Social media has been swamped with footage falsely shared as Iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel on April 13, 2024. One widespread video of flames lighting up the night sky was in fact filmed in Chile weeks before Tehran's assault.

On Friday, explosions were heard over the Iranian city of Isfahan in what sources said was an Israeli attack but Tehran played down the incident and said it had no plans for retaliation. Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel on April 13 in what it said was retaliation for Israel's suspected deadly strike on its embassy compound in Damascus on April 1,

A video that is at least a month old has been miscaptioned online to say it shows Israel’s air defence system, also known as the Iron Dome, blocking Iranian missiles in April 2024.