Old photo of Israeli ministers in shelter republished as during Hezbollah’s recent bombing of sites in Israel

A photo of ministers in the Israeli occupation government, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, inside a shelter, was recently shared on “X” . The photo was accompanied by the following text: “The extremist Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich was the first to flee to shelters,” indicating that the photo was taken at the same time as Hezbollah’s recent bombing of sites in Israel. 

Kashif verified the image and found it to be old, as it was published by a group of media outlets and news websites on October 7th. 

At the time, the media and news websites quoted the Hebrew channel Kan as saying that the ministers of the Israeli occupation government rushed to shelters after sirens sounded in Tel Aviv during a government session. 

The Israeli occupation army  announced today, Sunday, 25 August 2024, that it launched preemptive strikes on southern Lebanon. While Hezbollah announced today that it launched a large-scale attack targeting military sites in the occupying state with a large number of missiles and drones.