Does video on social media show that Houthi rebels in Yemen recently captured a ship from the United Arab Emirates carrying military equipment bound for Israel? No, that's not true: The video shows a press conference that took place on January 3, 2022, during which a Houthi rebel spokesman showed pictures of a captured UAE-flagged ship that he claimed was…

Did the United Arab Emirates hold a military ceremony for Emirati soldiers who died fighting alongside Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza? No, that's not true: This video is from 2015. The UAE's official news agency published the original video on its YouTube channel on September 5, 2015, more than eight years before the current conflict between Israel…

Is Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi an Israeli spy whose real name is David Ariel Eitan? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that el-Sisi is a Jew of Moroccan origin planted in Egypt in the 1970s. All available biographical data points to el-Sisi's birthdate and location as November 19, 1954, in Cairo. The timing of the claim comes before Egyptian…

Does a video show Ismail Haniyeh, the chairman of Hamas' Political Bureau, expressing gratitude to Iran for giving Hamas money and weapons after the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The video was made in 2021, and thus predates the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on…

Is the United Arab Emirates paying $2,000 for each Israeli citizen wounded in the conflict with Hamas? No, that's not true: There is no reference to any donations from the Emirates to Israel in news reports or in government websites of UAE and Israel. There is no evidence that the UAE is compensating Israelis injured in the conflict sparked by…

Does this video display Israeli hostages released by Hamas reciting verses from the Quran? No, that's not true. The woman featured in the video, along with a child, is not an Israeli hostage released by Hamas. She is a TikToker who has been engaged in pro-Palestinian activism on social media since the onset of the current Hamas-Israel conflict. The claim…

Does this video depict Egyptian intelligence entering the Gaza Strip in 2023? No, that's not true: The video is from 2021 and predates the current Hamas-Israel conflict by years. Reportedly, it shows an Egyptian security delegation arriving in the Gaza Strip in May 2021 to meet with Hamas and other Palestinian factions. The claim appeared in a video no longer…

Does this video on social media show a Hamas ambush against Israeli tanks? No, that's not true: The video is a military propaganda piece created by the Al-Qassam Brigades. The video's purpose is to serve as a warning message, showcasing their strength and preparedness for potential confrontations with Israeli forces. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on TikTok…

Will the Israeli-made acetaminophen painkiller end the lives of those who take it? No, that's not true: Paracetamol, more commonly known as acetaminophen, is sold in Israel under the brand name Acamol. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that acetaminophen is a safe drug. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on TikTok on October 24, 2023,…

Did Hamas capture two Saudi soldiers allegedly fighting alongside the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza ground offensive, as claimed by many on TikTok? No, that's not true: The video is from 2017 and features two Saudi soldiers who were captured by the Houthis in Yemen. The claim appeared in a video that's no longer available but is archived here.…

Did Hamas burn down Tel Aviv by firing 150 missiles at the coastal city in central Israel on October 31, 2023? No, that's not true: While Hamas did state that it launched 150 rockets at Tel Aviv on October 7, 2023, in response to an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that destroyed a high-rise building with over 100 apartments, the footage…

Did a natural disaster inflict massive damage to the shoreline of Tel Aviv, Israel's central coastal city on the Mediterranean, in October 2023? No, that's not true: Videos circulating on social media to support this claim display an aerial view of the widespread devastation in Acapulco, Mexico, where the colossal category 5 Hurricane Otis made a surprise landfall in the…

Is a video on social media showing a medical worker and a journalist under bombardment related to the Hamas-Israel conflict in late 2023? No, that's not accurate. The video is from an Al Jazeera documentary released in 2016 about an event in Gaza in 2014. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on TikTok by @user1460602497768 on October…

Does a video on TikTok show an Israeli warship being struck by an explosive device during the Hamas-Israel conflict in the fall of 2023? No, that's not true: The video, from 2015, captures a fire prevention drill at a chemical plant in the Tongzhou district of Beijing. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on TikTok by @halabi77 on…

Does this photo show Hamas taking 40 Israeli soldiers as hostages in the Hamas-Israel conflict in the fall of 2023? No, that's not true: The photo is from 2022 and shows Hamas fighters training at a facility in the Gaza Strip with people in Israel Defense Forces uniforms. However, they are not real Israeli soldiers but instead are part of…

Does a video show the grand mufti of the United Arab Emirates reciting Quranic verses dedicated to the souls of Israeli soldiers whom he describes as martyrs? No, that's not true: The video, from May 2022, shows the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, not the grand mufti of UAE, reciting from the Quran to…

Did protesters burn down the Israeli Embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman? No, that's not true: Lead Stories toured the vicinity of the embassy in Amman's middle-class al-Rabiyeh district on November 12, 2023, and found it to be intact. A Jordanian security official told Lead Stories that riot police set up barricades and fired tear gas, preventing hundreds of angry…

Did Hamas militants shoot down an Israeli Air Force (IAF) plane in the Gaza Strip? No, that's not true: The footage used on social media to make the claim displays a greyish military aircraft, almost intact, atop the roof of a dilapidated one-story brick and cement building in China's Lenghu, also known as the oil town. The desolate location is…

Does a video on social media show a mosque being bombed by Israel in October 2023? No, that's not true: The footage predates the Hamas-Israel conflict, and shows the Islamic State bombing of the Uwais al-Qarni Mosque in Raqqa, Syria, in 2014. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on TikTok by @user4305266923337 on October 18, 2023. The…

Does a video of the Al-Aqsa Islamic religious complex show chanting crowds who had gathered in Jerusalem on the day of the Hamas attacks, October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The video was originally posted on Facebook on April 17, 2023, during the observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The audio track of that video, which originally…