Claim
nearly all incoming missiles were intercepted with no significant impact so far
Attributed to US source cited by Fox News on Fox News
Evidence
Multiple outlets (Fox News's own live-blog, ynetnews, Kathmandu Post, and the blog Sonar21) confirm that Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reported this exact line — 'nearly all incoming missiles have been intercepted... with no significant impact so far' — attributing it to an unnamed U.S. source, during Iran's retaliatory strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan after U.S. strikes on Iran's Larak Island. Jordan's own armed forces separately said they intercepted eight missiles that entered Jordanian airspace, providing some independent corroboration that interceptions occurred, though not a figure matching 'nearly all.' I found no Pentagon/CENTCOM statement giving precise interception numbers, and no fact-check by Reuters, AFP, Bellingcat, or EUvsDisinfo addressing this specific claim.
Supporting sources
Assessment
The attribution itself (Fox News quoting a U.S. source) is well corroborated across several outlets, but the underlying military assessment is a single, unnamed-source, real-time battlefield claim with no independent official confirmation of the actual interception rate, and no fact-checking organization has evaluated it.
Confidence
Some independent corroboration was found, but it isn't yet conclusive.
Timeline
Sep 3, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC
UnverifiedInitial assessment.
Sep 12, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC
UnverifiedThe attribution itself (Fox News quoting a U.S. source) is well corroborated across several outlets, but the underlying military assessment is a single, unnamed-source, real-time battlefield claim with no independent official confirmation of the actual interception rate, and no fact-checking organization has evaluated it.
First observed Sep 3, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC · Last reviewed Sep 12, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC