Tensions are high after India carried out strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday morning. India's military said it struck infrastructure used by militants, while Pakistan's army reported India had killed 26 civilians. This attack came two weeks after India blamed Pakistan for the deadly Pahalgam attack on April 22 in the India-administered Jammu and Kashmir region, which killed 26 people in a tourist hotspot.
As the worst outbreak of violence between the two nuclear powers in two decades ramps up, misinformation on social media is spreading like wildfire. DW Fact check takes a look at some of the most viral video claims.
Claim: These videos allegedly show Indian missiles raining down on Pakistan and the aftermath of the bombing on the ground. The first video tagged with the hashtag "Operation Sindoor" — the name given to the strikes by the Indian defense ministry — had been viewed 5 million times by the time of publishing.
DW Fact check: False
These videos don't show the current conflict and are taken out of context.
A reverse image search with a video still from the first video showing missiles in the night sky takes us to the same video that was first published over seven months ago. It shows Iranian missiles hitting Israel. What looks like an insert showing the location seen in the right-hand corner of the footage is actually the logo of the state-owned Indian news channel DD India, which published the video on October 1, 2024.
The second...
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