other since Israel launched a barrage of strikes across Iran on June 13, reverse image searches reveal that the clips used in the viral video are either old media or completely unrelated to the June 2025 airstrikes between the two countries.

The first clip showing an explosion was from a video originally posted by a passing jet skier showing an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2020.

While the second clip indeed depicts an Iranian missile attack on Israeli military bases near Tel Aviv, this attack happened in October 2024, and not “today” as the false post claims.

The people fleeing in the final clip are not in Israel or Iran, but in Dallas, Texas, where a fight during a cheerleading competition was mistaken for an active shooter situation and caused chaos.

Iran–Israel conflict: The recent attacks between the two countries are a new development in Israel and Iran’s decades-long conflict that began with shadow wars as far back as 1979. Tensions sharply escalated in April last year after Iran launched a direct attack on its old enemy. (TIMELINE: Iran and Israel’s open warfare after decades of shadow war) 

This year’s attacks started with Israel’s June 13 airstrike on Iran, claiming it was to prevent Iran from building an atomic weapon. In response, Iran fired its own retaliatory strikes, leading to the continuous exchange of attacks. 

The conflict entered its sixth day on June 18, despite a call from US President Donald Trump for Tehran’s unconditional surrender. Trump warned on social media that US patience was wearing thin, with comments suggesting a more aggressive stance toward Iran.

The Philippines has released a statement regarding the recent airstrikes, stating, “With the welfare of the people of the Middle East and the Filipinos there in mind, the Philippines urges concerned countries to deescalate and follow the path of peace.” (READ: World reacts to Israeli strike on Iran over nuclear activity)

Previous fact-checks: Rappler has debunked other false claims about disasters and conflicts in other countries:

• FACT CHECK: Viral video of smoke-filled plane cabin not from Air India crash
• FACT CHECK: Video doesn’t show last moments of Air India crash 
• FACT CHECK: Video of airstrike in Iran is AI-generated
• FACT CHECK: Photos of earthquake in Colombia are AI-generated 

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