A video clip showing a group of people being targeted has recently spread on social media, with the claim that it “documents the Adaisseh ambush in Lebanon.”
A scene from the previous video clip was also circulated, claiming that it showed a bomb exploding in a group of the Israeli soldiers in Lebanon. The clip was accompanied by the following text: “A bomb exploded in an Israeli infantry force as it entered Lebanese territory.”
Kashif verified the video via Google search and found that it is old and the claim is misleading. The clip is an excerpt from a video documenting the targeting of groups affiliated with Assad’s forces in Syria in 2017, not the explosion of an explosive device in the Israeli occupation army in Lebanon.
“Mohammed Abu Al-Huda Al-Homsi” and “Samir Younes” accounts on “X” published the video clip on 25/4/2017 and 26/4/2017, accompanied by the following text: “Watch: Distinctive crushing of a group of Assad militias that were trying to advance on the Zlin checkpoint in the northern Hama countryside.” The circulated clip is between 0.28 seconds and 0.40 seconds.
Upon examining the original video, Kashif’s team noticed that the videographer said: “Al-Izza army, Meem Dal Company, is targeting a group of soldiers trying to advance to the Zlin checkpoint. God is Great.”
Enab Baladi website also published a report on 25/4/2017 that included a photo from the original video clip. The photo description read: “A fighter from Al-Izza army while targeting Assad’s forces in the northern Hama countryside – April 25 – (Al-Izza army).”
The report stated that ‘Al-Izza army’ faction operating in the northern Hama countryside, repelled attempts by Assad’s forces and the militias supporting him to advance on new sites, after his advance on ‘strategic’ sites in the past few days north of Hama city.”
On 24/4/2017, Jaysh al-Izza announced via its official account on “X” that it had targeted a group affiliated with the regime that was trying to advance on the Zlin checkpoint and that the entire group was killed.
Hezbollah announced in a statement via Telegram on 2/10/2024 that it targeted an Israeli infantry force that tried to infiltrate the town of Adaisseh.
The Israeli occupation army announced on 2/10/2024 the killing of 8 officers and the wounding of 7 others, including 2 seriously injured, in battles in southern Lebanon.
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