Hezbollah allegedly released video of their anti-ship missiles as US carrier groups sit in the Mediterranean sea, according to a video that is making the rounds.
According to @jacksonhinklle, Video of Hezbollah’s anti-ship missiles was released while US carrier groups sit in the Eastern Mediterranean. The tweet was made on Nov 6, 2023, which has received an about 830.5k views on X. The archive can be read from above.
🚨🇱🇧🇺🇸 Hezbollah published footage of their anti-ship missiles as US carrier groups sit in the Eastern Mediterranean. pic.twitter.com/HdX97lrosS
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) November 6, 2023
What is the Actual Truth About the Video? : Fact
The truth is that the video footage, which dates to 2019, allegedly shows C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles being resealed for the first time. They therefore belonged to Hizbollah property. It is not a recent video.
We visited iranpress, which published an article on the same incident on August 16, 2019 and later updated it to May 18, 2020 with the headline “Hezbollah’s C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles”.
Another article was published in relation to the same incident on September 16, 2019. In the video released by Hezbollah, a storage facility containing several C-802 missiles of the same type that struck the IDF Navy missile frigate Hanit in the Second Lebanon War are being seen. In the video, a few elements were hidden, maybe to prevent the IDF from figuring out where they were.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) November 7, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video is being circulated claiming that Hezbollah published footage of their anti-ship missiles as US carrier groups sit in the Mediterranean sea. The fact is that according to reports the video Footage is from 2019,(1/2) pic.twitter.com/JMJvxxIP4X
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating old videos as recent to set their propaganda over the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Conclusion:
Claim : There is a video going around that purports to show Hezbollah releasing footage of their anti-ship missiles while US carrier groups sit in the Mediterranean sea.
Fact : The truth is that, based on reports, the video footage from 2019 showing C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles was first resealed. They therefore belonged to Hizbollah, not a recent video.
