Video of Hamas fighters is not recent
The footage is being shared with reference to the Gaza ceasefire deal, but is actually more than 17 years old. Read
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Was David Lammy right to claim 45,000 Russian troops died in November?
The figure given by the foreign secretary actually appears to refer to an estimate shared by the Ministry of Defence for the number who were either killed or wounded. Read
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Video of church being attacked in West Bank not from Christmas 2024
A clip of people throwing stones at a church near Bethlehem has been shared with misleading captions claiming it is a recent incident. Read
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Picture of Bono and Bob Geldof holding Israeli flags is AI-generated
The image appears to have been first posted by an X account which describes itself as offering "fake news and topical satire". Read
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Video shows ruins in Syria not Gaza
An aerial clip of destroyed buildings is being shared with false claims it depicts Gaza, when it is actually of a town in Damascus. Read
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Picture of Bashar al-Assad with Tucker Carlson in Moscow almost certainly AI-generated
The image appears to have been created using Grok—Elon Musk’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot. Read
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Video of ‘actor in Gaza limping on the wrong foot’ is from comedy skit filmed in Iraq
The video is unrelated to the conflict in the Middle East. Read
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Clip from Kentucky shooting range misleadingly shared as scenes in Syria
The clip has been shared on social media with claims it shows Syrian government forces firing at the rebel group HTS in the city of Hama. Read
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Picture of baby with head in cast is from the US, not Gaza
An image of a child has been shared more than 4,000 times with claims it shows the “reality” of Gaza, but it is actually unrelated to the conflict in the Middle East. Read
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Video shows Argentinian dancer, not President Zelenskyy, belly dancing
The blurriness of the clip shared on social media makes it difficult to tell the difference between the dancer and Ukrainian president. Read
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