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By Srijit Das A video showing a massive crowd gathered on the streets is circulating on social media platforms with a false claim that it shows terrified Israelis gathering in Tel Aviv after the country was attacked by Iran. BOOM found that the video is from Argentina; we were able to geolocate the area outside a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Google Maps. Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles targeting Israel on April 13, 2024, in response to an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria’s Damascus on April 1. President Joe Biden of the United States also condemned the ‘unp…