Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Missile Strike On Israeli Or U.S. Assets -- It Shows Malta Fireworks Factory Explosion

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  • by: Ed Payne
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Missile Strike On Israeli Or U.S. Assets -- It Shows Malta Fireworks Factory Explosion Another Blast

Does a video show an Iranian missile strike on Israeli or U.S. assets in early June 2026? No, that's not true: The explosion shown in the video occurred at a fireworks factory in Malta. The powerful blast injured two people at the Ta' Lourdes fireworks factory on June 1, 2026.

The claim appeared in a post and video (archived here) by the @TheDailyCPEC account on X on June 7, 2026. It read:

🚨 BREAKING: Iran Fires Fresh Wave of Missiles, Declares U.S. and Israeli Assets "Legitimate Targets."

This is a screenshot of the post on X, as it appeared at the time of writing:

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(Image source: post by @TheDailyCPEC on X.)

The video from the post is embedded below:

The clip in the post on X does not show an attack on Israeli or U.S. assets. Instead, it shows an explosion at a fireworks factory in Malta.

This video (archived here), published by CNN on YouTube on June 1, 2026, shows the same blast from the same perspective. The video is embedded below:

Lead Stories searched Google News (archived here) and Yahoo! News (archived here) for the words "Malta fireworks factory explosion," and found that the incident was widely reported by major news outlets around the world.

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Ed Payne

Ed Payne is a staff writer at Lead Stories. He is an Emmy Award-winning journalist as part of CNN’s coverage of 9/11. Ed worked at CNN for nearly 24 years with the CNN Radio Network and CNN Digital. Most recently, he was a Digital Senior Producer for Gray Television’s Digital Content Center, the company’s digital news hub for 100+ TV stations. Ed also worked as a writer and editor for WebMD. In addition to his journalistic endeavors, Ed is the author of two children’s book series: “The Daily Rounds of a Hound” and “Vail’s Tales.” 

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