“Video of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu running to escape and hide from the Iranian missile attack on Israel at midnight on 01 October 2024”
What FACTLY found
This is a three-year-old video where Benjamin Netanyahu was rushing to cast his vote as the Opposition leader in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. Netanyahu shared the video on 14 December 2021, stating, “I am always proud to run for you. This was taken half an hour ago in the Knesset”. At the time of the recent Iranian missile attack on October 1, 2024, Netanyahu was reportedly in a bunker in the Jerusalem mountains.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 September 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 October 2024, 31 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/rakibullah.mahmud.3/posts/530878532681969/?rdid=kQJYYyQvHkZL0DDe
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.