Amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, a video showing a large flock of crows flying over a few cars has gone viral on social media. Users who shared the video claim that it captures a recent scene from the Israeli city Tel Aviv and that the sight of the crows caused panic among residents, describing it as a bad omen that instilled fear in Israelis.
Let’s check the truth.
Fact check:
We started our investigation with a reverse image search on Google, and the results led us to a similar video uploaded on Instagram on 6 January, 2024. The video was uploaded with the caption, “1,000 crows swarms a Supermarket parking lot in Texas”.
Moving forward, we found that the same footage was uploaded on YouTube also in January 2024. The description states, “Hundreds of birds descended on a Texas parking lot, creating a scene resembling a horror movie.”
Using these hints, we conducted further searches and found several news reports regarding this incident. An article by Fox Weather dated 4 January 2024, reported, “Hundreds of birds descended on a Texas parking lot, creating a scene resembling a horror movie.”
Meanwhile, we checked for any recent incidents of crow flocking in Tel Aviv and found media reports from March 26, 2026, by Mint and The Financial Express. These reports describe a dramatic scene involving a large flock of crows over the city. However, the videos included in these reports are completely different from the one that is going viral.
So, based on all this evidence, we can understand that an old video from Texas is falsely shared as the recent crow flock sighting in Israel.
Conclusion
Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. This is an old video from Texas in the US.
Title: Old video of flying crows from Texas is going viral as recent from Israel
Fact Check By: Usha Manoj
Result: Misleading
