FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Lebanese Citizens Celebrating Nasrallah’s Death?
A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of Lebanese citizens celebrating the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Lebanese citizens are also celebrating the kotletification of the tyrant Nasrallah.
Well deserved! Party all night 🎉pic.twitter.com/jmyNAnyLWP
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) September 27, 2024
Verdict: False
The video is from January 2020, years before the strike that killed the Hezbollah leader.
Fact Check:
Nasrallah was killed in Lebanon during an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, CNN reported. The airstrike targeted his underground headquarters Sept. 27, alongside Israeli special forces launching intelligence-gathering operations in Lebanon, according to the New York Post.
A post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, allegedly shows a video of people celebrating the street after the news that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed. The caption reads, “Lebanese citizens are also celebrating the kotletification of the tyrant Nasrallah. Well deserved! Party all night.”
The claim is inaccurate. There is no credible news report that suggests that this video is related to the recent attack in Lebanon that killed Nasrallah. The video appears to have been posted on TikTok back in Jan. 2020. The post caption says, “We are the revolution and the anger #Lebanon_is_uprising #revolution #anger #Lebanon #lebanon #mylebanon.” The video was posted years before Nasrallah was killed.
The video was uploaded in the wake of an incident where Iranian forces shot down a commercial airliner, according to The Guardian. The government of Iran admitted to shooting down the airliner following the death of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in an act of “human error,” CNN reported.
The creator that posted the video shared another post that confronted the misconception that her video was related to the recent attack in Lebanon. The caption reads, “STOP FAKING NEWS!!. (Fact Check: Did Megan Fox Delete Social Media Posts After Diddy Arrest?)
This is not the first time misinformation about a public figure has circulated online. Check Your Fact recently debunked a claim Greta Thunberg shared an anti-Jewish book online.
