The Islamic Republic of Iran tonight launched a massive attack against Israel with 200 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and suicide drones against the Jewish state.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is currently Chair of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament.

Grim scenes at Bondi but a massive W for Australian gun policy. John Howard's finest (arguably only fine) hour

Correction: The video is even older than that, and it's from Chile, not Texas.

Accordong to Cazadores de Fake News, the clip shows fire 'in Achupallas (Viña del Mar) in Chile and has been circulating on social networks since February'.

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Iran's state TV has been continuously running this video tonight as evidence of its missiles making impact on the ground and hitting targets in Israel.

But it's old footage of farm fire in Texas and completely unrelated to tonight's attack.

Got there in the end

This was peak software design

Search 'explosion Tehran' and you'll find hundreds of blue check accounts making false claims using images from the 2020 gas explosion or the 2021 refinery fire.

There has been no attack on Tehran, Twitter is just a cesspool filled with misinformation these days. Good job, Elon.

This happened because you were President, Sir.

The Papa Johns closest to the Pentagon is far busier than usual

Tell me again about how nuclear weapons deter conventional attacks ...

Seeing plenty of old videos from the Middle East plus some video game footage going viral tonight, mostly posted by accounts seeking clout and engagement during a major news event by spreading misinformation and fear.

Double-check everything you see online tonight.

Remember when the UK government and Prime Minister Sunak also condemned Israel's 'reckless attack' on an Iranian consulate in Syria 'in the strongest terms'?

Oh, wait...

We’re in uncharted territory. This is the highest risk for a major regional war since Trump assassinated Soleimani in Iraq, & Iran responded by bombing US military bases in Iraq (but with advance warning to minimize casualties).

The Israeli state deliberately incited a war with Iran because

- its onslaught against Gaza is failing on its own terms

- global public opinion has swung decisively against Israel

- the Biden administration is under pressure

- Netanyahu faces jail when war ends

Netanyahu is hiding in a rich rightwing friend’s fortified bunker while leaving the Israeli people (along with Palestinians, Iranians and US personnel in the region) to suffer the consequences of his reckless escalatory attacks that blew up an embassy complex and young children.

netanyahu looking a little more secure as israel prime minister than he did 24 hours ago.

But but but all the meanest people on Twitter said this was only happening to 'liberal' media

Seems like all the people who were supporting the Houthi escalation suddenly think that only Israel is to blame for the regional war that's kicking off. Lack of object permanence is a real problem in popular geopolitics