{"id":9701,"date":"2025-07-16T20:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/?p=9701"},"modified":"2025-07-16T20:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:32:28","slug":"whats-real-and-fake-of-the-truth-videos-circulating-as-recent-military-escalation-between-india-and-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/whats-real-and-fake-of-the-truth-videos-circulating-as-recent-military-escalation-between-india-and-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s real and fake of the truth videos circulating as recent military escalation between India and Pakistan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Social media accounts have been posting a series of footage, claiming to be recent, documenting the recent military escalation between India and Pakistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First: <\/strong>A photo<\/a> of a burning plane accompanied by the following description: \u201cPakistan shot down two Rafale aircraft belonging to the Indian Air Force.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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One source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif verified the image via Google Images search and found it to be old.\u00a0DNA India<\/a>\u00a0published a photo of the burning aircraft on 2 September 2024, in a report titled: \u201cIndian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan, pilot safe.\u201d The website quoted police as saying that the fighter jet crashed in the Barmer district of Rajasthan after experiencing a critical technical glitch during a routine night training mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo of the fighter via DNA India – published on 2\/9\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Newsflare<\/a> also published a video documenting the plane’s fire, accompanied by the following headline: “India: MiG-29 fighter jet crashes during night training in Rajasthan; pilot escapes using ejection seat.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second: <\/strong>A video clip<\/a> of missiles falling was attached with the following claim: \u201cPakistan responds with all its might (to the Indian strikes).\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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One source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif verified the video via the Invid tool and found that it is old. Quds News Network<\/a>\u00a0on X published the video on 1 October 2024, with the following description: \u201cPress coverage: Iranian missiles hit their targets in occupied Palestine.\u201d Al Masirah Channel<\/a>\u00a0account also published the video on X on the same date, with the following title: \u201cFrom the violent Iranian bombardment of the Israeli enemy entity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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The video was posted on the Quds News Network account on X platform. It was published on 1\/10\/2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Third: <\/strong>A video clip<\/a> of a plane being shot down, accompanied by the following text: \u201cThe moment an Indian plane was shot down.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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One source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif verified the video via reverse image search using the Invid tool and found it to be old. The TikTok account “muhammadirfan1786<\/a>” posted the video on 28 April 2025. By tracking the account, Kashif’s team found that it was posting a video from a video game, not a real one.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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The video was posted by \u201cmuhammadirfan1786\u201d on TikTok. It was shared on 28 April 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif examined the video in detail and found several telltale signs that it was from a video game, not real footage. These include the shape of the shells fired at the plane, the shape and speed of the empty bullet casings flying, the shape of the anti-aircraft system, and the nature of the explosion and crash of the plane.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Returning to the Arma 3 videos posted by the\u00a0Warriors Club<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Restarts<\/a>\u00a0YouTube channels, it became clear that there was a similarity in appearance and movement between the circulating video and the videos from the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth: <\/strong>A video clip<\/a> of planes being shot down was attached with the following title: \u201cWatch how Pakistan shot down Indian warplanes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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One source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif verified the video using the Invid tool and found it to be old. The\u00a0ARK TRON<\/a>\u00a0channel, a YouTube channel specializing in producing videos simulating military operations, posted the video on 19 April 2025, with the following description: \u201cSu-27 fighter jets entering the city.\u201d The channel explained in the video description that it is a virtual military simulation, produced using the games ARMA 3 and ARMA Reforger.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Video via the \u201cARK TRON\u201d channel on YouTube – posted on 19\/4\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Fifth:\u00a0<\/strong>A photo<\/a>\u00a0of a plane crash attached with the following description: \u201cPakistani TV: The Pakistani army shot down two Indian Rafale fighter jets.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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One source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif verified the image via Google Images tool and found it to be old.\u00a0The Times of India<\/a>\u00a0published the circulated image on 21 May 2021, in a report titled: \u201cIndian Air Force pilot killed in MiG-21 crash near Moga in Punjab (India), investigation opened.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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The photo appears in a report by The Times of India, published on 21 May 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Indian Army<\/a>\u00a0announced on 7 May 2025, the launch of a military operation against “targets” in Pakistan and the Azad Kashmir region under its control. The Army’s media office stated that the operation targeted nine areas, stressing that “Pakistani military installations were not targeted,” which led to an exchange of fire between the two sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India said its missile attacks<\/a> on Pakistan came after receiving intelligence indicating the possibility of further attacks against the country. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated on April 22 after gunmen opened fire on tourists in the Pahalgam area of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, killing 26 people and wounding others. The Pakistani government<\/a> denied responsibility for the attack and accused India of waging a disinformation campaign against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pakistani military announced that it shot down five Indian fighter jets during the attack, while New Delhi denied this. On 7 May 2025, Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the Pakistani military’s director of public relations, announced that the death toll from the Indian missile attacks had risen to 26 and 46 injured, noting that the missiles damaged mosques and health clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources of Claim<\/td>Sources of Verification <\/td><\/tr>
DR ZAKARIA<\/a>

e._ss1m<\/a>

antonyalexbagalue_phd<\/a>

npyl2018<\/a>

The story of an expatriate who left\u00a0<\/a>Jijel Online<\/a>

Media\u00a0\u00a0 – Jijel Online\u00a0<\/a>The story of an expatriate\u00a0<\/a>Ahmed Shatran\u00a0<\/a>Abu Ezz El-Din\u00a0<\/a>thetimearab\u00a0<\/a>Abou Ellotf\u00a0<\/a>Brother of Attan Al-Mujhama\u00a0<\/a>Sahl Saleh Balaid<\/a>



<\/a>Falcon of Marib<\/a>

Al-Saeed Mr.<\/a>

Ajil
<\/a>
Elias Abu Shama<\/a>

Muhammad Al-Khader Al-Mansouri Al-Awadhli\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>

Elias Abu Shama<\/a>

Iranian events<\/a>

athabat network
<\/a>
FOUZI CHOUDER ALGERIA SETIF GHAZA<\/a>

le prince cherchali tipazi
<\/a>
Latest news
<\/a>
<\/a>Zahra<\/a>

<\/a>Azzam Farouk Al-Qabati
<\/a>
<\/a>Diaries of Asal Al Ward<\/a>

Abu Ali Hamieh<\/a>

Hazem Al Moussawi<\/a>

Meteorologist Abu Al Hassan<\/a>

\u00c0s\u00e0\u00e1\u0111 \u00c0b\u016b \u00c0s\u00e0\u00e1\u010f\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>

mazen007 Normalization_Treason#
<\/a>
<\/a>PIC | Pictures from History
<\/a>
Mazen Tigerino<\/a>
<\/a><\/td>		DNA India<\/a>

newsflare<\/a>

Quds News Network Al<\/a>

Masirah Channel<\/a>

muhammadirfan1786<\/a>

Warriors Club<\/a>

Restarts<\/a>

ARK TRON<\/a>

The Times of India<\/a>

Al Arabiya TV<\/a>

Anadolu Agency<\/a>

Al Jazeera<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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