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Is Netanyahu dead? Has Tel Aviv been flattened? AI videos are dominating the Iran war.

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Tel AvivNetanyahuSocial MediaIsraeli PoliticsMisinformationDisinformationDeepfakesIran Israel ConflictIran WarAi Videos

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"The war with Iran has produced an absolute flood of fabricated imagery, from AI-generated clips circulated by pro-Iran accounts purporting to show missile strikes flattening Tel Aviv or the capture of American troops by Iranian forces."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an unusual video this week: of himself buying coffee at a Jerusalem-area cafe."
Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"He says his information came from friends on Sheinkin Street, Tel Aviv, near Dizengoff Square."
Sataf, Jerusalem, Israel
"From the cafe Sataf, Netanyahu issued his response to the conspiracy, posting a video on Sunday of him ordering a coffee, chatting with baristas and telling Israelis that the wars against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon were going well."
Tehran, Iran
"The Tehran Times also shared false images and false reports of extensive damage to the US Navys Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain."
Iran
"The claims, which originated on Iranian state media last week, were picked up by social media users on Thursday after Netanyahu gave his first press conference during the war."
Minab, Hormozgan, Iran
"Irans embassy in Austria posted an AI image of a childs backpack, claiming it was taken at the Minab school in Iran that was hit on the first day of the war."
Lebanon
"From the cafe Sataf, Netanyahu issued his response to the conspiracy, posting a video on Sunday of him ordering a coffee, chatting with baristas and telling Israelis that the wars against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon were going well."
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Australian wire AAP debunked several fakes from this round of conflict, including a video claiming that an Iranian strike set a CIA facility in Dubai ablaze."
Qatar
"Tasnim, the Iranian state-affiliated news agency, shared an AI-generated image on X purporting to show an American radar installation in Qatar destroyed in an Iranian strike, The New York Times reported."
Austria
"Irans embassy in Austria posted an AI image of a childs backpack, claiming it was taken at the Minab school in Iran that was hit on the first day of the war."
Australia
"Australian wire AAP debunked several fakes from this round of conflict, including a video claiming that an Iranian strike set a CIA facility in Dubai ablaze."

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