Overview

• On June 13, Israeli jets struck nuclear and military sites across Iran, killing senior Revolutionary Guards commanders Mohammad Bagheri, Hossein Salami and Gholam Ali Rashid; subsequent raids also killed top commander Ali Shadmani.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the operation as a “very successful opening strike” aimed at crippling Iran’s atomic program.
• In retaliation, Iran launched several waves of missile barrages against Israeli territory, fueling a fierce cycle of counterattacks.
• Fact-checkers at AFP, Snopes and Lead Stories traced the viral videos to an October 1, 2024, Iranian missile assault on Israel’s Nevatim Air Base rather than recent strikes on Tehran.
• The same night-raid footage was previously repurposed to falsely depict an Indian strike on Pakistan in May 2025.