Old video of a fire in the US circulated claiming the death of Netanyahu’s brother

In the context of the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, a video has recently been circulated claiming that Netanyahu’s brother died in an Iranian missile attack and that the video shows the aftermath of the Iranian missile attack on Netanyahu’s brother’s house.

See posts circulated on Facebook: here (Archive), here (Archive), here (Archive), and here (Archive).

Fact Check

The Rumor Scanner team’s investigation reveals that the discussed video is not a scene of a house catching fire in Israel due to an Iranian attack. In reality, this is a video recorded during a house fire incident in Galloway Township, USA, on February 08. Besides, no reliable information was found to support the claim of the death of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother, Iddo Netanyahu.

Initially, the Rumor Scanner team investigated the claim of Netanyahu’s brother’s death. Searching media and other reliable sources using relevant keywords regarding this matter, no information was found to support the discussed claim. Even no such information was published by Iran or Israel.

Subsequently, the Rumor Scanner team investigated the video circulated with the discussed claim. During the investigation, a video broadcast on February 09 from a Facebook page named hcbphotography was found. The discussed video matches the said video.

The post stated, “Right now: An incident is occurring at 10:47 PM in the Park Place area of Galloway Township, New Jersey.”

Multiple other posts (1, 2) regarding the said incident are found from the same page. They also contain information providing updates on the said fire.

Furthermore, it is known from media sources that a house fire incident occurred in Galloway Township, USA, on February 08. However, no casualties occurred there.

It is worth noting that the conflict between Israel-US and Iran started on February 28. In contrast, the video is of an incident from about 20 days before the conflict started.

Therefore, an old video of a fire that occurred in New Jersey, USA, is being circulated claiming to be a scene of Netanyahu’s brother’s house catching fire in an Iranian missile attack; which is completely false.

Sources

• hcbphotography- Facebook Post
• hcbphotography- Others Post (1, 2)
• Breaking Ac.Com- No injuries in Sunday’s Galloway fire