Within the wake of a large-scale missile assault from Iran on Israel Tuesday night time, social media erupted with claims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly fleeing to a bunker. The assault, which included hypersonic missiles, triggered sirens throughout Israel as residents rushed for security.
Professional-Iranian social media accounts circulated a video purportedly exhibiting Netanyahu operating inside a bunker.”Moments wherein the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, flees to a bunker within the face of the Iranian response,” one publish claimed. Different posts went additional, mocking the Israeli chief, accusing him of abandoning his folks throughout the disaster.
Regardless of the viral narrative, the video in query seems to be unrelated to the latest occasions. Reality-checkers identified that the clip, which has resurfaced on platforms like Fb, dates again to 2021. It allegedly exhibits Netanyahu within the halls of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, slightly than operating to security throughout the newest missile assault.
Reacting to the assault, Netanyahu remained defiant, labeling the assault “a giant mistake” on Iran’s half and vowing retaliation. “Iran made a giant mistake tonight and can pay for it,” he mentioned. “Whoever assaults us, we assault them.”
Tuesday’s missile barrage marks the second such direct confrontation this yr between the 2 nations, with the earlier strike in April swiftly neutralized by Israeli defenses. Iranian officers have claimed that this newest assault was in response to the deaths of senior Hezbollah and Hamas leaders, Hassan Nasrallah and Ismail Haniyeh, in Israeli army operations.
