A photo of a military vehicle has recently spread on social media, with the claim that it documents the targeting of Israeli occupation forces in southern Lebanon, the text reads: “An ambush in the town of Al-Qawzah in southern Lebanon, there is a large number of dead and wounded.”
Kashif verified the image via “Google Images” tool, and found that it is old and screenshot from a video clip, and the claim is misleading. The image dates back to an operation that took place in 2006 in southern Lebanon.
The image was taken from a video clip published by Hezbollah’s War Media on Telegram on 7/12/2021, with the following text: “The War Media of the Islamic Resistance published new scenes of the operation to capture two Israeli soldiers on 12 July 2006 in Khallet Warda, southern Lebanon. Upon examining the video clip, it became clear that the circulated image is located at minute 3:15.
On 13/7/2021, Ma’an News Agency published the photo in a report titled: “Video – Hezbollah publishes scenes for the first time of the operation of capturing two soldiers in 2006.”
The Israeli occupation army did not announce information regarding such incident on official Israeli army website. Since 7 October 2023 1,677 Israelis have been killed. including Israeli soliders.
| Sources of Claim | Sources of Verification |
Wafaa Kanso Wafaa Kanso .. Circassian Mutlaq Abu Diaa Al-Khaikani Nasrali Yemen Abu Sarih Al-Hadaa | War Media (1) Together War Media (2) IDF |
