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The video shows General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of Army Staff, admitting that India lost six jets and 250 soldiers during the recent conflict with Pakistan in “Operation Sindoor.”
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video is manipulated: Dwivedi’s original speech at IIT Madras on 4 August 2025 discussed future security challenges, and did not say India had lost six jets and 250 soldiers. The review reports that audio-analysis tools indicated manipulation of the viral clip.
The video shows Air Chief Marshal AP Singh admitting to India losing six jets and a drone during the conflict with Pakistan in May 2025.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the viral clip was edited and that the line about losing six jets and a Heron UAV was digitally added, not part of AP Singh’s original speech. It also reports that PIB Fact Check identified the clip as an AI-generated deepfake and said Singh made no such statement.
UK military officers captured in Russian raid in Ukraine
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says the story of three British military officers being captured in a Russian raid on a Ukrainian naval base was fabricated. It reports there is no proof the named individuals exist, and notes that images used to illustrate the story were identified as AI-generated.
A video shows a recent rocket explosion in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
Publisher’s rating: False
"Everyone, please spread the news. Cambodia is using ancient sites as military bases, building bunkers, violating international conventions, and breaching UNESCO principles!!!!!", a user claimed on X on July 31.
Publisher’s rating: Unproven
The review found that the photographs had appeared online months earlier and did not depict the current situation. Although temples in the region have been used for military purposes, DW found no concrete proof that Prasat Ta Krabay/Prasat Ta Khwai had recently been used as a full military base or bunker.
The viral video shows people throwing stones at army vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
ادعای اعلام هشدار فوری ارتش اسرائیل برای حمله به ایران
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Литва отказывается забирать тело убитого в Украине литовского военного
Publisher’s rating: Манипуляция
The review says Steponavičius’s death had not been officially confirmed and his body had not been found. It reports that Lithuanian and Ukrainian authorities were trying to locate him, rather than refusing to repatriate his body.
ادعای اعتراف خبرنگار اسرائیلی به کشتهشدن ۳۰ خلبان این کشور در جنگ با ایران
Publisher’s rating: شاخدار
Thai troop uses poison gas to kill Cambodian civilians
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found that the viral image shows a firefighting aircraft dropping fire retardant during a 2022 wildfire operation in New Mexico, not a military aircraft in Cambodia. It reports that allegations of gas attacks around July 27, 2025, were not independently verified and that available evidence did not establish the use of poisonous gas by Thai forces.
"There is no starvation in Gaza, no policy of starvation in Gaza," Netanyahu said
Publisher’s rating: His remarks stand in stark contrast to mounting evidence from aid agencies, humanitarian organizations and eyewitnesses who describe an escalating food crisis, particularly in the north of the enclave. A DW fact check takes a closer look. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global hunger monitoring body, has warnedthat famine thresholds have been surpassed in parts of Gaza, particularly in Gaza City, calling the crisis a "worst-case scenario" now unfolding. According to the World Health Organization, 63 of the 74 malnutrition-related deaths recorded in Gaza this year occurred in July alone — including 38 adults and 24 children under the age of 5. Meanwhile, aid workers on the ground report they themselves are going hungry and Gaza's Health Ministry has said dozens of people have died from starvation-related causes over the past three weeks.
A video shows a group of people in Israel standing and panicking during a barrage of missile strikes as Iran launched its retaliatory attacks in June 2025.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found the video was generated with Google’s Veo 3, citing a visible “VEO” watermark. It concluded the video was AI-generated, not footage of the claimed missile strikes.
Польша готовит мобилизацию для войны с Россией
Publisher’s rating: Манипуляция
The review says Poland’s mobilization mechanism had not been launched: it reports that no required steps had been taken and that the new summons regulation did not itself indicate mobilization was underway or imminent. It describes Poland’s military changes as a long-term defense reform, while saying claims of imminent mobilization interpret those measures out of context.