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Aaj Tak, ABP, Zee News, others air 2023 footage of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as visuals of India’s Operation Sindoor

Shinjinee Majumder7th May 2025

After the Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7, 2025, targeting nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), purported visuals of…

Operation Sindoor: Edited Republic video, old visuals of IAF jet crash used to claim Pak army shot down Indian plane

Shinjinee Majumder7th May 20257th May 2025

On May 7, hours after the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor to target areas in Pakistan where attacks against India were being planned, a series of unverified visuals were…

Old footage of Russian air defence hitting targets over Moscow shared as visuals from Operation Sindoor

Ankita Mahalanobish7th May 2025

Within hours of the news break about India’s Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on May 7, an 11-second video showing multiple red lights…

Viral clip claiming to show Pakistani retaliation to Indian strikes at least a month old, unrelated to ongoing confict

Oishani Bhattacharya7th May 20257th May 2025

A 37-second-long clip with visuals of fire and smoke and the sound of gunfire went viral on social media on May 7 within hours of the news break about India’s…

No, man seen in viral image with Akhilesh is not Pak politician Saifuallah Abro

Pawan Kumar6th May 2025

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan since the Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22, Pakistani politician and Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senator Saifullah Abro said in a discussion in the Pakistani…

Video shared on April 3 falsely linked to April 22 Pahalgam terror attack to malign Kashmiris

Prantik Ali5th May 20256th May 2025

A nine-second-long video showing a few young boys crouching in a field while a loud bang goes off, resulting in smoke has gone viral on social media. In the clip,…

Four-year-old photo of Chinese aircraft edited to claim Pakistan Air Force plane crash

Abhishek Kumar5th May 20255th May 2025

Amid foreboding about a possible military conflict between India and Pakistan against the backdrop of the Pahalgam attack, an image of a fighter plane that seemingly crash landed is doing…

Videos, press release claiming 102 Pakistani soldiers killed by BLA from 2024

Ankita Mahalanobish3rd May 2025

A press release, allegedly by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), is being widely shared on social media with claims that the separatist militant outfit has killed 102 Pakistani soldiers. The…

Burqa-clad woman hit by car: Video of Kerala accident falsely viral as targeted attack on Muslims in India

Shinjinee Majumder2nd May 20252nd May 2025

The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of the graphic nature of the content. A CCTV footage of a burqa-clad woman getting hit by a…