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.
“Festival attendees running for their lives after a Hamas attack at a festival in Israel”
“Hamas concocting videos! Kids have to fake their own death.”
“Israeli Children Captured By Hamas In Cages !!(Video)”
“Israeli children kidnapped and kept in cages by Hamas”
“Selfie picture of an Israeli couple allegedly killed by Hamas militants during the Nova Trance Music Festival attack”
FACTLY says: The photo shows Amit Bar and Nir, the couple among the attendees at the Tribe of Nova music festival. They took this selfie while they were taking cover in the bushes to evade Hamas militants. However, both individuals …
“The image shows the Israeli PM sending his son to join the Army now to serve the country as a soldier”
“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”
PolitiFact says: Terrorism experts say there is no proof that Hamas militants have been "pouring" across the U.S. southern border, and the Department of Homeland Security said there's no intelligence to back up the claim.
“Ukraine military ordered all women ages 18 to 60 to “report for duty” as of Oct. 1.”
FactCheck.org says: Ukraine began requiring women with medical and pharmaceutical backgrounds to register for the military on Oct. 1, not all women.
“Video shows tower in Gaza leveled by the Israeli military via airstrike”
“Viral photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sending off his son to the ongoing war”
FACTLY says: This photo is Nine years old. This was taken in 2014 when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara bid farewell to their youngest son, Avner, when he was going for army training
“Watch this video carefully until the end.. Some #Palestinians are seen carrying a small boy’s body while chanting religious praises.. They’ve even granted an interview to Al Jazeera.. alleging that this boy fell victim to #Israeli airstrikes.. However, in the end, as sirens blare, they abruptly leave the body behind and the seemingly lifeless boy suddenly gets up and runs away as well.”
“White House document shows President Joe Biden authorized an additional $8 billion in military aid to Israel.”
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. provides $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel annually. But social media posts are sharing a doctored “memorandum” that falsely purports to show an additional $8 billion was approved Oct. 7.
“A video of an Israeli woman being tortured & burned by Hamas militants”
FACTLY says: This video is of an incident that occurred in Guatemala in 2015, where a woman was torched and killed on suspicion of killing a taxi driver
“Big News: A US ship carrying F-16 fighter jets has reached Israel’s west coast. America is defending Israel #IsraelAtWar #Israel #Israel_under_attack #IsraelPalestineWar #IStandWithIsrael #PAKvSL#IStandWithPalestine #Palestina #PalestinaLibre #ZainabAbbas #GazaUnderAttack”
“Claim: misleading shared that palestinian flag hoisted at a church in israel”
“President Joe Biden is “funding every angle of this conflict” between Hamas and Israel.”
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. does supply military aid to Israel, but it has supplied only humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza, not military aid to Hamas.
“Recent video of Hamas militants beheading an Israeli boy”
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows a 2016 video of Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki militants brutally beheading a Palestinian child in Handarat, north of Aleppo, Syria. The video shared in the post is old and has nothing t…
“The U.S. is sending $8 billion worth of military aid to Israel.”
PolitiFact says: A document claiming to show President Joe Biden authorizing the drawdown of $8 billion worth of military aid to Israel is altered.