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Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Video shows Oct. 6, 2024, fires in Beirut caused by Israeli airstrikes.

By Sofia Ahmed• October 7, 2024

Threads posts stated on October 03, 2024 in a Threads post:

The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”

By Sofia Ahmed• October 9, 2024

Bloggers stated on August 05, 2020 in an article:

“Israel dropped a tactical nuclear weapon on the port of Beirut.”

By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2020

Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The Beirut bombing today was directly next to the Lebanon Central Bank, which is also owned by the most evil deep state family, the Rothschilds. There are no coincidences.”

By Bill McCarthy• August 6, 2020

Viral image stated on August 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 7, 2020

X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in an X post:

Video shows “the bunker-busting bombs that ended the lives of (Hassan) Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s leadership.”

By Jeff Cercone• September 29, 2024

X posts stated on March 01, 2026 in a post:

“The regime in Iran has now confessed that the (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) mistakenly bombed an Iranian school yesterday.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 2, 2026

Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in an image:

The Beirut explosion was linked to “human trafficking by HRC."

By Daniel Funke• August 7, 2020

Bloggers stated on August 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Video shows missile attack in Beirut explosion.

By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2020

Threads posts stated on April 14, 2024 in a post:

“Not even one rocket (from Iran) hit Israel.”

By Sara Swann• April 15, 2024

Hillary Clinton stated on January 25, 2016 in a CNN town hall:

When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."

By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016

Islamic Republic News Agency stated on January 07, 2020 in a tweet:

Says photo shows U.S. planes on fire after Iranian missile strikes in Iraq.

By Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2020

Instagram posts stated on October 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The 2023 Israel-Hamas war is a “false flag.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 13, 2023

Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet:

Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2015

X posts stated on June 22, 2025 in an X post:

Video shows protesters “outraged” over U.S. attacks in Iran.

By Gabrielle Lazor• June 24, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a series of photos show Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. air bases in Iraq.

By Daniel Funke• January 8, 2020

Viral image stated on October 30, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Palestinian journalist films the moment an Israeli strike kills him and a fellow medic on live TV” in October 2023.

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2023

Pete Hegseth stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview:

"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.

By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• March 26, 2025

Benjamin Netanyahu stated on February 15, 2017 in a joint press conference with President Donald Trump:

In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ "

By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2017

Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2026 in a press conference:

Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2026

Has the US ‘destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability’? Fact-checking President Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2026

Fact-checking the June 1 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• June 1, 2014

PunditFact fact-checks the June 1 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• June 1, 2014

These videos don’t show US strikes in Iran and counterattacks, they’re AI and outdated

By Zoe Weyand• March 2, 2026

Could Iran ‘soon’ hit US with long-range missile? Experts doubt Trump as US bombs Iran.

By Amy Sherman• February 28, 2026

Explaining a deleted X post that said Israel is responsible for Gaza hospital strike

By Jeff Cercone• October 19, 2023

After Iran’s strike on two air bases housing US troops, false photos and videos spread online

By Daniel Funke• January 8, 2020

How unprecedented is Joe Biden’s break with Israel over arms shipments?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 16, 2024

In uncertain times, fact-checkers are working with special urgency

By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2026

Why a possible U.S. attack on Iran could break a longstanding U.S.-Israel pattern

By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2025

Did Israel use its laser weapon ‘Iron Beam’ for the first time? Here’s what we know

By Loreben Tuquero• October 19, 2023

Does Donald Trump have sole power to decide if and when to strike Iran? Or does Congress have a say?

By Louis Jacobson• June 18, 2025

Trump's press conference: Fact-checking what he said on Iran’s air defenses, his bin Laden warning

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• April 6, 2026

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s speech in Israel on same day as hostage, prisoner releases

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• October 13, 2025

Fact-checking Trump’s conclusion that Iran war was a ‘total’ US victory

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 8, 2026

The US may not have an Iron Dome, but the military is spending on this technology. Here’s how.

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon, as Trump said?

By Amy Sherman• June 23, 2025

Obama and Romney square off over international relations

By Jim Tharpe• November 3, 2012

Fact-checking the war comparisons between Obama and Bush

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg• October 1, 2014

Does Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson become governor if Gov. Roy Cooper leaves the state?

By Paul Specht• July 27, 2024

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