Is This a Clip of Israel’s Tel Aviv Airport After Iranian Strikes? No, It’s AI

The video is not real and was made using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.

An AI-generated video has gone viral with the false claim that it shows recent, authentic visuals of Israel's Tel Aviv airport amid recent strikes by Iran.

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint)

A video showing a damaged airport with a lot of rubble is being shared on social media, claiming that shows the Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel's Tel Aviv, after it was targeted by Iran.

• Users are sharing it with a caption that reads, "This is not AI this is real TelAviv Airport (sic)."

An archive of this post can be seen here.

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(Archives of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here, here, and here.)

Is it true?: No, the video was made using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

How did we find out the truth?: We ran a reverse image on some frames of the video using Google Lens.

• We noticed that no credible source had shared this video, but were able to trace it back to an Instagram account which had shared this video on 27 May.

• It means that this video predates the recent round of conflict between Israel and Iran, during which the airport in Tel Aviv was targeted.

The video was shared more than two weeks before Ben Gurion airport was struck.

(Source: Instagram/Altered by The Quint)

• Additionally, the account's bio mentioned the use of AI.

• We also noticed that it routinely shared AI-generated videos.

The account mentions using AI and also shares Ai-generated content.

(Source: Instagram/Altered by The Quint)

• Next, we submitted this video to Hive Moderation's AI-generated content detector.

• Their tool was 99.1 percent confident that the video was "likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content."

The tool was certain that the video is an AI-generated one.

(Source: Hive Moderation/Screenshot)

• Lastly, we compared an overhead visual of the Ben Gurion Airport to the visuals in the video.

• The two do not resemble each other, confirming that the video doesn't authentically show what it claims.

The layout of the airport seen in both visuals does not match.

(Source: X/Google Maps/Altered by The Quint)

Conclusion: An AI-generated video is being shared to claim that it shows the real condition of Israel's Tel Aviv airport after it was struck during Iranian strikes.

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