War and conflict
1,754 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“post on X (formerly Twitter) with an image purportedly of a military helicopter downed by Fano militants in 2024”
“A photo of a helicopter shot down in a recent attack of Hezbollah on Israel in Al-Khiyam while transporting dead and wounded soldiers”
FACTLY says: The viral photo is from 2019, showing a Hamas attack on an Israeli helicopter. It has nothing to do with the current 2024 conflict
“an image supposedly of military vehicles en route to Gonder on the evening of 12 November 2024”
“Donald Trump's election led Hamas to call "for 'Immediate' End to War.”
“Indian Army & Pakistan Army – both are the same - Sai Pallavi She’s playing the role of Mata Sita in an upcoming Bollywood movie. She once compared the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus to the lynching of cattle smugglers. It seems she’s quite influenced by Zakir Naik. Don’t watch any movie that includes her.”
“The image shows an Israeli helicopter shot down in the Al-Khiyam area of southern Lebanon”
“An Israeli helicopter has just been shot down in the #Al-Khiyam area, southern Lebanon while transporting several dead and wounded soldiers of the Zionist army.”
“Video shows Russia’s recent ballistic missile strike in Ukraine”
“Gopal's killers Open your eyes and see.... this is Baba's justice Bahraich's Wazirganj became.... Gaza The street from which the stone will come out. The bulldozer will move in that street that killed Gopal. Their houses have been razed to the ground.”
“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that ‘if Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, he will personally expel the United States from the alliance.’”
“A video show an Army soldier surprising his mother, a tender coconut seller, by saluting her.”
FACTLY says: The video does not show a real incident; it is a scripted video made for educational purposes, uploaded on Facebook on 12 November 2024 by actress Sanjjanaa Galrani. The original video includes a disclaimer stating that…
“China officially declared George Soros as "global terrorist.”
“Paris: Palestinian supporters attacking Israeli fans in the soccer stadium.”
“Russia has banned the export of enriched Uranium to India along with USA, Germany and France”
FACTLY says: On 15 November 2024, Russia imposed temporary restrictions on enriched uranium exports to the U.S. in response to U.S. restrictions on Russian uranium imports. No ban on exports to India, Germany, or France was mentioned
“Says Colin Kaepernick said he “will go to Russia if not properly respected in the United States.”
“Photo shows a Hamas militant named Mohammad Mahroof.”
“NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that if Donald Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, the U.S. will be expelled from the alliance.”
“Photo Mohammad Mahroof, a Hamas militant from Gaza, accused of killing Israeli children in 2023. In 2024, Israel caught and disarmed him and left him alive.”
FACTLY says: The viral image is not of a Hamas militant Mohammad Mahroof but of 15-year-old Palestinian Diaa Al-Adini. He was injured in an Israeli strike on 13 August 2024, which led to both of his arms being amputated. After the a…