Amid a sea of viral footage coming out of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, misleading and recycled videos are circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter, getting hundreds of thousands of views.

The old videos, which are being passed off as from the last day, are largely being posted by verified, conservative social media personalities, many of whom have previously posted about earning ad dollars from X's monetization program.

U.K. political personality Jim Ferguson posted a video of a building collapsing that was originally from 2021, with the text: "Breaking: Counter attacks are underway by Israeli forces as the air force hits back at." The post is still up and has over 170,000 views. Ferguson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Other users posted videos that were originally recorded in May.

Nonprofit group Shurat HaDin posted a video of Gaza being shelled in May, without disclosing that it was an old video. The text accompanying the video read: "Israeli Air Force is striking terror targets in Gaza. Israel has every right to defend its civilians."

The reposted video has over 120,000 views.

Shurat HaDin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hareem Shah also posted a video of Gaza being shelled in May without disclosing that the video was old. She wrote, "LATEST: Israeli air force is bombing targets in Gaza, Palestine." The tweet has been viewed 1 million times according to the platform, and now has a community note clarifying that the video is from May.

Shah did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hamas is blaming its attack on Israel on recent actions by Israel at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. But Israel’s coalition government has been conducting an escalating crackdown against what they say are Palestinian extremists and rising Palestinian terror attacks for more than a year.

That has led to speculation that the timing of the attack by Hamas, which has long been backed by Iran, is an attempt to derail growing momentum toward a potentially historic U.S-brokered diplomatic agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia brokered by the U.S.

In an interview with NBC News' Lester Holt last month, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said, "We are against any bilateral relations between our regional countries and the Zionist regime," a reference to Israel. Raisi added, "We believe that the Zionist regime is intending to normalize this bilateral relations with the regional countries to create security for itself in the region."

Diplomats from the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia in recent weeks have told NBC News that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden have all expressed support for an agreement that would result in Saudi Arabia recognizing Israel diplomatically. All three sides, though, have complex conditions for such an agreement.

Bin Salman, unlike past Saudi rulers, has signaled that he is willing to recognize Israel, given the vast economic benefits it would provide Saudi Arabia. But the Saudis want the U.S. to help them develop a civilian nuclear program, something opposed by hard-right members of Netanyahu’s coalition and by members of the U.S. Senate, which would have to approve any such deal.

Separately, when they met in New York last month, President Biden told Netanyahu that any agreement would have to include land for the Palestinians so that they could establish a viable state, something Netanyahu’s ongoing settlement extensions in the West Bank would prevent. Last week, a bipartisan group of senators raised the same concerns in a letter to the White House.

Diplomats say that if Saudi Arabia agreed to recognize Israel diplomatically, it would lead other Arab states to do so. A series of such agreements would end decades of hostility between Israel and its neighbors dating back to 1948. Before today's Hamas attack, there were reports that Saudi Arabia had told the White House it would increase its oil production to help cement a deal, something the Biden White House has sought for two years.

Two buildings in Gaza have been hit by fighter jets, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

The IDF said the buildings were used by senior Hamas officials. One of the buildings held Hamas offices, including an intelligence headquarters and weapons production spaces, the IDF said. The other housed offices and general security apparatus.

At least 232 people have been killed in Gaza and another 1,697 injured, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health.

Over 200 Israelis were killed today in the Hamas-Israel conflict, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said in an update at 10 p.m. local time. 

Another 900 were injured in the “extensive” attack, in which thousands of rockets were fired, the Foreign Ministry said.

“We will take every measure necessary to protect our citizens against these barbaric attacks,” it continued. 

The U.S. is discussing enhancing its intelligence sharing with the Israelis to support the Israeli government during the ongoing conflict with Hamas, according to a U.S. official and source familiar with the discussions. 

U.S. officials said that if the Israelis knew this attack was coming, they did not share it with the U.S. The U.S. government was surprised by the attack, according to multiple U.S. officials.

“We were not tracking this,” one senior U.S. military official said.

The officials said very early assessments are that the timing could be related to the Saudi-Israel normalization becoming more possible. They also said the 50-year anniversary of the Yom Kippur War may have been a factor. 

Lawmakers have not been briefed in a classified setting, according to a source familiar. There have been unclassified updates for lawmakers.

One U.S. official said that in the past few months, while Iranian-backed groups have been relatively quiet, Iran has continued to arm and train militias, and that includes continuing to arm Hamas and Hezbollah.

The additional intelligence to Israel could include drones, signals and satellites, but the officials did not say what was most likely or under active consideration.

President Joe Biden called his administration's support of Israel "rock solid and unwavering" during remarks about the conflict that erupted today following Hamas' air and land attacks from Gaza.

"Let there be no mistake: The United States stands with the state of Israel," Biden said at the White House.

He said he expressed his support in a call with Benjamin Netanyahu and has coordinated with U.S. partners across the region, including the Palestinian Authority. His administration has also directed its national security team to work with Israeli counterparts.

"It's also a terrible strategy on a human level. It's hurting innocent people. See the lives has been broken by this families torn apart," Biden said. "It's heartbreaking. Jill and I are praying for those families who have been impacted by this violence."

Biden described Hamas as a "terrorist organization" and denounced the attacks on Israel.

He did not take questions.

The attacks on Israel came as a peace deal between the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Israel was gaining momentum.

Last week, the U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to discuss “the different elements of the mega-deal,” according to Axios. Meanwhile, Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz visited Washington last week.

A proposal was made at the conclusion of the G-20 Summit last month for an economic corridor linking Europe with the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, India and the UAE.

The attacks, however, have been meant to “absolutely” send a message to any Muslim country that seeks to strike peace with Israel, Hamas spokesman Ibrahim Hamed said Saturday on Al Jazeera. He urged them to absolve themselves of what he called “great shame.”

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the Lebanese militant organization, said in a press statement that “it sends a message to the Arab and Islamic world, and the international community as a whole, especially those seeking normalization with this enemy, that the Palestinian cause is an everlasting one, alive until victory and liberation.”

As war rages between Israel and Hamas on the ground, the fighting parties are also using online messaging platforms and social media to engage in information warfare. 

Following the initial attacks, Israel’s official social media accounts began posting declarations of war and comparing Hamas to the ISIS extremist group.  

So far Israel has posted and shared 33 posts on X, TikTok and Instagram about the conflict, repeatedly emphasizing “we are at war” and sharing videos made for social media.

In one video posted to Instagram and X, Israel compared Hamas to ISIS, imposing text over a video of an alleged kidnapping saying, “same ideology, different names.” 

Israel and its military have a yearslong history of using their social media channels to spread their desired messaging about the conflict with Palestinians.

Hamas, which rules Gaza, has been categorized as a militant terrorist group in the U.S. and European Union, and many social media companies, even the more loosely moderated X, have banned Hamas-affiliated pages and politicians. 

Now the group is primarily distributing its content through the messaging platform Telegram, where its channel experienced explosive follower growth in the last few hours. 

In the channel, the group has posted a mix of highly produced promotional videos and on-the-ground footage from today’s violence. 

After being posted to Telegram, the videos are inevitably reposted across various social media platforms and accounts.