A video of Benjamin Netanyahu rushing to vote in a parliamentary session has been shared with a false claim that it shows the Israeli Prime Minister fleeing to a bunker during a missile attack by Iran on October 1, 2024. The clip was uploaded to his social media account three years ago.
“The moment Netanyahu fled to the shelter,” reads the Thai-language text on one TikTok video shared on October 2, 2024. “Iran attacks military bases in Israel.”
The nine-second clip in the post shows Netanyahu running down the hallway of a building and has already been viewed more than 130,000 times.
The false claim surfaced after Iran announced a attack on Israel in what it said was a response to the killings of Iranian-backed militant leaders (archived link).
It was Iran’s second direct attack on Israel dismissed more than 300 drones and ballistic missiles in April in retaliation against Israeli airstrikes that destroyed the consular annex of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing seven officers (archived link).
The video was shared along with the same false claim in several languages, including: English, Arabic, French, Greek, PortugueseAnd Burmese.
However, the video was shared in a false context.
Parliamentary vote
The clip was First published by Netanyahu’s official X account on December 14, 2021 (archived link).
“I am always proud to fight for you,” read the post’s Hebrew caption.
It went on to say that the video was recorded “half an hour ago” in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, before being posted.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the video seen in the fake message (left) and in the original message (right):
The 25-second video shows Netanyahu walking through an indoor hallway and up a flight of stairs.
Israeli media reported on the same day that Netanyahu – then head of the opposition – rushed to a plenary vote (archived link).
AFP has previously debunked disinformation about Netanyahu here And here.
