An image showing a group of passengers lying on the ground has been circulated, claiming it depicts a recent incident related to the ongoing Israel-Lebanon conflict. However, D-Intent Data has discovered that this image is actually from October 2023 and is not connected to the current situation.
Sharing the image on X (Formerly Twitter) @Fx1Jonny wrote, “This was Tel Aviv last night, do you feel bad for them?”. The post has received more than 20k views, 800 likes and a significant number of engagements. Later, he deleted the post.
Source: X
Another user @ZAKARIAALMOAIDY also shared the image and wrote. “If Hezbollah promised not to return the settler herds to the north… Then the Ansar Allah will not allow the occupation herds to remain in the middle… Let them drown in the sea to escape”. (Translated from Arabic)
The truth about the viral image, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the image and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the image and found that the image was not recent. But an old image from October 2023.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search on Google Lens. This led us to a media report containing the same image published in October 2023. According to the report, the image depicts passengers taking cover on the tarmac after landing at the airport in Tel Aviv as Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza exploded in the vicinity of the airport.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the image was not recent. But an old image from October 2023 and unrelated to Hezbollah.
Intent
Social media users and influencers are circulating old images with misleading claims to set their narrative against Israel over the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Conclusion
Claim– The image depicts a recent incident in Tel Aviv after Hezbollah attacks Israel.
Fact– The image depicts passengers taking cover on the tarmac after landing at the airport in Tel Aviv as Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza exploded in the vicinity of the airport.
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