An old video of Shi’ite Islamist group Hezbollah’s anti-ship missiles has been falsely shared as footage published in response to U.S. deployment of carriers to the eastern Mediterranean amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in 2023.
Experts believe that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon may possess more than 100,000 rockets including precision missiles, such as drones and anti-tank, anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles.
However, the circulating video long predates the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.
The caption states: “The video Footage depicting C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles has been resealed for the first time.
The video of Hezbollah's anti-ship missiles was published in 2019, not during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war in response to the presence of U.S. carriers.
Persons:
Gerald R, Dwight Eisenhower, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, “, Read
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Hamas, Ford, Reuters, Facebook, Iran Press News Agency, Thomson
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Israel, Palestinian, U.S, Lebanon, Lebanese