
Press falsely claimed Hezbollah destroyed 100 Israeli tanks
The networks that pushed the tank fabrication report have a long history of publishing false stories regarding Israeli military activities.

The networks that pushed the tank fabrication report have a long history of publishing false stories regarding Israeli military activities.

The image, which later circulated on Lebanese Telegram channels, showed the operator posing beside a tactical drone console, a ground‑control antenna, and a launcher tube resembling equipment used with Iranian Ababil‑2 or Shahed‑type reconnaissance drones.

The goal is to induce Hezbollah’s “Golden Eagle” drone units—which have launched over 140 explosive-laden drones since the hostilities resumed in March 2026—into wasting their precision-guided munitions on non-human targets.