News agencies often keep pictures in files that they use when a subject comes up and they don’t have an actual shot of the new incident.
Back in the day before internet no one even questioned the practice. Now we know exactly when photo was taken We now demand actual pictures of incident. Not actually lying. It’s a common practice taught in journalism school back them. Pictures sell papers
I know, but NIKK posted some reporting from Syria, and it seems they are using the fact that it’s an old photo as evidence that Israel is lying. That’s how I took it.