Hezbollah

Claim: Yemen’s Houthis announced a ceasefire with Israel following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US Presidential Election. Fact: This claim is false. The Houthis have not declared a ceasefire following Trump’s re-election. Instead, they have continued their attacks in the Red Sea. On 6 November, @GeneralMCNews took to X, writing: “BREAKING: Iran-backed Houthis declare […]

Claim: Video shows Hezbollah’s attack on a petrochemical plant in the south of Haifa, Israel. Fact: The claim is false as the video appeared in September 2024.  It shows an Israeli airstrike in Yemen following the bombing of Lebanon. On 27 October 2024, an account on X (formerly Twitter) posted a video (archive) with the […]

Claim: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was admitted to a hospital after Iran’s 1 October attacks on Israel. Fact: There are no credible news reports to suggest that Netanyahu was recently hospitalised, especially following Iran’s attack on Israel in October. The claim circulating on social media is false. On 4 October, X user @IR_Urdu claimed […]

Claim: A video shows Israeli soldiers running away after Iran’s attack on Israel. Fact: The video actually shows Israeli soldiers running and screaming during a rocket attack launched by the Palestinian resistance from Gaza during the Seif al-Quds battle in May 2021. Following Iran’s attack on Israel, X account @RTarabic shared a video of Israeli […]

Claim: Herzi Halevi, Chief of the General Staff of Israel Defence Forces (IDF), was killed in a drone attack by Hezbollah on 13 October. Fact: Herzi Halevi was not killed in a drone attack and has since appeared in a press conference.  On 13 October, social media users began sharing posts claiming that the Israeli […]

Claim: A video shows Benjamin Netanyahu running, apparently in fear, after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel in October 2024. Fact: The viral clip is unrelated to Iran’s October 2024 attack on Israel. It is actually from 2021 and shows Netanyahu running to the Israeli parliament to cast his vote for a then-proposed […]

Claim: An old image of a young man carrying a gun has been circulating online, with claims that it shows the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in various contexts. Fact: The person in the photograph was an Islamic Resistance fighter Ali Muhammad Salman (Abu Abbas), who was killed in 1989 in the Tuffah […]

Claim: Video shows Lebanese citizens celebrating the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah by Israel. Fact: The video is from January 2020 when demonstrators in Beirut, Lebanon demanded the setting up of a new government to bring an end to the economic crisis in the country at the time. On 28 September, X user @NiohBerg posted a […]

Claim: Video shows Hezbollah’s missile attack on Israel amid the recent escalation of conflict between the two countries. Fact: The video is unrelated and shows an explosion at a gas station in Aden, Yemen in August 2024. On 22 September, X user @GNMadani shared a video (archive) apparently showing Hezbollah’s missile attacks on Israel. “Breaking […]