“China and Japan have officially banned all Israeli tourists from entering their countries.”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False
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.
“Duty in Siachen Our soldiers fight not with the cold, but with courage”
Youturn rated this: false
“The viral video shows Indian soldiers on duty in the Siachen region.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video has no connection to Siachen. It shows a team led by Indian mountaineer Narendra Kumar climbing Pico de Orizaba in Mexico, which stands at 5,636 metres (18,491 feet).
“The video shows NDTV journalist Aditya Raj Kaul reporting that 15 Indian Army officers resigned over the past few days, citing extra-judicial operations in J&K.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: NDTV journalist Aditya Raj Kaul did not make any such statement, and there is no evidence of Indian Army personnel resigning over extra-judicial operations in J&K. The viral video is digitally manipulated, with AI-gener…
“A major factor in driving up housing costs was the colossal border invasion.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Immigration does affect housing prices by increasing demand, but economists told us the main causes of higher prices in recent years were low mortgage interest rates that fueled demand, a subsequent rise in interest rat…
“The viral video shows a pro-Palestine rally in the UK supporting the Sydney terrorist attack.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video is from a pro-Palestine rally held in Manchester months before the Sydney attack
“The video shows a massive military buildup by China near Arunachal Pradesh, India.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video does not show a Chinese military build-up near Arunachal Pradesh. It depicts a live-fire exercise by a brigade of the PLA’s 78th Group Army, part of the Northern Theater Command headquartered in Harbin, Heilon…
“The video shows a real arrest by the CBI of a man named Adil Kazmi, who planned a bombing in Bhopal.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video does not show a real arrest by the CBI of a man named Adil Kazmi for planning a bombing. The visuals are from the Telugu film Tappinchukoleru, directed by Rudrapatla Venugopal, in which Syed Adil Kazmi, an act…
“The viral video shows BSF IG Ashok Yadav admitting operational failures and stating that 100–120 terrorists have already infiltrated India across the LoC”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The viral video is digitally manipulated. The original 1 hour 57 minute press conference held by BSF IG Ashok Yadav on 1 December 2025 contains no such statements. The audio in the viral clip is a deepfake, confirmed by…
“The viral video shows Indian Army personnel in a war zone saying that the Pakistani Army is dangerous and asking to be rescued.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video is AI generated and not real. Several inconsistencies were found, including incorrect Indian tricolour placement on uniforms that do not exist in any Indian Army attire. AI detection tools, Hive and Deepfake-o…
“The photos show three members of the same family, father and his two daughters, martyred while serving in the Indian Army.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The photos do not show a father and his two daughters martyred in the Indian Army. The first image is from 2024 and shows Lt Gen DP Singh being piped on his promotion by his two daughters, who are both serving Army offi…
“Indian Army Commando and the Naughty Monkey”
Youturn rated this: fake
“The military has been compromised after an old video resurfaced, showing Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. thanking then House Speaker Martin Romualdez for passing an allowance reform.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: The AFP denounced the video, stating that the allowance reform went through the appropriate legal channels and that no political bargaining occurred.
“The viral video shows an Indian student serving in the Russian Army pleading for help from a battlefield.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video is AI-generated, not real. The original post came from an Instagram account that tagged it as AI, and AI-detection tools flagged the clip as 99.95% artificially generated. While there are reports about Indians…
“China plans to ban Samsung phones over embedded ‘unremovable Israeli spyware”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Misleading
“The video shows terrorists being arrested at Kamdhenu Building in Lokhandwala, Mumbai.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video is from a mock drill conducted by the Mumbai Police at Kamdhenu Shopping Mall in Lokhandwala, Andheri West. Oshiwara Police confirmed the drill, and no real terror-related incident matching the claim occurred.
“The video shows innocent Christians being buried alive by Islamic terrorists in Sudan.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video does not show Christians being buried alive by Islamic terrorists in Sudan. It actually shows a 2016 incident in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, where two white farmers, Theo Martins Jackson and Willem Oos…
“The video shows Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi announcing a new policy to reduce non-Hindu soldiers by over 50% by 2028.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video is a deepfake. In the original ANI footage, General Upendra Dwivedi was speaking about his visit to TRS College in Rewa, not about any religious or military policy. An AI deepfake detector confirmed that the a…
“Mindanao tried to secede, war threat in PH under Marcos”
FactRakers rated this: FALSE
FactRakers says: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not recorded any imminent threat of war or attempt at Mindanao secession under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.,
“Innocent Christians are being buried alive by Islamic terrorists in Sudan. Why is only one community in every corner of the world having a problem?”
Youturn rated this: old video