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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

Instagram posts stated on October 01, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a missile strike on Israel.

By Sofia Ahmed• October 7, 2024

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

X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in X posts:

“iPhones exploding in Lebanon blowing up random people.”

By Sofia Ahmed• September 20, 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

Charles Krauthammer stated on June 04, 2014 in remarks on Fox News:

The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant."

By Shannon Beckham• June 8, 2014

Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN:

Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."

By Derek Tsang• July 31, 2014

X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in an X post:

Photo shows a toilet after “some Hezbollah operative blew up.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2024

Viral image stated on October 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Video shows protesters in Lebanon “storming the border with Palestine in support of Gaza” in October 2023.

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 25, 2023

Mitt Romney stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.':

President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."

By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2012

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

Michele Bachmann stated on November 22, 2011 in a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.:

Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."

By Aaron Sharockman• November 23, 2011

Brett McGurk stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance:

"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."

By Bill McCarthy• October 22, 2019

Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee:

"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."

By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2016

Bloggers stated on April 30, 2018 in a blog post:

"Thousands killed as Israel Drops Tactical Nuclear Bomb On Syria"

By Miriam Valverde• May 4, 2018

Nation of Islam Research Group stated on April 26, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says Baltimore police are "trained by Mossad and Shin Bet."

By Jon Greenberg• April 29, 2015

Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

Vice President Kamala Harris’ “60 Minutes” interview may be “a major Campaign Finance Violation.”

By Sara Swann• October 12, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photos show Gaza on Oct. 27.

By Loreben Tuquero• October 31, 2023

Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2023 in a speech in Iowa:

“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”

By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2023

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

By Zoe Weyand• March 2, 2026

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

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 16, 2024

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

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 8, 2026

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

By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2025

One year after Oct. 7, 2023, attack: The evolution of misinformation about Israel and Gaza

By Maria Briceño, Sara Swann• October 4, 2024

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

US attacks in Iran prompt renewed push in Congress over war powers

By Louis Jacobson• March 1, 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

Did Trump violate War Powers Act by bombing Iran nuclear sites?

By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2025

PunditFact fact-checks the June 8 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• June 8, 2014

Fact-checking the June 8 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• June 8, 2014

The US freed $6 billion in Iranian money. Did it help fund Hamas’ attack on Israel?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 9, 2023

Fact-checking the June 1 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• June 1, 2014

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

By Jeff Cercone• October 19, 2023

RNC speakers exaggerate Trump’s military drawdown from ‘endless wars’

By Bill McCarthy• August 27, 2020

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

By Amy Sherman• June 23, 2025

PunditFact fact-checks the June 1 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• June 1, 2014

How close is Iran to building a nuclear weapon?

By Louis Jacobson• January 9, 2020

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

By Amy Sherman• February 28, 2026

Steve Witkoff said Iran is ‘a week away’ from material to make a bomb. Experts are skeptical

By Amy Sherman• February 26, 2026

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