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GeneralA viral video shows Iranian missiles successfully striking and destroying military facilities in the Israeli port city of Haifa.Fact check · 22 Sept 2026
GeneralIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released an official video endorsing U.S. Democratic Representative Haley Stevens in her race for the U.S. Senate.Fact check · 22 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video of massive red explosions and flares in the sky shows the immediate aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on Israel.Fact check · 22 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video shows a terrified, screaming crowd running through the streets of Tel Aviv to find bomb shelters during a recent Iranian missile strike.Fact check · 22 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video of a catastrophic, massive fireball explosion shows the devastating impact of an Iranian drone and missile strike on an Israeli military target.Fact check · 22 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video shows supersonic Iranian rockets successfully striking the Tel Aviv marina in March 2026.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralThe deadly bombing of an Iranian girls' primary school in Minab was carried out by Iran itself, rather than by U.S. or Israeli airstrikes.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralA July 2026 UNICEF report on child malnutrition in Gaza dismantled the "famine narrative" and disproved that there is or ever was a famine in the territory.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralThe government of Iran has officially released a targeted list of 11 U.S. cities, including their populations and military installations, slated for imminent retaliatory strikes.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral photograph of two rows of bodies covered in white sheets surrounded by praying mourners shows the actual funeral for schoolgirls killed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Minab, Iran.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026Every claim, with its receipt
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A viral video shows Iranian missiles successfully striking and destroying military facilities in the Israeli port city of Haifa.
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The video is completely fake, having been proven to be an AI-generated deepfake containing multiple physical anomalies, and local authorities have confirmed that Haifa Port remains fully intact and operational.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released an official video endorsing U.S. Democratic Representative Haley Stevens in her race for the U.S. Senate.
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Benjamin Netanyahu has never released an endorsement video or statement supporting Haley Stevens' Senate campaign, and the Stevens campaign has officially confirmed the claim is completely false.
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