Claim: Social media post claims that a blast took place in the Pezu area of district Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in November 2023. Fact: The claim is misleading as no such incident has been reported recently. The blast actually took place in August 2023. Fact or Fiction? On 24 November 2023, the following message was […]
Claim: A photo on social media shows a drone strike on an Israeli businessman’s cargo ship in the Indian Ocean. Fact: The claim is false because the images are from 2019, when oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were reportedly attacked by Iran. On 26 November 2023, a Facebook user posted an image (archive) […]
Claim: A video claims to show a father and daughter laughing together to cope with the recent bombing in Gaza. Fact: The claim is false as the video is not from Gaza. It predates the attack and is actually from the 2020 war in the Idlib area of Syria. On 15 October 2023, an Instagram […]
Claim: A video shows that London’s Elizabeth Tower, also known as the ‘Big Ben’, was painted white by “Jihadis” (a term used for Muslim fighters) in 2023. Fact: The claim is false because the video shows a protest by vegan activists in the UK from a year ago. Animal Rebellion activists sprayed white paint – […]
Claim: A Facebook video shows Hamas’s A-Qassam Brigade destroying Israeli army’s tanks. Fact: The claim is false as the footage is from a video game simulation, Arma 3. The video shows armed tanks on a deserted road and caught on fire after they were struck by missiles. What’s going on in Gaza? On 7 October […]
Claim: A video shows pro-Palestinian protesters setting a police cop on fire during a rally in London. Fact: The claim is false because the video is not of the protests taking place in London. The actual video is from a protest against the police in Mexico in 2020, where the protesters set a cop on […]
Claim: Sara Taseer tweeted an image of a derelict jail cell claiming it shows the jail cell of former prime minister, Imran Khan. Fact: The claim is false because the image is from the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, not Pakistan. A trial court in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, declared Khan guilty in the Toshakhana […]
Claim: Facebook users share a video claiming it shows Hamas’s recent strikes on Israel. Fact: The video is not real, it’s actually from a video game, Arma 3 and was posted by a Bangladeshi gamer on Facebook. On 7 October 2023 the Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, launched a “surprise attack” on […]
Claim: Video shows Israel’s airstrike on a water tank in the Gaza Strip. Fact: The claim is false because the video is not from Gaza. The video shows Sudan’s army targeting a fuel tank with a drone that belongs to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On 7 October 2023, the Al Qassam Brigades, the military […]
Claim: News24 shared a post which said that Pakistan’s cricket team supports the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas by tweeting in favour of the group. Fact: The Pakistani cricket team did not tweet in favour of Hamas. The cricketers only shared a picture of the national flag of Palestine. The Indian media misreported and linked […]
Claim: A video on social media claims it shows the strike on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. Fact: The claim is false because the video is not related to the recent attack on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. The video is from the August 2022 escalation between Hamas and Israel. On 7 October 2023 the […]
Claim: Social media video claims it shows Israeli soldiers captured by Hamas during the recent Hamas-Israel war. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is from 2016 in Turkey, when footage of arrested officers was broadcast on TV after a failed military coup. On 9 October 2023, a Facebook user posted a video (archived) […]