Claim: Visuals show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu present at a White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and its army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir.
Fact: The pictures are digitally altered, while the video has been created synthetically, likely using AI tools.
In late September 2025, social media users posted videos and images showing Israeli premier Netanyahu present at a White House meeting between US President Trump and Pakistani leaders, including PM Sharif and Field Marshal Munir. The four allegedly shook hands and posed for pictures (archives 1, 2, 3, 4).
US trips by Sharif, Munir
This year, Trump has met Munir three times so far, including once alongside Sharif on 26 September 2025.
Prior to that, in August, the army chief made his second visit to the US, where he met top American military officials — including Chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Dan Caine — and attended the 15th CENTCOM commander Gen Michael Kurilla’s farewell event.
The visit followed his June 2025 meeting with Trump. It was the first time a top serving military official was “formally received at this level, without holding political office or governing under martial law”, indicating his face-to-face meeting with the US president.
During the June visit, Munir was accompanied by the head of Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen Asim Malik, who also serves as the National Security Advisor, whereas the American side included US State Secretary Marco Rubio and Special Representative for Middle Eastern Affairs, Steve Witkoff.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check reviewed verified pictures of the meeting available on The Associated Press (AP) Newsroom, Getty Images, Agence France-Presse (AFP) Forum, and Alamy but did not find any instance where Netanyahu was seen alongside Trump, Sharif, and Munir at the same time on 26 September. The Israeli premier did not even meet the US president that day — at least publicly, which would have been reported.
The photos uploaded (archive) by the Pakistani Prime Minister’s Office do not feature Netanyahu either.
We tested the video with different tools to detect AI-generated content, such as Hive Moderation and Zhuque AI Detection Assistant. The first one gave it an aggregate score of 92.4%, saying it “is likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content”. The second said the probability of the clip being AI-generated was 100%.
Probabilities of the video being AI-generated using Hive Moderation (top) and Zhuque AI Detection Assistant (bottom).
Both tools were then also used to test the three pictures.
According to Hive Moderation, the probability of the first, second, and third pictures being AI-generated was 2.9%, 85%, and 6.1%, respectively. On the other hand, Zhuque AI Detection Assistant gave the respective scores of 36.45%, 24.26%, and 27.94%.
Probabilities of the three images being AI-generated using Hive Moderation (left) and Zhuque AI Detection Assistant (right).
Through a reverse-image search, we were able to trace all the visuals to X (formerly Twitter) user @thebilal_a (archive), whose bio describes their work as “AI Art based content”.
@thebilal_a posted the same image twice, the other slightly different visual, as well as the video and a screenshot from it on 26 September (archives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Their accompanying captions — some in Urdu — are, “Complete picture,” “A memorable photo,” “Fantastic Four,” “The four of us are together,” and “The meeting was successful.”
This is not the first time AI-generated content by @thebilal_a went viral on social media; Soch Fact Check has previously debunked their claim that Field Marshal Munir touched the knees of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman out of respect.
Soch Fact Check, therefore, concludes that the claim is false as the pictures are digitally altered and the video is AI-generated.
Virality
We found the visuals posted here, here, and here on X, here, here, and here on Facebook, here and here on Instagram.
They were also shared here on TikTok and here on YouTube.
Pakistani commentator Moeed Pirzada, the chief executive and editor of the news website Global Village Space (GVS), quote–posted the visuals as well, without sharing any disclaimer that they are not authentic and with captions like “Bigger Picture!” and “Wow, great job.”
This is not the first time Pirzada has shared false or misleading information; Soch Fact Check has previously debunked his claims here, here, and here.
Conclusion: The pictures are digitally altered, while the video has been created synthetically, likely using AI tools.
Background image in cover photo: Prime Minister’s Office
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