Amidst the ongoing war in Gaza, Iran launched a swarm of explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late on Saturday in its first-ever direct attack on Israeli territory. For days, Tel Aviv had braced for an attack — claimed by Iran as retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12 people, including two senior Iranian generals in the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement early Sunday the “vast majority” of missiles launched from Iran were intercepted outside of Israel’s borders. Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets are currently operating to intercept aerial threats approaching Israeli territory, it added.
Meanwhile, a video shared on X (formerly Twitter) from the official handle of the Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday morning got flagged -- causing an uproar. The 37-second long clip, titled "Israelis’ reality in the last hours" showed the night sky being lit up by waves of aerial attacks and explosions. Towards the end of the video, severe land-to-air projectiles launch are shown as that of an "attack that shows Iran's true colours."
However, soon after the video was uploaded, a disclaimer appeared below the post that claimed the video was misleading. "The last clip in this video is actually from a video that surfaced in 2014, showing Russian Missiles (MLRS) and not Iranian attacks as the post claims," the disclaimer alongside a YouTube link read.
WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE:
NOW, CHECK OUT THE IDF POST ON X HERE:
Uploaded on February 21, 2017 from a channel called "world weapons", the video was titled "Night volley of Russian MLRS "Grad". Fire!!!" in Russian. The heavy launch scenes shown around the 40-second mark in the minute-long YouTube video were very similar towards the final few seconds of the IDF post.
'MLRS Grad' refers to Soviet-built BM-21 Grad Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Developed in 1963, the self-propelled rocket launchers are still in use across frontlines.
