FACT CHECK · LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH, UNIFIL, 2006 AND 2026
Claim: "All the terrorists are still living"
FALSETHE ANSWER
Hezbollah's own chief said 5,000 of its fighters were killed in the 2023-24 war and 13,000 wounded. Its leader Nasrallah was killed in Sep 2024.
SOURCE
Qassem TV speech, 5 Aug 2025, via Al-Monitor/Algemeiner; IDF, Sep 2024
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “All the terrorists are still living”
- “Hezbollah is still alive”
- “Hezbollah fighters killed”
- “Hezbollah losses”
- “5,000 hezbollah”
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