Claim: Social media video claims it shows Israeli soldiers captured by Hamas during the recent Hamas-Israel war. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is from 2016 in Turkey, when footage of arrested officers was broadcast on TV after a failed military coup. On 9 October 2023, a Facebook user posted a video (archived) […]
Claim: 40 babies were beheaded during the 2023 Hamas attack in Israel as tensions escalate in Gaza. Fact: The reporter who broke the story says she “believes” an account provided by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), while other journalists who visited the site of the attack said they were not shown any bodies. The Israeli […]
Claim: Hamas is holding Israeli children hostage and has kept them in cages. Fact: The video predates the recent Hamas attack; therefore, the claim is false. It is not clear if the clip is indeed from the Israel-Palestine conflict or from another region. On 8 October 2023, Voice of Europe posted a video (archive) to […]
Claim: Social media video shows thousands of people gathered in Masjid Al-Aqsa and chanting slogans of “Labaik Ya Allah” after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is old, from April 2023. The crowd shows people praying during the last nights of Ramzan in Al-Aqsa Mosque. On […]
Claim: Amartya Sen has died. Fact: Amartya Sen has not died; his daughter has denied reports. On 10 October 2023, X (formerly Twitter) user @profCGoldin announced (archive) that Amartya Sen — a renowned Indian economist and Nobel laureate — had died. “A terrible news. My dearest Professor Amartya Sen has died minutes ago. No words,” […]
Claim: A video on social media shows Hamas firing hundreds of rockets towards Israel’s airport in Tel Aviv. Fact: The claim is false because the video is not related to the recent Palestine-Israel conflict. It was originally posted in 2020 during the Turkey and Syria conflict in Idlib. On 7 October 2023, the Al Qassam […]
Claim: Two videos show the Israeli Air Force bombing different targets in Gaza, Palestine amid the recent escalation between Israel and Palestine. Fact: The videos are from May 2023, not the recent escalation. The first video shows Israeli airstrikes destroying a house in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in Gaza, Palestine, and the second video shows a […]
Claim: A video shows Hamas fighters paragliding into Israel amid the recent escalation between Israel and Palestine. Fact: The video is unrelated to the Palestine-Israel escalation. It is old and shows paragliders flying around the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo. Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, launched an attack on Israel on 7 […]
Claim: Capital TV and SAMAA TV claim an earthquake hit Pakistan, with people experiencing strong shocks. Fact: Both news channels have posted a misleading video, which is actually about earthquakes that hit India on 2 October and Nepal on 3 October, respectively. The bulletins make no mention of Pakistan. On 3 October 2023, Capital TV […]
Claim: India’s Narendra Modi and Joe Biden are seen taking a stroll together and sharing a meal. Both are wearing traditional dresses, an orange turban, and garlands of marigolds in some pictures. Fact: None of the photos are real; they are AI-generated images. On 11 September 2023, Instagram user @nagulachandugoud posted an Instagram Reel showing […]
Claim: No girls were born in the past three months across 132 villages in India due to female infanticide. Fact: The news was first reported on 23 July 2019. While true, it is not recent and, therefore, misleading. On 31 August 2023, X (formerly known as Twitter) user @Sisi_Yemmie tweeted (archive) a screenshot of what […]
Claim: Rahul Gandhi was photographed with an ISI agent. Fact: The picture is authentic, but the man incorrectly identified as an ISI agent is, in fact, Italian politician and member of the European Parliament, Fabio Massimo Castaldo. On 8 September 2023, X (formerly twitter) user @cutedikshaji posted a picture (archive) of a group of people, […]