Claim: Yemen dropped leaflets in Tel Aviv, asking citizens to evacuate before the drone strike on 19 July. Additionally, Yemen shared digital posters of the same, as a warning for the residents of Tel Aviv. Fact: The leaflets, likely made by Palestinians, mock the ones dropped by Israeli forces in Gaza. The leaflets were not […]
Claim: Google has removed Palestine from its Google Maps application amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Fact: The claim is false as Palestine was never labelled on Google Maps. The application’s map only included the Gaza Strip and West Bank, with a dotted grey line indicating their borders. On 14 June 2024, Threads user @raja_official3248 posted […]
Claim: An image shows a Palestinian boy sleeping next to his parents’ graves amid Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Fact: The image is unrelated to Palestine; it was shot as a conceptual project by Abdul Aziz Alotaibi, a photographer from Saudi Arabia, who posted it on his social media on 3 January 2014. The boy […]
Claim: On 7 October 2023, Hamas “raped & kidnapped” the daughter of Ireland’s minister of defence and foreign affairs, Micheál Martin, “kidnapped” the daughter of Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris, and “raped & kidnapped” the wife of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Fact: The posts carrying the aforementioned claims have no basis in reality […]
Claim: The Israeli consulate in Istanbul was attacked and set on fire by protesters after the May 2024 airstrike on Rafah. Fact: There are no reliable reports about the Israeli consulate in Istanbul being attacked or set on fire during a protest on 27 May 2024. Three Turkish journalists and fact-checkers also asserted that the […]
Claim: A Twitter post by @Osint613 claims to show a child in Gaza faking injuries amidst the rubble, suggesting crisis actors are being used to fabricate stories of Israeli bombings. Fact: The video in question is actually behind-the-scenes footage from a choreographed film shoot, not a depiction of real events in Gaza. This was very […]
Claim: Minouche Shafik said in an interview, over a decade ago, that terrorism “is a form of protesting”. Fact: Shafik’s remarks have been misrepresented. She does not say terrorism “is a form of protesting” but that it is “really troubling” that “there’s actually quite a broad base of society which has some sympathy for the […]
Claim: Minouche Shafik gave a Nazi salute during a US congressional hearing. Fact: Shafik did not make any such gesture. A photo showing the same has been altered and was initially published in a satirical article. On 18 April 2024, Facebook user ‘Harry K Watkins’ shared (archive) a picture of Columbia University President Nemat Shafik, […]
Claim: A video published on social media on 1 November 2023 by journalist Benjamin Sales shows first responder Asher Moskowitz claiming that Hamas operatives burned an Israeli baby in an oven on 7 October 2023. Fact: To ascertain whether credible evidence exists to back this claim, Soch Fact Check looked into both Israeli and US […]
Claim: PTI leader Asad Qaiser refused to support a resolution in the National Assembly condemning Israel’s war in Palestine, saying he wouldn’t support it until a resolution was passed in favour of former prime minister Imran Khan. Fact: Qaiser did not make any such remarks during the parliament’s session on 15 March 2024. Fact or […]
Claim: TIME Magazine has named Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the “KILLER of the YEAR.” Fact: The cover in question is fake. TIME Magazine never published such an issue; in 2023, it announced Taylor Swift as Person of the Year, Lionel Messi as Athlete of the Year, and Sam Altman as CEO of the […]
Claim: A video shows an Israeli air base in Negev being attacked by Iran. Fact: The video predates Iran’s recent retaliatory strike on Israel. It actually made rounds on social media in February 2024 and likely shows wildfires in Chile. Iran-Israel conflict On 13 April 2024, Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel in retaliation […]