A video showing a large fire and explosion is being shared with the claim that it captures an Iranian missile strike on Israel’s defense system in Tel Aviv amid recent tensions. However, this claim is false. The video is actually from a paint mixing factory fire in Senai, Malaysia, that occurred in April 2025, weeks before the June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict. The same footage was first uploaded on TikTok on April 25, 2025.
An propaganda account, @sumonkais, posted the video stating:
“Iranian missiles accurately targeted the Israeli Defense system in Tel Aviv. You can see the multifold explosion during the fire eruption.”
An user @SDGMasterglass, posted this clip with the misleading caption:
Iranian missiles accurately targeted the Israeli Defense system in Tel Aviv. You can see the multifold explosion during the fire eruption. #Israel #Iran #IronDome #TelAviv #ViralVideos #IsraelUnderAttack #iranisraeltensions
The video quickly went viral, amplified by several similar accounts @hellasxg, @Iran_WarRoom, @savronnX, @haimsultan00 And yazarmurat.akan pushing the same misleading narrative.
Truth about Iranian missile strike on Israel
As the video started going viral on social media. The D Intent data team decided to investigate. We conduct a reverse image search with the help of Google Lens and going through the video frame by frame analysis, we traced it back to its actual source a factory fire in Malaysia, not Tel Aviv. We found a news report from The Sun Daily, a Malaysian outlet, confirming that the video was from a fire that happened on April 24, 2025, at a paint mixing factory in Taman Perindustrian Desa Idaman, Senai, Johor. The video had already been posted on TikTok a day later, long before any Israel-Iran conflict in June 2025. Multiple YouTube channels, social media accounts, and Malaysian news outlets have confirmed the factory fire incident—proving the video has no connection to Israel, Iran, or any military activity.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video showing a large fire and explosion is being shared with the claim that it captures an Iranian missile strike on Israel’s defense system in Tel Aviv amid recent tensions. However, this is actually an old video from Malaysia, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/LrBRxmoXgJ
Intent:
Propaganda accounts are sharing unrelated footage from foreign incidents to push a false narrative around the Israel-Iran conflict and mislead the public.
Conclusion:
Claim: Viral video shows Iranian missile strike on Israel’s defense system.
Fact: The video is from a Malaysian factory fire on April 24, 2025 — unrelated to any military conflict.
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