Information about Hezbollah targeting the Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant, and killing him has spread on social media, “Officially, Hezbollah announces its entry into the war. The first operation carried out by Hezbollah to prove their seriousness in the war was to kill the Israeli Minister of Defense”.
Kashif verified the information and found it to be fabricated. Kashif searched the official website of Hezbollah media and did not find any mention of the party announcing the targeting or killing of Galant.
The last statement published by Hezbollah – until the moment of publishing this verification – was at 8:36PM, in which it announced the launch of an air attack with a squadron of attack drones on the headquarters of the special naval missions unit “Shayetet 13” at the Atlit naval base.
Kashif also searched and looked into the official websites of the Israeli-Hebrew media and the Israeli army official website and found no mention of targeting or killing Gallant.
On Tuesday, 24 September 2024, Ynet published a video clip showing Gallant with soldiers from the Israeli occupation army during a field training exercise for the Seventh Brigade and the 202nd Battalion simulating ground combat in Lebanon.
Galant issued a statement after monitoring the information about his death, which read: “Hezbollah today is a different organization than it was a week ago – and indicated that there are additional strikes prepared to confront and destroy any Hezbollah force”.
The Israeli occupation army launched an aggression with hundreds of air strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon and the southern suburb of Beirut since on Monday 23 September 2024, and Hezbollah responded with waves of missiles and drones that reached Haifa, Nahariya, Safed, Afula and the settlements of the West Bank.
Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad announced that 558 people were killed and 1,800 others were injured as a result of the Israeli occupation aircraft’s bombing of southern Lebanon, up until the time of publishing this verification.
| Sources of the claim | Verification sources |
| Free Egyptian Marbella glory @NNA712393611226 @ mohamadreda1970 Good evening , Gharib | Statement of the Islamic Resistance – Hezbollah – ynet Sky News |
