Fact-Check: 2015 Clip of Explosion in China Is Unrelated to Iran-Israel Conflict

An old video from China is going viral to falsely claim that it shows a nuclear attack by Iran on Israel.

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A video showing an explosion is going viral on social media to claim that it shows a nuclear attack launched by Iran on Israel.

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What's the truth?: This video is unrelated to Iran and Israel, it shows an explosion that happened in 2015 in China.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video and this led us to the same video shared by BBC on YouTube.

• This was shared on 14 August 2015 and the description stated that it shows footage of two massive explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin.

This was also reported by BBC and Reuters and it states that 50 people died and 700 were injured when a warehouse owned by a company specialising in handling hazardous goods caught fire and exploded.

This report is from 14 August 2015.

(Source: BBC/screenshot)

Conclusion: An old video from China is going viral to falsely claim that it shows a nuclear attack by Iran on Israel.

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