The Israel-Hamas war caused a drastic humanitarian catastrophe and raised the chances of a wider conflict. Amid this, a video showing a bombardment scene in a city is making rounds on social media site X(Twitter). Users are fervently sharing this video and alleging that Iran bombing Tel Aviv, Israel will be the official start of WW3.

Taking to X, a user named Braj Shayam Maurya shared this video and wrote: ”Iran bombing Tel Aviv, Israel will be the official start of WW3 WWIII”

In addition, several users shared this video on X and made similar claims.

Fact-Check

The DFRAC team investigated the viral video by converting it into Keyframes. We reverse-searched these keyframes on Google and found some media reports during this process.

Media Reports from The Telegraph and On Demand News

We found a media report by The Telegraph dated March 24, 2024, on YouTube. According to the media report, the Ukrainian military said it has hit two large Russian warships as well as other facilities used by the Russian navy in the Black Sea. ‘The Defence Forces have successfully hit the Yamal and Azov landing ships, a communications center, and several infrastructure facilities belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet’ a Ukrainian military spokesman said.

Moreover, another media report by On Demand News published on Mar 24, 2024, on YouTube, also cited similar facts in the context of the viral video.

Conclusion

It is evident from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral video claiming Iran bombing Tel Aviv, Israel will be the official start of WW3 is misleading as the video shows Ukrainian missile attack on Sevastopol that took place on March 24, 2024, not recently.