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.

Checked by FACTLY19 May 2021India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video of Israeli police personnel strangling a Palestinian child to death”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: This video shows a Swedish security guard assaulting a 9-year-old boy at Malmo city train station in Sweden. The incident took place in February 2015. The security guard had violently detained the boy and his friend for…

Checked by Vera Files19 May 2021Philippines War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video shows reinforcements arriving in Palestine amid its conflict with Israel”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by Fact Crescendo18 May 2021India War and conflict

Happie Weddings

“Claim: false video being shared as footage of Israel Palestine battle”

Fact Crescendo rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY18 May 2021India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Recent images of Gaza amidst the Israel-Palestine conflict”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The first two images were reported to be from Gaza, but they are old images. Similarly, the next two images are from Syria which were widely circulated for many years across social media platforms

Checked by FACTLY18 May 2021India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video of a massive explosion in Israel where 500 Jews were killed”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video actually shows a fire outbreak in the suburb of Cairo, Egypt which was caused due to a leak in the crude oil pipeline back in 2020. Multiple news agencies have reported the incident back then. This video has n…

Checked by Fact Crescendo17 May 2021India War and conflict

Sivakasi Siruvan

“Claim: Israel not launched a new fighter jet in kerala nurse soumya name”

Fact Crescendo rated this: Altered

Checked by Fact Crescendo17 May 2021India War and conflict

Malainadan Azad

“Claim: Misinformation that Indian nurse died in Israel attack”

Fact Crescendo rated this: False

Checked by BBC Reality Check16 May 2021Israel War and conflict

Social media posts

“Posts from the Israel Defence Force twitter account said: "We just love killing" and "Just bombed some kids".”

BBC Reality Check rated this: These screenshots are fake.

Checked by PolitiFact14 May 2021United States War and conflict

Social media posts

“Says Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech to Hamas leaders thanking them for uniting Israel.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by Fact Crescendo3 May 2021India War and conflict

C M Jacob

“Claim: Fake news that Noah used ark put up for exhibition in Israel”

Fact Crescendo rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact27 Apr 2021United States War and conflict

Black Lives Matter, group

“Biden is currently sending more military equipment to our neighborhoods than Trump did.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: The amount of equipment given to law enforcement agencies each year varies depending upon the available supply.

Checked by BBC Reality Check18 Apr 2021Russia War and conflict

Vesti Nedeli television programme

“Lord Palmerston said "it's so difficult to live when no-one wages war on Russia.”

BBC Reality Check rated this: We've found no evidence of Lord Palmerston saying this.

Checked by PolitiFact15 Apr 2021United States War and conflict

George Papadopoulos, Former Donald Trump campaign adviser

“Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that Ukraine is investigating Joe Biden or his son Hunter.

Checked by FACTLY7 Apr 2021India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video of soldiers nabbing terrorists at Dahod Railway Station in Gujarat”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The video shows a mock drill conducted at Dahod Railway Station in Gujarat. The people being caught in the video are not real terrorists attacking the station

Checked by PolitiFact25 Mar 2021United States War and conflict

Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator, D-N.Y.

“We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year” and “we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: The number of reported military sexual assaults increased in all but one year between 2010 and 2019. Conviction and prosecution rates have generally dropped year-to-year since 2013.

Checked by PolitiFact11 Mar 2021United States War and conflict

Social media posts

“Biden is making ‘maternity flight suits’ so pregnant women can fight in the military.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

Checked by FACTLY11 Mar 2021India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Israel described India with words of praise on the first page of its constitution”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: Israel has no written constitution. Since 1948, Israel made various attempts to draft the formal document but they were not successful. Israel has evolved as a system of basic laws and rights, which enjoy semi-constitut…

Checked by FACTLY11 Mar 2021India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video of Israel army attacking a Palastinian Mosque for making the sound of Azaan”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: This video shows the 2008 incident of US army forces attacking a Mosque minaret in Iraq. The US Marine corps general John Micheal Turner and his team attacked this Mosque to take off their aggression. This video has not…

Checked by PolitiFact26 Feb 2021United States War and conflict

Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator

“The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Cotton’s office said he misspoke. Biden’s administration ordered a 100-day deportation pause, but it did not apply to criminals such as murderers, rapists, terrorists or gang members.

Checked by FACTLY22 Feb 2021India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video of Indian army soldiers demolishing Chinese bunkers near Pangong lake”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video actually shows rescue operations for missing people after the glacier burst in Uttarakhand carried out by ITBP and other organisations. Multiple news agencies have reported the same video identifying the video…