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.
“Funding provided to Ukraine and Israel could pay for health care, free college, and eliminate homelessness and student debt”
“Social media users claimed that a video showed a USS warship that was hit by a missile fired by Houthi rebels.”
“The US and Australia sent troops and arms to the Philippines in January 2024.”
“Video shows a “US-owned cargo ship was just hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen!”
PolitiFact says: Houthi fighters struck a U.S. container ship off Yemen’s coast Jan. 15, but several Instagram videos show footage captured in May 2021 after a fire broke out on a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka.
“Bloodied Palestinian baby doll was “made in Israel.”
PolitiFact says: A bloodied Palestinian baby doll seen on a toy shelf in social media videos was not made in Israel. It was created in Mexico by a person bringing attention to the deaths of children in Gaza.
“The United States and the Philippines declared war on China.”
“BIG BREAKING: 2 Indian Army soldiers were beaten to death in Manipur when they tried to molest a group of women who were working in the nearby fields. Funniest part is that the whole unit ran away from the incident site!”
“The Civil War "could have been negotiated" rather than causing years of bloodshed.”
PolitiFact says: After Lincoln's election, a last-ditch negotiation produced the "Crittenden Compromise," but neither side was willing to consider it.
“The NFL is encouraging players to kneel for Israel before every game.”
FactCheck.org says: NFL teams paid tribute to the victims in Israel of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack by holding moments of silence before games during the following week, but has not encouraged players "to kneel for Israel" before any games.
“All of the information on Crazy Nancy Pelosi turning down 10,000 soldiers that I offered to to [sic] guard the Capitol Building, and beyond, is gone.”
Washington Post says: There is no evidence
“Claim: Different video shared as terrorist masood azhar died in a bomb blast”
“Recently Ratan Tata has provided bulletproof and bomb proof buses to the Indian army”
“The U.S. is establishing military bases in Finland and deployed U.S. troops are exempt from Finnish laws under the Defence Cooperation Agreement.”
“Visuals showing a recent bomb blast in which Maulana Masood Azhar, the Chief of Jaish-e-Mohammad, was reportedly killed”
FACTLY says: There are no credible news reports or official announcements regarding the death of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar. The visuals in the viral posts are linked to past incidents that took place in Pakistan an…
“Yemen’s Houthi organisation took it into its custody mistaking it for an Israeli cargo ship, then it was found that this Indian ship was loaded with cows, then the Houthi organisation left it, Hindu businessmen who sing the song of cow, go abroad to slaughter their cow. Thank you to the Houthi organisation for the expose.”
“An Indian cargo ship filled with cows was seized by Houthis, mistaking it for an Israeli ship”
FACTLY says: Media reported on 19 November 2023 that the Houthis of Yemen seized a cargo ship bound for India in the Red Sea, which was linked to an Israeli company. As claimed, there is no evidence that the ship contained cows from…
“China has declared war on the Philippines”
“The viral photo shows a bullet and bomb-proof bus, which was presented to the Indian army by Ratan Tata recently”
FACTLY says: The viral photo shows an armoured bus manufactured by Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI). This was presented to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on 7 September 2017
“David Warner removed Israeli Coca-Cola bottles from a table during a press conference in support of Palestine”
FACTLY says: This is an old video from 2021 which happened in a press conference held during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. In the original video, David Warner kept the Coca-Cola bottles back and said nothing about Palestinen whe…