Israeli base under a hospital, Iranians running in Nepal: Fake news is shaping the war

From recycling old videos to creating new, super-believable ones with AI, disinformation watchdog FakeReporter warns that spreaders of misinformation and fake news are swaying public opinion and stoking fear from Tel Aviv to Tehran

On Monday, a post on X began to circulate from a damning purported leak: pictures of an Israeli document showing potential targets for the "Samson Option," Israel's last-ditch nuclear attack strategy. It showed both regional and more far-flung targets, and toward the bottom were a handful located in the United States.

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