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.
“Qatar is receiving the highest number of missile attacks from Iran.”
“A viral video shows Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi admitting that India shared the location of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena, which was later sunk by a US submarine.”
FACTLY says: The video is a deepfake created from an earlier Raisina Dialogue interview. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) also clarified on 9 March 2026 that the clip is manipulated and General Dwivedi never made such a statement.
“šØ BIG BREAKING šØ Another 27 american Soldiers killed in a drone attack on US Navy ship in Rio de Janiero. US government & state media is straight up lying. More than 100 soldiers have been died in #OperationEpicFury till today. "EPIC FURY" HAS TURNED INTO AN "EPIC FUCK-UP”
“BREAKING: Iranian missile lands in Tel Aviv but did not explode. Firefighters attempted to approach it. Watch what happens next... BOOOOOOOM.”
“šš«ššš¤š¢š§š ššš°š¬ Breaking : Reports indicate that U.S. Delta Force soldiers have been captured and are currently being held by Iranās Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). #Please_follow_and_repost”
“Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi openly suggesting that the rabbi justified killing children during discussions about war and terrorism.”
“Iran: struck high-rise building in Dubai with a Shahed drone, claims Iran Drone hit building with US personnel”
“The video shows an Iranian military general confessing that he betrayed Iranās Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before dying by suicide during a live broadcast.”
“US embassy in Riyadh hit by drone attack, says Saudi state media; no injuries reporte”
“A viral video shows Defence Minister Rajnath Singh saying that PM Narendra Modi visited Israel before the war began, conveyed Indiaās full support, and warned Tehran that peace would be destroyed.”
FACTLY says: The viral clip is a deepfake created from an earlier speech delivered by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Sindhi Samaj Sammelan in November 2025, where he was discussing Sindhi culture. AI detection tools flagged tā¦
“After the June 2025 U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, āthey attempted to rebuild their nuclear program.”
FactCheck.org says: Arms control experts told us that last yearās bombing set back Iranās nuclear program and thereās a lack of evidence that the country was rebuilding it.
“Viral video shows Iran launching a strike on an Israeli nuclear power plant amid the recent IranāIsrael escalation.”
FACTLY says: The viral video is from March 2017 and shows a fire at a military ammunition depot in Balakliya, Ukraine. It has no connection to the recent IranāIsrael tensions or any alleged strike on an Israeli nuclear facility.
“A viral video shows Iran attacking an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia as retaliation following recent USāIsrael strikes.”
FACTLY says: The viral video is from July 2024 and shows Israeli airstrikes on Yemenās Hodeidah, not an Iranian attack on a Saudi oil facility. The video predates the February 2026 escalation and is being misattributed to the currenā¦
“PM Narendra Modi said āIsrael is fatherland and India is motherland,ā referring to himself during his speech in Israel.”
FACTLY says: The claim is being shared without context. In the full version of his speech in Israel, PM Modi was referring to Indian-origin Jews living in Israel, stating that for them Israel is the fatherland and India their motherā¦
“Video shows actual footage of Chinaās robotic military”
“An image shows Jeffrey Epstein āstill alive and walking the streets of Tel Aviv,ā Israel.”
“Indian national day parade after the May 2025 war.”
“The viral video shows General Upendra Dwivedi opposing Pakistanās inclusion in a US-led āboard of peaceā for Gaza.”
FACTLY says: The video is a deepfake. The full original footage shows no such remarks. Hive AI flagged the viral clip as a deepfake. Further, PIB Fact Check confirmed that General Dwivedi never made these statements.
“The viral video shows RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat calling for the āsaffronisationā of the Indian Army and the removal of over 50% of ānon-caste Hindusā by 2028.”
FACTLY says: The video is digitally manipulated. In the original speech, Bhagwat spoke about unity in response to attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh. No such remarks about the Indian Army were made, and deepfake analysis tools flagged ā¦