Hezbollah attacked the Golani military base in Israel’s Haifa area on Sunday night. According to the Israel Defense Force (IDF), 4 soldiers have died in this attack and at least 58 soldiers have been injured. 7 of them are seriously injured. Verified X user Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis wrote in her tweet – Breaking, initial reports confirm the killing of Israeli army chief Harji Halevi. (Archived tweet) See tweet: Till the time of writing the news, this tweet had been liked by 90 thousand people and reposted by 15 thousand people. Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis is followed by 13 lakh people on X. X user named Pelham also tweeted related to this claim and wrote – Hezbollah attacked the Golani Brigade near Haifa with a drone and killed Israeli Chief of Staff Harji Halevi. (Archived tweet) See tweet: This tweet was also liked by 43 thousand people, while 10 thousand people reposted it. More than 3 lakh people follow a user named Pelham on X. At the same time, verified X user Dr. Ashok Kumar Yadav has also tweeted with this claim. (Archived tweet) See tweet: What is the truth of the viral claim? The viral claim is completely false and misleading. During the investigation, we did not find any credible news report on Google that confirms the claim that Israeli Army Chief Harji Halevi has been killed in Hezbollah’s drone attack. While investigating the claim, we found an article by The Jerusalem Post. Its headline was – ‘False rumor of IDF Chief Halevi’s death in Hezbollah attack goes viral on social media’ See screenshot: The Jerusalem Post reported in its news that the news of Israeli Army Chief Harji Halevi being killed in a drone attack is just a rumor and has nothing to do with reality. During our search, we found a report from The Times of Israel which said that Israeli Army Chief Herzi Halevi visited the Golani Military Base and boosted the morale of the soldiers. This is the same base where Hezbollah attacked with a drone on Sunday night. The Times of Israel had reported in its article- IDF Chief Herzi Halevi visited the Golani Military Base which was targeted by Hezbollah. During this, Halevi encouraged the soldiers and said, ‘We are at war and such an attack on a training base is a very serious matter, the enemies will have to face the consequences. (Archive link) Join us against fake news. If you have any doubts about any such information, then email us @fakenewsexpose@dbcorp.in and WhatsApp us – 9201776050
