Amidst the continuous conflict and tension in the Middle East, America has rejected Iran’s claim that it had shot down the American fighter jet F-15. Fact checking on this, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that it is just a rumor that the American fighter jet was shot down by the Iranian regime.

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A fact check post was shared by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on social media platform X on Sunday (March 22, 2026). In the post, Centcom said that the claim of shooting down an American fighter jet is false, but the truth is that US Forces shot down more than 8,000 fighter jets in Operation Epic Fury and not a single aircraft among them was targeted by Iran.

🚫 FALSE: Rumors claim the Iranian regime recently shot down a US F-15 over Iran.

✅ TRUE: US forces have flown more than 8,000 combat flights during Operation Epic Fury. No US fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran. pic.twitter.com/GzwyY2WktC

— US Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 22, 2026

What did Iran claim?

According to IRNA news agency, Iran’s military had claimed that an enemy F-15 fighter plane was infiltrating Iran’s southern coast, near the Strait of Hormuz. The plane was shot down by surface-to-air missiles fired by the Army’s Air Defense Force.

A video was also shared by the Iranian News Agency to confirm this claim. However, the US Central Command Centcom rejected this claim and called it just a rumour.

Iran has already claimed to target US fighter jets

Iran has earlier also claimed to have shot down fighter planes during the ongoing conflict and war with Israel and America. Iran claimed to have shot down an F-16 fighter plane of the Israeli Air Force on Saturday (March 21, 2026). Iran also released a video to confirm its claim.

After Iran’s claim, Israel responded by saying that during the operation conducted in Iran, the fighter jet was hit by a surface-to-air missile. However, the Israeli side clearly denied any damage during this incident.

Apart from this, Iran had also claimed to target an American F-35 fighter jet. A video of this was also shared by Iran, after which there was an emergency landing of F-35 at an airbase in the Middle East, which was discussed all over the world because America has been claiming that its F-35 fighter jets cannot be detected by any radar in the world. There was a stir after this claim of Iran.

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Basti police has exposed the case of a woman’s dead body being found on the railway track. Police investigation has revealed that it was not just an accident but a murder. In this murder case, the police has arrested an accused, who is said to be close to the woman. Police said that the accused strangled the woman to death in order to get her out of the way.

According to the information, this whole matter is of Walterganj police station area, where on March 5, the body of a 55-year-old woman was found in a suspicious condition on the railway track. However, in the initial investigation by the police, the matter appeared to be an accident. The family members had expressed suspicion of murder in this case and demanded investigation.

Police caught the woman’s close friend

It was told that in the police investigation, the name of a person named Abhishek Srivastava came to light, who was very close to the deceased. Investigation has also revealed that the woman was dependent on him for household work and the accused took advantage of this trust. The deceased’s husband has been suffering from paralysis for 14 years and her son is a drug addict. The accused took advantage of the woman’s helplessness and got two bighas of land in his name and gave her only Rs 3 lakh.

Police investigation has revealed that the accused fraudulently transferred about 2 bighas of the woman’s land, the value of which is said to be around Rs 19 lakh, to his wife. After getting the land in his name, the accused gave only Rs 3.5 lakh to the woman and did not give the remaining Rs 16 lakh.

Murder by calling on the pretext of giving money

Police officials said that when the woman repeatedly demanded his money, the accused planned to eliminate her. When the woman repeatedly asked for the dues, accused Abhishek called the woman under the pretext of giving her money and strangulated her to death.

What did the police officer say in the matter?

SP Yashveer Singh said that during the investigation, the police has collected many important evidences. In the CCTV footage, the accused is seen taking the woman away on a motorcycle. Apart from this, the call detail records of both their mobile phones were also found matching with each other.

The police have also verified the transactions related to land, which have come to light in Siddharthnagar. The police have arrested the accused and legal action is being taken against him. The police team was also given a reward of Rs 10,000 for this important revelation.

Chartered by Mangaluru Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, MT Aqua Titan, a tanker loaded with Russian oil, reached India on Sunday. He has anchored off the Mangaluru coast. It is anchored in the Arabian Sea about 10 nautical miles off the Mangaluru coast. This has come at a time when global energy markets remain unstable. The availability of crude oil and energy is being affected due to supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions.

Cargo ship reaches New Mangaluru coast

Earlier, a cargo ship carrying LPG from Texas in the United States reached New Mangaluru Port in Mangaluru. On Friday, the Shipping Ministry informed that New Mangaluru has waived cargo related charges for crude oil and LPG between March 14 and March 31. There is no crowd at any port. Ministry’s Special Secretary Rajesh Kumar Sinha said that all 22 Indian ships and 611 sailors present in the Persian Gulf amid the West Asia conflict are safe.

No marine incident reported in 24 hours

Sinha said that no report of any marine incident has come in the last 24 hours. We are constantly taking care of the safety of the sailors. New Mangaluru Port has issued a circular to waive all cargo related charges for crude oil and LPG. This will be valid from March 14 to March 31.

Here, on Wednesday, a crude oil tank Jag Ladki reached Adani Ports Mundra in Gujarat. Earlier, two Indian flagged LPG carrier ships had safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz, reaching India on 16 to 17 March. MT Shivalik and MT Nanda Devi reached India with approximately 92,172 metric tonnes of LPG.

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Donald Trump has said ICE agents will be sent into US airports on Monday, where they will be arresting “all illegal immigrants”.

The US president said in a post on Truth Social that the “brilliant and patriotic” agents “will do Security [sic] like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants [sic]”.

Mr Trump said that “if the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before!

“I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, ‘GET READY.'”, he added.

TSA officers, who carry out security checks at US airports, have not been paid, leading to staff walkouts and long queues at airport security.

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In February, Democrats vowed to shut down the Department of Homeland Security until Republicans agreed to new checks on ICE agents, such as requiring them to wear identification and banning them from wearing face coverings.

The move followed the killing of two US citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, by federal officers after 2,000 ICE agents were deployed to Minneapolis at the start of the year.

ICE agents work would, Mr Trump said, with “heavy emphasis on those from Somalia, who have totally destroyed, with the approval of a corrupt Governor, Attorney General, and Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, the once Great State of Minnesota. I look forward to seeing ICE in action at our Airports”.

A very surprising incident has come to light from Munger district of Bihar. On Sunday, in Dakshin Tola located in Prasannado village of the block, a cow gave birth to a wonderful calf with two mouths and four eyes. The news of the birth of this strange calf spread like wildfire in the area, after which a huge crowd of people gathered to see it.

According to the information, this cow belongs to Amit Singh alias Tinku (son of late Baikunth Singh), resident of Prasannado village. Animal farmer Amit Singh told that his cow has given birth to normal calves many times before, but this time the birth is completely different and surprising. The good thing is that at present this rare calf is alive and efforts are being made to keep it safe.

People are believing divine miracle

There is immense enthusiasm and faith among the villagers regarding this wonder. Villagers Himanshu Kumar Singh and Neeraj Singh Tappu told that as soon as the news of this two-headed calf came, people from nearby villages also started reaching Prasannado. Some people are considering it as a unique miracle of nature, while many are worshiping it considering it to be a divine sign and a form of God. The level of faith of the people is such that they are sitting near the calf and feeding it milk with the help of spoon and bottle.

What does science say?

Amidst these talks of faith and miracles, veterinarians have their own scientific logic. According to experts, this type of birth is called ‘Congenital Anomaly’ or Polycephaly. This condition arises due to improper division of the embryo during pregnancy or due to genetic reasons. The lifespan of such animals is usually very short.

However, due to such incidents being extremely rare in rural areas, people are deeply curious about it and this calf has become a topic of discussion in the entire Munger region.

As Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) publicly claim their dead, new research shows that many previously counted as civilians were in fact members of the terrorist organizations, undermining accusations that Israeli forces deliberately targeted civilians in Gaza.

Researchers monitoring the Hamas-run health ministry’s death reports told Fox News Digital that a growing number of ‘martyrs’ were exposed as terrorists by their own groups such as Hamas, despite maintaining public identities as healthcare or media workers.

Gabriel Epstein, senior policy associate at Israel Policy Forum, told Fox News Digital that he has tracked multiple individuals named by Hamas and PIJ as martyrs killed in battle in Gaza who held positions in the health industry, including nongovernmental organizations (NGOs.)

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Smoke rises and ball of fire over a buildings in Gaza City on October 9, 2023 during an Israeli air strike. (Photo by Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Epstein found several individuals labeled as medical staff who are also members of terrorist groups. The most serious revelation from the martyr list is Fadi al-Wadiyya, a physiotherapist for Médecins sans frontières, who was killed by Israel Defense Forces in June 2024. MSF responded to the death, saying they were “outraged” and “strongly condemn[ed] the killing of our colleague.”

When the IDF claimed that al-Wadiyya was a member of PIJ, MSF said they had “no prior knowledge” of his “alleged involvement in military activities” and said they had “not received any formal explanation” of “the circumstances of his killing.”

In a Telegram account claiming to be the media reserve for the Al-Quds Brigades, a post mourning al-Wadiyya’s martyrdom on Feb. 24 lists the physiotherapist as an assistant to the military manufacturing unit of PIJ’s Al-Quds Brigades.

Fox News Digital asked MSF whether they were aware of al-Wadiyya’s PIJ connections prior to the martyr announcement. A spokesperson said, “We would not knowingly employ people engaging in military activity” as it “would pose a danger to our staff and patients by compromising our neutrality.”

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Hamas terrorists marching in Gaza during a parade.  (Getty Images)

The spokesperson said that “MSF had no indication that Fadi Al Wadiya might have been involved in military activity of any kind prior to the Israeli authorities’ online posts in June 2024. In the immediate aftermath of Al-Wadiya’s killing, we asked for explanations from the Israeli authorities, but never received an official response. If the Israeli authorities were aware of Al-Wadiya’s links with militant activities, they never shared this info with us until after he was killed. To this day, the only information they shared and that we are aware of is what was shared through public social media posts.”

The IDF banned MSF operations in Gaza from the beginning of March because the organization refused to provide a list of its Palestinian employees. In response to Fox News Digital’s questions about whether they would consider providing this list to the IDF presently, MSF’s spokesperson said, “We did not share our staff lists with Israel because we did not receive concrete assurances to ensure the safety of our staff or the independent management of our operations. This is a place where humanitarian workers have frequently been detained, attacked, and killed. We have a responsibility to protect our colleagues from harm.”

Epstein shared several other cases of healthcare workers who played prominent roles in terror groups.

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Ambulances carrying patients from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahya, Gaza City. Oct. 12, 2024.  (Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Mohammed Akram Abdullah al-Kafarna was mourned by the Palestinian Nursing and Midwifery Association’s Facebook page as the nursing supervisor at Kamal Adwan Hospital and by the Institute for Palestine Studies as head of the Gaza nursing system.[v] A Telegram account that lists members of Hamas’ best-outfitted Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, al-Kafarna is described as one of Beit Hanoun’s “Qassam Martyrs.”

Ayman Suleiman Aliyan Abu Tayr was listed as martyred in Khan Younis in June 2025. The Institute for Palestine Studies labels him as a nurse and head of the clinical nutrition department at Nasser Hospital. According to a Telegram account linked to PIJ’s Al-Quds Brigades, Abu Tayr was a Commander in the Central Operations Unit of the Al-Quds Brigades.

Jaber Abdulhamid Diab Mohammedin was mourned on the Palestinian Ministry of Health General Directorate of Nursing’s Facebook page as an Intensive Care Unit nurse at the Al-Rantisi Specialized Children’s Hospital. A Telegram account linked to the Islamic Jihad Movement lists Mohammedin as a commander in the military manufacturing unit of the PIJ’s Al-Quds Brigade.

Nidal Jaber Abdulfattah al-Najjar is labeled as an administrator at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, according to the Institute for Palestine Studies, while a mourner on Facebook noted that he worked in the Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital. He is labeled on a Telegram account emblazoned with Hamas’ distinctive red triangle as a martyr commander of Hamas’ Al-Radwan Battalion.

IDF forces are seen operating in Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip. (IDF Spokesman’s Unit)

Salo Aizenberg, director of media watchdog group HonestReporting, told Fox News Digital that he is tracking at least ten “virtually indisputable” examples of journalists who are actually combatants, working with Hamas and other terrorist groups.

David Adesnik, vice president of research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that he has also been tracking the disclosures. “With PIJ, the number of commanders who operated with civilian cover is striking,” Adesnik said. “We’re at a point where the evidence indicates that this duplicity was a routine part of a strategy to infiltrate civilian organization, especially humanitarian ones. This provides access and protection while ensuring outrage when these supposed humanitarians are killed.”

Adesnik said he believes it “likely that Hamas also employed this strategy in a systematic way, but right now we mainly have the PIJ disclosures. Given that Hamas is many times larger, if it were to disclose this kind of information, the effects could easily ripple across the humanitarian sector in Gaza.”

Among the cases Aizenberg is tracking are media workers. He said that his list is “based solely on admissions by those groups and other Gazan sources,” and “does not include the many additional examples identified through Israeli evidence.”

Yahya Sinwar, the former Hamas terro leader who was killed by the IDF, waves to a crowd in Gaza. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Though the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) cites Yacoup Al-Borsch as a journalist and the executive director of Namaa Radio, Aizenberg has found “numerous social media posts and martyr notices identifying him as a fighter and ‘mujahid.’” This includes a Facebook post from an account affiliated with the Al-Omari Mosque in Jabalia.

Ahmed Abu Sharia was a freelancer who worked for outlets like Iranian Tasnim News Agency, the CPJ says. According to the “official” Telegram site of the Mujahideen Brigades, the Palestinian Mujahideen movement’s military wing, he was also a member of the Mujahideen Brigades.

Rizq Abu Shakian was a “media worker and administrator for the pro-Hamas Palestine Now Agency,” according to CPJ. Shakian also appears in Hamas uniform on a Telegram site that shares images of Palestinian martyrs. According to Aizenberg’s research, he was a member of the Al-Qassam Brigades.

In response to questions about whether CPJ would update listings of journalists who have been claimed as terror affiliates, the group directed Fox News Digital to its policy for updating listings, which states, “CPJ has a long-standing policy of updating its data and the accompanying narrative accounts without issuing formal corrections as new information becomes available over time. In certain cases, a record may be removed from public view when new information leads CPJ to determine that a case falls outside its mandate or for security concerns, such as the safety of the journalist and their family.  CPJ will publicly record when it has removed a journalist from the database for a reason outside of security concerns. “

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As the shaky ceasefire in Gaza continues, analysts say they continue to place value in closely examining the war’s casualties. Epstein said that “reviewing cases of militants who held dual civilian roles in key sectors like media, healthcare and education is important for the historical record and underscores the information limitations press, government, and analysts face in real time during conflict.” He said that “over time, militant identification can give a sense of just how deep Hamas, PIJ and other militant groups’ hold over key sectors in Gaza was.”