Social media accounts posted a video clip showing a young man hitting two soldiers from the Israeli occupation army, claiming that he was a Lebanese young man from Hezbollah punching the Israeli occupation soldiers. The clip was accompanied by the following text: “The Lebanese army and the Lebanese president should see how Hezbollah men treat Jews and Christians on the Lebanese borders. Strike and the wind shouts, ‘May your belly be safe for carrying you, hero.’”
Kashif verified the video and found that it is old and the claim is misleading. The video was circulated in June 2022 and shows a Palestinian young man from the town of Tarqumiya, west of the Hebron Governorate.
Quds News Network published the video on 11/6/2022, with the following text: “A Palestinian confronts the occupation soldiers while defending his land, which the occupation is trying to control in the town of Tarqumiya, west of Hebron.”
Al Jazeera also published the video on 11/6/2022 under the title: “A Palestinian youth punches Israeli occupation forces soldiers.” It was accompanied by the following text: “A number of Palestinian citizens were injured after the Israeli occupation forces suppressed a march that took place in the town of Tarqumiya, west of the Hebron Governorate. The clips showed the youths confronting the settlers and occupation soldiers after they set fire to the town’s trees. Palestinian media outlets published the moment when an unarmed Palestinian youth punched the occupation forces soldiers several times before they were suppressed with tear gas and pepper gas and assaulted.”
The Israeli army injured nine people and arrested four others in southern Lebanon on 29/1/2025, before three of them were released later. For its part, the Lebanese army announced the completion of its deployment in the area south of the Litani, considering that Israeli attacks are increasing.
In the same context, the Israeli occupation army committed 19 new violations of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon on Wednesday, 30/1/2025, bringing the total violations to 805 since it came into effect on 27/11/ 2024.
