Old Video Viral as Israeli Missile Hitting Hezbollah Militants at Lebanon Border

This video has been on the internet since 2018, predating the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Fact-check: An old video is going viral to claim that it shows a rocket hitting Hezbollah Terrorists at Lebanon-Israel Border.

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A video showing a missile hitting an area where uniformed men were sitting is going viral on social media to claim that it shows Hezbollah militants 'celebrating' Hamas' attack on the Lebanon-Israel border.

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What's the truth?: The video is old and unrelated to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video and came across an Iranian video-sharing service, Aparat, carrying the same video.

• This video was shared by Aparat on 1 September 2020 and it stated that it showed a rocket hitting an ISIS member.

This video was shared by Aparat in 2020.

(Source: Aparat/Screenshot)

• We found another video on YouTube from 24 December 2018 which showed the same viral clip.

• According to the Turkish title on this video, it showed members of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

This video was shared in 2018.

(Source: YouTube page translated to English/Screenshot)

Although we haven't been able to confirm the location or the context of the video independently, it is clear that the clip is old and unrelated to Israel-Hamas war.

Conclusion: An old video is going viral to claim that it shows a rocket hitting Hezbollah Terrorists at Lebanon-Israel Border.

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