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GeneralA widely circulated video of weeping Israeli lawmakers purports to show members of the Knesset crying in despair over Israeli military failure and defeat in the regional conflict.Fact check · 4 Oct 2026
GeneralViral images and video clips circulate claiming to show the headquarters of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency destroyed and engulfed in flames after an Iranian ballistic missile strike.Fact check · 4 Oct 2026
GeneralViral video footage claims to show the Israeli coastal city of Haifa engulfed in massive explosions and catastrophic fires following a direct hit by an Iranian ballistic missile barrage.Fact check · 4 Oct 2026
GeneralA viral video shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu frantically sprinting down a hallway to seek shelter in an underground bunker during an incoming missile barrage.Fact check · 4 Oct 2026
GeneralA viral video claims to show an Israeli Apache attack helicopter indiscriminately firing on fleeing Israeli civilians at the Nova music festival during the October 7 attacks.Fact check · 4 Oct 2026
GeneralThe two Flydubai pilots involved in the cockpit altercation and emergency landing of a Tel Aviv-bound flight were Russian and Ukrainian nationals clashing over the war in Eastern Europe.Fact check · 3 Oct 2026
GeneralA video circulating on social media shows the Flydubai passenger plane bound for Tel Aviv plummeting vertically out of control following an onboard incident.Fact check · 3 Oct 2026
GeneralA leaked cockpit video purportedly shows the Flydubai pilots arguing in the flight deck before the co-pilot attacked the captain on a Tel Aviv-bound flight.Fact check · 3 Oct 2026
GeneralA viral social media video shows passengers aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 celebrating with music and a large speaker down the aisle after surviving an attempted hijacking en route to Israel.Fact check · 3 Oct 2026
GeneralThe attempted hijacking of Flydubai Flight FZ1073 en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv was a staged Israeli false-flag operation designed to manipulate regional politics.Fact check · 3 Oct 2026Every claim, with its receipt
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A widely circulated video of weeping Israeli lawmakers purports to show members of the Knesset crying in despair over Israeli military failure and defeat in the regional conflict.
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The footage shows Israeli parliamentarians reacting in profound grief on November 1, 2023, immediately after attending a closed-door Knesset screening of raw, unedited footage of the brutal October 7 atrocities perpetrated by Hamas terrorists.
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Viral images and video clips circulate claiming to show the headquarters of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency destroyed and engulfed in flames after an Iranian ballistic missile strike.
Fact
The Mossad headquarters sustained no direct hit, suffered zero structural damage, and remains fully operational. Independent satellite imagery, ground-level documentation, and digital forensic analysts confirmed that the viral visuals were either generated by artificial intelligence or recycled from unrelated industrial fires, while the closest missile landed in an open area hundreds of meters away.
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