On September 17th, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah terrorists across Lebanon appeared to combust spontaneously, killing at least nine people and injuring thousands of Hezbollah terrorists. This has also caused a wave of fake news and misinformation being promoted by anti-Israel influencers across social media.

1. Bassem Youssef is a comedian and former Egyptian TV host. In his most recent post on X, he claims Israel is capable of detonating phones and tablets whenever and wherever they wish. This claim is entirely false, as Israel possesses no such technology.

And suddenly my phone , our security system , my kids tablets are time bombs that detonate at the whims of one country . You win Israel . Not a single politician or late night show talks about this ? None of that worth the news ? Nothing “funny” can come out of it ? The whole…

— Bassem Youssef (@Byoussef) September 18, 2024

2. Jackson Hinkle, an influencer who’s been removed from every social media platform except for X for promoting misinformation, posted to his 2.7 million followers the false claim that “Israel killed mostly civilians in their pager attack, and ZERO members of Hezbollah’s senior command.”. Both Iranian state media and Hezbollah themselves have confirmed that several Hezbollah terrorists have died.

Israel killed mostly civilians in their pager attack, and ZERO members of Hezbollah’s senior command.

ISRAEL IS A TERRORIST STATE!

— Jackson Hinkle (@jacksonhinklle) ...

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