ISIS never attacked Israel is not accurate. Sources list multiple ISIS attacks on Israel including 2016 Tel Aviv and 2022 Hadera.
Why we say that›
No source backs the claim that ISIS is an Israeli-American proxy or stands for Israeli Secret Intelligence Service.
The equipment figure holds. All other claims on funding, arrests of Mossad agents, congressional testimony and motive for non-attacks rest on zero sources. The reel turns absence of evidence into a secret plan.
Based on only a few sources, so read this as a first look, not the last word.
Equipment left behind is real. No source shows funding, proxy status, Mossad agents released or a motive tying non-attacks to state control.
Reported 16 Aug 2026
How the reel gets there
The reel says: “ISIS never attacked Israel”
The record shows: IS officially claimed both attacks (Hadera and Beersheba 2022; earlier Tel Aviv 2016, Sarona 2016).
The Washington Institute
The reel says: “No. It was payment.”
The record shows: All of it fell into the hands of the Taliban. (No evidence of intentional "payment; reports attribute to rapid collapse of Afghan forces and withdrawal logistics).
Defense One
Claims
1 false · 1 true · 6 unchecked
- False
The US left functioning equipment in Afghanistan intentionally as payment to terrorist organizations.
What's actually true
Reports say equipment was left due to rapid Afghan forces collapse not as payment.
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ISIS never attacked Israel.
What's actually true
Sources list multiple ISIS attacks on Israel including 2016 Tel Aviv and 2022 Hadera.
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ISIS and Al Qaeda are both funded by Israel and America.
What's actually true
We couldn't verify this claim with a reliable source. No source confirms direct funding of ISIS or Al Qaeda by Israel and America.
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Every single terrorist organization is bought and paid for by one country or another.
What's actually true
No source states every terrorist organization receives state funding.
- Couldn't check
The American military arrested an Islamic extremist who turned out to be a Mossad agent and had to let him go.
What's actually true
No source describes any such US military arrest of a Mossad agent.
- Couldn't check
Islamic extremists would hate Jews the most.
What's actually true
We couldn't verify this claim with a reliable source. No source establishes that Islamic extremists hate Jews the most as a factual driver.
- Couldn't check
There have been congressional testimony on this.
What's actually true
No source found any congressional testimony confirming the funding claims.
- True
In Afghanistan when Biden pulled out the US left over $8,000,000,000 worth of equipment for the terrorist organizations.
What's actually true
Sources confirm roughly seven billion dollars in equipment left behind and taken by Taliban forces.
The full story, from the sources›
When the United States evacuated in August 2021, it left behind roughly $7.1 billion in equipment it had given the ANDSF... All of it fell into the hands of the Taliban." (No evidence of intentional "payment; reports attribute to rapid collapse of Afghan forces and withdrawal logistics). - Defense One (2025-12-03) The viral video of an explosion is from October 2023, when Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza. - BOOM (2025-05-07) BOOM found that the viral video is from October 2023 and is related to a fact-finding mission in Sderot near Gaza. - BOOM (2025-06-27) In a June 11th, 2025, article, the prominent Israeli media outlet Haaretz was presenting and contextualizing Israeli Prime-Minister Benjamin Netanyahus question on what was wrong with arming and training the Abu Shabab-led militia from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip). - mepei.com Israel, Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS, neo-Nazis in Ukraine, name them and all of them have sourced their funds and ammunition from the US and its allies. - peoplesdemocracy.in
From primary sources · fact-checks · reporting
How it's framed (5)›
Sources (9)›
IS officially claimed both attacks (Hadera and Beersheba 2022; earlier Tel Aviv 2016, Sarona 2016).
The viral video of an explosion is from October 2023, when Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza.
BOOM found that the viral video is from October 2023 and is related to a fact-finding mission in Sderot near Gaza
When the United States evacuated in August 2021, it left behind roughly $7.1 billion in equipment it had given the ANDSF... All of it fell into the hands of the Taliban." (No evidence of intentional "payment; reports attribute to rapid collapse of Afghan forces and withdrawal logistics).
In 2019, Netanyahu told his Likud party that anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to it.
Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government... was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal... on August 30, 2021.
In a June 11th, 2025, article, the prominent Israeli media outlet Haaretz was presenting and contextualizing Israeli Prime-Minister Benjamin Netanyahus question on what was wrong with arming and training the Abu Shabab-led militia from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip).
Israel, Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS, neo-Nazis in Ukraine, name them and all of them have sourced their funds and ammunition from the US and its allies
Throughout the Syrian civil war, war in Iraq, and Libyan civil war, various governments, non-state actors, and private individuals engaged in collaboration with the Islamic State.
Notes on this check (3)›
- The reel's central argument depends on claims that were not independently established, so it is reported as misleading context rather than as facts with a false point.
- Dropped contradiction citations for "ISIS never attacked Israel." because the cited passages do not address the claim directly.
- Dropped 1 support citation(s) for "In Afghanistan when Biden pulled out the US left over $8,…" because the cited passages do not address the claim directly.
Checked against 2 sources · 16 Aug 2026
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