Fact Check: Did Netanyahu celebrate pager blasts in Lebanon? No, the video is old

At least 12 people were killed and around 2,800 were injured after pagers exploded across Lebanon on September 17. These explosions purportedly targeted members of Hezbollah. Both the Lebanese government and Hezbollah have blamed Israel for this.

Now, a video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being widely shared on social media where he is whistling a tune playfully, with the claim that it was shot in the aftermath of the Lebanon explosions.

India Today found that this video is three years old and unrelated to the serial pager explosions in Lebanon. We scanned Netanyahu’s social media accounts and found he shared the video in question on TikTok on March 11, 2021. Its caption in Hebrew says, “Do you recognise the song?”