Did the Egyptian army deploy to the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip when Israel launched a military operation against the small town on the Egyptian border? No, that's not true: The footage of Egyptian soldiers at the Rafah border crossing, shown in a video used to support online claims that war is about to break out between Egypt…

Does a photo on social media show an Emirati medical delegation arriving in Israel to provide psychological support for Israeli soldiers returning from Gaza? No, that's not true: The photo dates back to June 2021, predating the Hamas-Israel conflict that began on October 7, 2023. It captures a delegation from the Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt and Morocco meeting with both Arab…

Does the Asian Football Confederation plan a Jordan-Iraq rematch after suspending Iranian-Australian referee Alireza Faghani, who is accused of bias against Iraq that led to its 3-2 defeat to Jordan in the Asian Cup quarter finals on January 29, 2024? No, that's not true: Neither the Confederation nor the Jordan Football Association said there is a rematch. In fact, Jordan…

Does a video circulating on social media show Texas secessionists demonstrating for Palestine in their trucks? No, that's not true. There are no Texas secessionists in the video. Instead, it shows Palestinian American truckers in the southwest suburbs of Chicago forming a Christmas caravan with Palestinian flags, in December 2023, aiming to draw attention to those who have lost their…

Does a video on TikTok depict the U.S.-led coalition escaping from the Red Sea due to fears of Houthi attacks? No, that's not true: The video dates back to 2012, predating the commencement of Houthi attacks on U.S. vessels in the Red Sea amid the Hamas-Israel conflict that began on October 7, 2023. The footage shows the USS Dewey, a…

Did a video on social media show Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir collapse upon learning the news of his wife's death? No, that's not true: These videos are old and taken out of context. The claim appeared in multiple posts like this one (no longer available but archived here) on TikTok on January 13, 2024, which has…

Did the Korean tanker New Bright catch fire in the Red Sea after being attacked near Yemen in January 2024? No, that's not true: The ship caught fire as it sailed downstream in the Yangtze River, near Shanghai in East China en route to Incheon, South Korea, on December 21, 2023. The cause of the blaze was not disclosed. The…

Did Yemen's Houthi rebels open a luxury restaurant on a ship they seized in the Red Sea? No, that's not true: A video on social media consists of a montage of different clips featuring the Queen Elizabeth 2 docked in Dubai. The claim appeared in a video on TikTok by jehangir.chohan, on December 27, 2023, with the caption (translated from…

Does this photo show a German general named Hafri Keer, killed in Gaza during the Hamas-Israel conflict that started on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The man in the photograph is Gen. Carsten Breuer, Germany's chief of defense. There is no substantiated evidence to suggest that he has visited Gaza during the Hamas-Israel conflict or been involved in…

Did the Swedish presidential palace burn in revenge for the Quran burnings in Sweden? No, that's not true: The footage in the video on social media making the claim is from a fire in Manila's historic post office building in May 2023. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on TikTok by yahasrahh on July 1, 2023, with a…