Video Game Simulation Shared as Recent Clip of Missile Attack by Hamas in Israel

Fact Check: This video is not from Israel but a video game simulation from a game called ARMA 3.

A video showing a man firing a missile while taking aim at what looks like a fighter jet is going viral on social media where users are linking it to the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine.

• Palestinian militant group called Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, 7 October.

• The viral claims states that this video shows 'Hamas fighters' shooting down Israel war helicopter in Gaza.

• While several other users are only sharing this video with hashtags related to Israel and Hamas.

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

What's the truth?: This video is not real and unrelated to Israel-Palestine war.

• This clip is from an animated video simulation game called ARMA 3.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video.

• This led us to an old Facebook post from 16 August which was shared by 'Noakhaila kaga'.

• This shows that the video predates the ongoing war, which began on 7 October.

• The post has garnered over 50 million views and the comments suggested that this visual was from a game called ARMA 3, a shooter simulation video game.

• The bio of the page states that it is a gaming page run by a gaming video creator from Bangladesh.

• We also reached out to the creator who confirmed to The Quint that this video is from a video game called ARMA 3.

• We also found several similar videos on the same page of this game which can be seen here, here, here and here.

• We some other similar videos which clearly mentioned that these visuals are from 'ARMA 3' game, it can be seen here and here.

Update on Israel-Palestine war: According to Israeli officials, over 500 people have been killed in Israel.

• Hamas, on Saturday, reportedly fired more than 5,000 rockets from the Gaza strip towards Israel.

• This was followed by several Hamas militants infiltrating Israel in SUVs and motorcycles shooting the civilians.

• Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned they have "embarked on a long and difficult war".

Conclusion: A video from an animated game showing a uniformed personnel taking an aim at a plane and striking a missile is shared as from Israel.

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