The BBC verification revealed fake videos claiming attacks on Indian Army bases and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan.
Amid escalating tensions with India, Pakistan has also launched an information war against India, launching hundreds of missiles on air bases, other military facilities and even civilian targets, including hospitals. Additionally, it has sent out a wave of misinformation targeting India and flooded social media sites with unrelated videos from the strike. These videos have attracted millions of views. The BBC verification revealed fake videos claiming attacks on Indian Army bases and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan.
BBC Verification Debunks Fake Video
Such a video claims to show an explosion caused by Pakistan’s reaction, which attracted 400,000 views. However, the BBC verification found that the video was actually from the 2020 explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. Another video clip has received over 3 million views on social media platform X. However, the discovery was actually taken from an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip on October 13, 2023.
The BBC verification also found that the main purpose of some videos was to portray the Pakistani response as more severe than before. Such videos show that “Pakistan troops blow up the Indian brigade headquarters.” The clip showed an explosion in the dark, but it was actually from an unrelated video that circulated on YouTube last month. The video received over 600,000 views.
“Pakistan targeting Indian air base”
In another misinformation, a set of photos claimed to show an operation against the Pakistan Air Force “In the early morning of May 6, 2025”. However, the BBC verification found that the images were screenshots taken from the video game Battlefield 3.
The claim of shooting down 5 Indian warriors is revealed
In another wave of misinformation, the Pakistan Air Force claimed to have shot down five Indian jets. After the announcement, some users shared unrelated video clips claiming to show the wreckage of Indian fighter jets. Some of these videos attracted millions of views. However, the images were found to be from two crashes of the Indian Air Force jet, one from an incident in Rajasthan in 2024 and another from Punjab in 2021. Both of them are widely reported.
Indian Army highlights Buck’s disinformation
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh delivered a speech, speaking at a meeting held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense at Operation Sindoor, highlighting Pakistan’s attempts to underscore the damage caused by Pakistan’s efforts to cause damage to the S-400 system in Adhampur, Suratgarh and Sirsa sirssa, Suratgarh and Sirsig of Brahmos Space and Suratgarh and Sirss Space of Artillery-Gulan and Artillery-Gun. allegations. She stressed that India explicitly rejected these false narratives as part of a broader strategy to undermine India’s military capabilities and instill fear in the public.
