Video of field game circulates as footage of Hezbollah members

Accounts on X published a video clip showing a group of young men wearing military uniforms eating food, claiming that it was for young Hezbollah fighters, “A circulating clip of Hezbollah fighters showing their high morale and sense of humor among them.”

Kashif verified the video and found that the claim is misleading. The video belongs to the Arabairsoft team in Germany, not Hezbollah members.

The video was posted by TikTok account “arabairsoft” on 11/11/2024, accompanied by the following hashtags: “#arab #arabairsoft #arabtiktok #airsoftarabic #airsoft.”

The account itself revealed that it belongs to the first Arab team called “Arab Air Soft” in Bremen, Germany. The account also shares many introductory videos about the sports game “Air Soft”.

Airsoft : It is a sport derived from and similar to paintball, played using small bead bullets with weapons similar to real weapons, taking into account protective clothing, glasses and equipment.

Since 8/10/2023, confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli occupation army have escalated, while the Israeli occupation army has intensified its attacks against Hezbollah since mid-September, by blowing up the wireless communication devices “pagers” that were used by party members on 17/9/2024, and assassinating Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in the southern suburb of Beirut on 27/9/2024. On 30/9/2024, the Israeli occupation army announced the start of the ground operation in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah announced on 12/11/2024 a series of operations in southern Lebanon, including targeting Kfar Blum illegal settlement with a missile salvo, targeting the Yekneam Illit factory (a factory for military technology production) with a squadron of drones, and targeting a gathering of Israeli occupation army forces with a missile salvo.