A video showing several lightning shots in the sky is being shared to claim that it depicts the Indian Iron Dome or the Indian Air Force's highly sophisticated S-400, which has been activated in Amritsar amid the retaliation from Pakistan following Operation Sindoor.
What we found: At first, we ran a Google reverse image search on social media platforms and found several posts from August 2024.
A post on X by Israel's official account from 4 August 2024 noted, "In northern Israel: a barrage of Hezbollah rockets fired at Israeli communities. We will not allow Hezbollah, Hamas or any other Iranian proxy to harm the people of Israel." (sic.)
Similarly, another post on X by Indian journalist Ashutosh Mishra carried the same video and noted that Northern Israel faced heavy incoming rockets from Iran-backed Hezbollah group, as well.
Another post on Instagram from August 2024 also mentioned that the video showed Hezbollah strikes into Israel.
It noted that no physical injuries had been reported and Israel’s air defence system, Iron Dome, intercepted most of the rockets that we shot by the Hezbollah.
News reports: As per a report by The Hindu from 4 August 2024, Hezbollah announced that it had fired numerous Katyusha rockets at Israel. The group took this action to claim in solidarity with the Palestinian people. This attack happened on 3 August 2024.
The Iran-backed group supported declared that its most recent strike on Beit Hillel in northern Israel was a reaction to Israel's assaults on Kfar Kela and Deir Sirianee in Lebanon, claiming that these actions had harmed civilians.
Similarly, the Times of Israel also reported about this attack.
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