This Photo Does Not Show Al-Qassam Brigades' Recent 'M90' Rockets at Tel Aviv
The Claim
Hamas claims it fired two M90 rockets at Tel Aviv. Residents of central Israel reported hearing loud explosions. Reported by Israeli Channel 13.
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After Al-Qassam Brigades launched "M90" rockets at Tel Aviv, social media users widely shared a photo purporting to feature the moment Al-Qassam Brigades fired the rockets.
Social media users spread the photo, along with the caption, “Hamas claims it fired two M90 rockets at Tel Aviv. Residents of central Israel reported hearing loud explosions. Reported by Israeli Channel 13.”
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the viral photo and found the claim to be misleading.
A thorough reverse image search led Misbar’s team to the original publication of the photo in 2019.
Outdated Photo Shows Gaza Rockets Fired Toward Israel
Contrary to the misleading claim circulating on social media, the photo does not show recent rockets fired by the Al-Qassam Brigades toward Israel.
The original photo, dated May 4, 2019, depicts smoke trails rising as a rocket is launched from the southern Gaza Strip toward Israel.
Photographer Abed Rahim Khatib captured the photo for Flash90, and it was featured in an article published by the Jewish News Syndicate.
The Arabic website of The Times of Israel also featured the same photo in an article about a rocket fired from Gaza targeting an open field in Israel on May 4, 2019.
According to the Hebrew media, on May 4, 2019, sirens started in southern Israeli towns, alerting residents to a potential rocket attack. The military later confirmed that a rocket launched by Palestinian resistance had fallen in the Gaza Strip. Reports indicated that the missile landed on open ground, with no injuries or damage reported.
The Iron Dome missile defense system was activated, and an interceptor missile was fired, according to a military statement. The sirens were heard in Be'eri and Alumim, located in the Eshkol region east of the Gaza Strip.
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In addition, Israeli artillery fired over 60 shells into eastern Gaza Strip areas. These attacks followed a new military escalation that began on May 3, 2019, after four Palestinians, including two protesters at the Great March of Return demonstrations, were killed.
Eight Palestinians had been killed and 22 wounded in the Israeli attacks. Fourteen housing units, along with media and think-tank offices in seven targeted buildings, were destroyed, causing significant damage to surrounding homes.
Al-Qassam Brigades Targeted Israel With Two “M90” Rockets
On August 13, Hamas' armed Al-Qassam Brigades announced that they had targeted Tel Aviv and its suburbs with two "M90" rockets. Explosions were reported in Tel Aviv, but Israeli media reported no casualties.
Al-Qassam Brigades stated that the attack was a response to massacres against civilians and the deliberate displacement of our people. “Al-Qassam Brigades bombarded the city of Tel Aviv and its suburbs with two M90 missiles in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians and the deliberate displacement of our people,” Al-Qassam's statement reads.
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