Nexta, a Poland-based, Belarusian media outlet with more than one million followers on X, posted a video showing a portion of Hezbollahโs missile arsenal. The post included this caption:
"Hezbollah published a video demonstrating its anti-ship missiles after media reported the arrival of US warships in the Mediterranean Sea.โ
That is misleading. While the video belongs to Hezbollah, it was first released in 2019 and was not created in response to the current conflict.
A community note on Nextaโs post links to a September 2019 post on X (then Twitter) with the same video. It reads:
โHezbollah showcase missile โcapable of sinking any battleshipโ
โHezbollah revelaed [SIC] a missile โspecialized in destroying all military battleships of all kinds and annihilating all who are on board.โ
"[T]he missile is the same as the one that struck the INS Hanit during the 2006 war.
โ[D]isinformation about the conflict continues to dominate on social networks.โ
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