Accounts on “X” published a picture of a burning tank, claiming that it was in southern Lebanon, “Watch the burning of occupation tanks in southern Lebanon.”
Kashif verified the image via “Google Images” tool, and found that it is old and cut from a video clip and incorrectly linked to Hezbollah targeting an Israeli army Merkava tank. The video circulated last March, showing the destruction of an American tank in the town of Bardiche.
The image was taken from a video posted by “Reach, fight! ” account on Telegram on 17/3/2024, “The American tank was spectacularly destroyed by detonating its ammunition.”
Upon closer examination of the video clip, it became clear that the “RB” logo attached to the circulated video belongs to the same Telegram channel “Reach, be happy.”
Sputnik на русском account on the Dzen platform also published the video 8 months ago, with the following title: “Footage of the destruction of the American Abrams tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bardiche after an FPV drone strike.”
X account “Lost Armor” published the video on 17/3/2024, with the following description: “The moment the first M1A1 Abrams tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed during the SVO operation in Bardiche by an airstrike with an FPV drone, the tank burned down along with the crew commander.”
Hezbollah announced on Sunday, 3/11/2024, “targeting an Israeli Merkava tank at the gate of Matula with a guided missile, which led to its burning and the killing and injury of its crew,” while on Tuesday morning,5/11/2024, Hezbollah announced “targeting a gathering of Israeli occupation army forces in the Dovev barracks with a missile salvo.”
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