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.
“All American men between 18 and 26 have been automatically registered in the U.S. military”
“Cargo ship MSC Sarah V being hit by a missile fired by Houthi militants.”
“Russians are in Cuba firing missiles” as a warning to the U.S. about its resolve to win the war with Ukraine.”
FactCheck.org says: Russian warships on the way to an annual trip to Cuba conducted simulated missile drills in the Atlantic but did not fire live missiles from Cuba.
“Photo shows Israeli settlers tearing apart a Palestinian child”
“All men aged 18 to 26 “have been automatically registered in the U.S. Army.”
PolitiFact says: The provision for automatic registration was part of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act, which would need to pass several legislative hurdles to become law.
“The video shows the Al-Qassam brigade, a militant group from Gaza, attacking IDF soldiers.”
“This image depict underage military recruits joining Ukraine's military.”
“Photo shows actor Chris Evans signing a bomb amid the assault on Gaza.”
“UN troops to be deployed across U.S. as Pentagon prepares for ‘civil unrest.’”
“Video shows “U.S. Navy deploys in Miami due to Russian warships 6/12.”
“As of April 24, “there was active military in 360 U.S. cities awaiting a Supreme Court announcement ‘that will rock the world’ and trigger cabal deep state planned protests.”
“A U.K. carrier strike group is currently assembled and deployed to the South China Sea”
Vera Files says: The U.K. carrier strike group was deployed to the South China Sea in 2021, not recently.
“BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russia will support Iran if the United States attacks Iran’s soil in support of Israel.”
“Visuals of ‘World’s biggest aircraft, Russia AN 225’ in Rio De Janeiro”
FACTLY says: The viral video is actually an animated video shared on Facebook by a gaming video creator on Facebook named ‘Aviation and Games’ and shows Airplane Antonov An-225 Mriya.
“Israel out of the Paris Olympic Games.”
FactCheck.org says: Israel will send a delegation of about 85 athletes to the Olympic Games in Paris in July. The International Olympic Committee has said Israeli athletes will be allowed to compete.
“It’s a miracle! One of Gaza’s martyrs checks messages on his phone!”
“Visuals show a narrow sandy strip surrounded by seawater, purported to be where Moses parted the Red Sea to help his people escape the Pharaoh’s army”
FACTLY says: Visuals are from a tourist spot known as Yugu Shazhou, which translates to ‘fishbone-shaped sandbank’, located in Qixia Village of Dongshan County in southeast China’s Fujian Province. It is unrelated to Moses Red sea c…