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Old video shared as Israeli soldiers celebrating the death of Hassan Nasrallah
A few days ago, the news of the death of Hezbollah founder and leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli attack has come to the fore. After this, a video is going viral on social media in which Israeli soldiers can be seen dancing happily. Users are claiming that the video shows Israeli soldiers celebrating after the death of Hassan Nasrallah.
However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. This is an old video from 2023 and has no connection with the death of Hassan Nasrallah in the Israeli attack.
What's the claim?
Sharing the video, a social media user wrote, "The scene after the Israeli fighter jet shot down pilot Nasrallah and returned to base."
Fact Check-
A Google Reverse Image Search led us to a screengrab of the viral video published on a website on 3 December 2023. According to the report, the main person dancing in the video is an Israeli singer Abhihu Pinhasov. Abhihu's program was organized to entertain the soldiers who were engaged in war. According to the Israeli army, there were violations of rules during the event, which disallowed him from hosting events for the entertainment of the army.
We found another report related to the same incident published on November 17, 2023. After the video of Israeli soldiers with singer Abhihu Pinhasov went viral, they were in trouble. In the video, soldiers in uniform are seen celebrating with Pinhasov. This celebration was held to boost the morale of the soldiers in the ongoing war. An army officer even invited Avihu Pinhasov to a marriage ceremony of a soldier. After the video gained attraction on social media, disciplinary action was taken against the soldiers. According to Israel army, the soldiers carried guns and danced which was considered as a violation of law.
Below you can see another report of the same incident.
Conclusion:
Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. The viral video is an incident from 2023 and not related to the death of Hezbollah founder and leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli air-strike.
