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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv Fire After Iranian Attack -- China Parking Lot Fire

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    Does a viral video show an attack, fire or explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel? No, that's not true: The video actually shows a fire in a parking lot for motorcycles in Chongqing, China. Several social media posts falsely claimed the footage showed the result of an Iranian attack on Israel. An example of such a false attribution can be seen…

    • Jun 17, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv Fire After Iranian Attack -- China Parking Lot Fire China Fire
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Tel Aviv High-Rise Buildings Damaged By Iranian Attack In June 2025

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    Does a viral video show the real-life aftermath of an Iranian attack hitting several skyscrapers in Tel Aviv, Israel? No, that's not true: The video digitally exaggerated the impact of a projectile hitting a specific area of that city. Lead Stories analysis found signs pointing to generative AI as the likely origin of the viral clip. The claim appeared in…

    • Jun 16, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Tel Aviv High-Rise Buildings Damaged By Iranian Attack In June 2025 Most Likely AI
  • Fact Check: Video of 2022 Attack On Kyiv Does NOT Show Iranian Drone Attack In Israel in June 2025

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    Does a viral video show the "first Iranian drone" shot down in Israel in mid-June 2025? No, that's not true: The footage was recorded in Ukraine. It's impossible for it to have documented the Iran-Israel conflict, as it was first posted to the web three years earlier. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X on June…

    • Jun 13, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video of 2022 Attack On Kyiv Does NOT Show Iranian Drone Attack In Israel in June 2025 Kyiv, 2022
  • Fact Check: Trump's Mobilization Of Military Does NOT Match The 1992 Los Angeles Mobilization By George H.W. Bush -- California Gov. Did Not Request 2025 Action

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    Is Donald Trump's June 2025 mobilization of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles just like President George H.W. Bush's 1992 decision to mobilize the National Guard during riots in Los Angeles? No, that's not true: In 1992, both Gov. Pete Wilson and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley asked the President for National Guard to stop riots in Los…

    • Jun 10, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Trump's Mobilization Of Military Does NOT Match The 1992 Los Angeles Mobilization By George H.W. Bush -- California Gov. Did Not Request 2025 Action Gov. Requested
  • Fact Check: FAKE Letter Does NOT Show Pakistan Fired Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed

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    Did a letter shared in May 2025 authentically show that Pakistan's Air Force had fired Air Vice Marshall Aurangzeb Ahmed, for supposedly "failing to protect" a nuclear facility? No, that's not true: The fake letter originated on an X account which describes its content as "political satire". The image of the letter also had the word "satire" in the top…

    • May 14, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FAKE Letter Does NOT Show Pakistan Fired Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: 'Confidential' Memo Does NOT Prove Radiation Leak In Northern Pakistan

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    Does a viral image prove that a facility in Northern Pakistan experienced a radiation leak shortly after midnight on May 11, 2025? No, that's not true: What was described as an official government confirmation in posts on social media contained multiple inconsistencies and spelling mistakes, strongly pointing to forgery. The website of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which the "memo"…

    • May 13, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: 'Confidential' Memo Does NOT Prove Radiation Leak In Northern Pakistan Likely Forged
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Missiles From Pakistan Impacting Delhi -- Old Israel Footage

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    Does a video authentically show a missile attack by Pakistan on Delhi? No, that's not true: A viral video misrepresents old footage of a ballistic missile attack on Tel Aviv in Israel as being related to the 2025 conflict between India and Pakistan. The missiles in the video were fired by Iran at Israel in 2024. The video appeared in…

    • May 10, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Missiles From Pakistan Impacting Delhi -- Old Israel Footage Tel Aviv
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Drone Sent By India Destroyed In Pakistan -- Thai Fireworks!

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    Does a video of a circular object with sparks and smoke swirling under it as it falls to the ground show an Israeli drone sent by India being destroyed over Pakistan? No, that's not true: The video shows a firework known as a "Thai Girandola" misfiring during a launch in Thailand. The video is an edited version of the original…

    • May 9, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Drone Sent By India Destroyed In Pakistan -- Thai Fireworks! Fireworks
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Indian Drone Shot Down By Pakistan in May 2025

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    Did a video show an Indian drone falling to the ground and causing an explosion, after being shot down by Pakistani forces in May 2025? No, that's not true: The video had been online since April 29, one week before India struck locations in Pakistan in response to a terrorist attack by Pakistani militants, and Pakistan, in response, shot down…

    • May 8, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Indian Drone Shot Down By Pakistan in May 2025 Old Video
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2025 Indian Army Attack On Sialkot, Pakistan -- It Is 2024 Footage From Gaza War

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    Does video labelled on social media as "...footage of the Indian Army's attack on Sialkot, Pakistan" authentically show a 2025 Indian Army assault on its neighbor? No, that's not true: It is misleadingly re-labelled Al Jazeera footage lifted from 2023 coverage of the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. At the time of writing this, there had been no credible…

    • Apr 30, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2025 Indian Army Attack On Sialkot, Pakistan -- It Is 2024 Footage From Gaza War Not Pakistan
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