Was a video of Jewish children held in animal cages posted to social media by "Arab" captors in order to show them off as trophies? No, that's not true: this video was posted on TikTok days before the Hamas attacks in Israel but by Octobe
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A top Israeli general was not kidnapped by Hamas, contrary to widespread online claim
CLAIM: Nimrod Aloni, a general in the Israeli army, was captured by Hamas militants during a deadly incursion Saturday into southern Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of parachute jumpers in Egypt mischaracterized as Hamas paratroopers during Israel attack
CLAIM: A video shows Hamas fighters parachuting onto a sports field before attacking Israeli citizens during the group’s surprise attack on Israel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden White House ‘Memo’ Does NOT Show $8 Billion In New Aid For Israel — It’s An Altered Document
Does a White House memo show $8 billion in new aid for Israel following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: A social media post contains a doctored version of an earlier memorandum from the Biden administra
The Dispatch→ The Wretched of the Earth
Democrats face an identity crisis after Hamas’ attack on Israel.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Old videos do not show Putin warning the US to stay out of the latest Gaza war
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Did 1,609 scientists sign a declaration saying ‘there is no climate emergency’? Not quite
1,609 scientists signed a declaration saying “There is no climate emergency.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally
We fact-checked Trump’s New Hampshire statements about Hamas, drug overdoses, the border wall and the price of bacon. Some of his claims were false or misleading while others omitted context.
PolitiFact→ The US freed $6 billion in Iranian money. Did it help fund Hamas’ attack on Israel?
Republicans say Joe Biden’s decision to free $6 billion of Iranian money helped fund Hamas’ attack on Israel. Those funds haven’t been released yet, but experts say confirming where the money ultimately goes is complex.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Estados Unidos no está bajo emergencia por tormenta helada, estos videos son del 2022
“Últimas noticias” de “congelamiento extremo” en Estados Unidos.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A five-month-old video of an attack on a Gaza building is being misrepresented as new
AP VERIFICATION: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT ‘Warn’ WEF’s Klaus Schwab His ‘Days Are Numbered’
Did Vladimir Putin say on October 5, 2023, that World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab is a "global terrorist" and that "his days are numbered"? No, that's not true: the Russian president never referred to Schwab during a speech. Contr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hamas Soldiers Parachuting Into Israel — It’s An Egyptian Military Academy Exercise 250 Miles Away
Does a video show Hamas soldiers parachuting into Israel during the October 7, 2023, attack? No, that's not true: The footage is of a military exercise at a military academy in Egypt. The building the parachuters are shown flying around i
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of people dressed as dogs is part of a fetish festival, not a ‘trans-species rights’ protest
Video of howling people in Germany shows “trans species rights” protest.
The Dispatch→ Attack on Israel Puts Foreign Affairs on the 2024 Map
Plus: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he may spoil the race—for both Biden and Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Document Pakistan’s Air Force Going To Aid Hamas Invasion of Israel
Does a viral clip show Pakistan sending its F-16 fighter jets to Palestine in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel? No, that's not true: The footage predates the conflict and shows an exercise in Turkey. It was pos
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral clip shows video game footage, not violence in Israel
Video shows footage of recent violence in Israel.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video clip of aircraft shot down is from video game, not Israel-Hamas conflict
Footage shows “Palestinian freedom fighters shot down 4 Israelis fighter jets.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hamas Did NOT Claim Ukraine Sold Them Weapons Used To Attack Israel In October 2023
Did Hamas claim that Ukraine sold them the weapons, purportedly paid for by the United States, that they used to attack Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: Hamas has made no such public claim. Additionally, there is no credibl
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Biden hasn’t signed a recent order sending $8B in aid to Israel. A ‘memo’ circulating online was altered
CLAIM: A memo shows that President Joe Biden is sending $8 billion in military aid to Israel. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The memo being widely shared has been altered.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video shows Iranian lawmakers chanting ‘death to America’ in 2020, not 2023
Video shows Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” in 2023.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing SuperNova Festival During Hamas Attack In Israel — Video Shows Bruno Mars Fans Running To Concert Seats Days Earlier
Does a video show festival attendees running for their lives amid the attack by Hamas gunmen at a rave in Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The footage is from three days before Hamas' attack; It shows people rushing into a
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Airstrike video predates October Hamas attack on Israel
Video shows “Israeli Air Force…striking terror targets in Gaza” in October.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video that predates Hamas October 2023 attack mischaracterized amid violence
Video shows Hamas “paraglided amongst Israeli citizens and proceeded to massacre them.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Smiling Woman Taking Selfies Does NOT Show A Kidnapped Israeli Woman — She’s An Arabic-Speaking Influencer
Does a video of a woman taking selfies while she is surrounded by men who are swiftly moving her down the street show an Israeli woman who has been kidnapped? No, that's not true: This woman is an Arabic-speaking social media health and b
Full Fact→ Video supposedly showing ‘new air assault’ on Israel actually dates from 2021
The footage depicting rockets in the sky is being shared on social media with claims it is “breaking” news.
Logically→ Old video of ‘salvo’ of rockets being fired is misattributed to Hamas attack on Israel
Full Fact→ Video does not show rocket attack on airport in Israel
A video circulating online is three years old and does not show rockets being launched at an airport in Tel Aviv in 2023.
The Dispatch→ A Viral Video Distorts the Truth About Ukraine Conscripting Women
Only women with medical education are required to register for military service.
Full Fact→ Is Wales’ new 20mph speed limit a ‘default’ restriction?
The Labour leader said that a new speed limit in Wales is “not a default 20 miles an hour across Wales”.
Logically→ Video of Iran parliamentarians saying ‘Death to America’ is not related to Israel-Hamas war
Logically→ Edited photo of Elon Musk reading a flat-earth book is fake
Full Fact→ Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi did not share Instagram story expressing ‘support for the Palestinian cause’
Brighton & Hove Albion football club has confirmed the account which shared the story is not associated with the manager.
Logically→ Footage of parachuters from Egypt misattributed to events in Israel
Logically→ Old video from Israel falsely linked to recent attack by Hamas
PolitiFact→ Tricia Cotham – Cotham falsely says NC budget includes 'largest' ever income tax cut
The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.”
Full Fact→ MPs do not receive £160 a week grocery allowance
MPs can claim £25 for food when they have to spend a night away for parliamentary business.
Logically→ Video of caged children predates recent fighting in Israel and Gaza
Logically→ వైరల్ క్లిప్ లో కాంగ్రెస్ లీడర్ రాహుల్ గాంధీ, మొహర్రం ఊరేగింపు లో పాల్గొనలేదు
Logically→ వైరల్ క్లిప్ లో కాంగ్రెస్ లీడర్ రాహుల్ గాంధీ, మొహర్రం ఊరేగింపు లో పాల్గొనలేదు