00:26A deadly strike caught on camera.
00:29A missile locks on to an Israeli tank, tracks it in real time, and then a direct hit.
00:36This video is now going viral on X, claiming to show a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile, or ATGM, striking
00:45an Israeli Merkava kank near the Lebanon border.
00:49Here's exactly what the footage shows.
00:51It begins inside a damaged building. Two fighters, faces blurred, are seen preparing a shoulder-fired missile launcher.
01:00Thick smoke fills the room. Suddenly, a bright flash. The missile is launched.
01:06Then, the perspective changes completely.
01:09We're now seeing through the missile's own seeker camera, with targeting crosshairs locked in.
01:15The feed flies over a war-damaged village, consistent with southern Lebanon terrain.
01:21Within seconds, it locks on to a moving armored vehicle, identified as an Israeli Merkava tank.
01:28The missile tracks the tank closely, as it moves through rubble and buildings.
01:32The target stays centered.
01:34And then, impact.
01:36A bright flash hits the tank's upper section.
01:40The feed continues for a moment, before cutting to black.
01:44Now, what do we actually know?
01:46The video format, the seeker camera view, and even the watermark, all match recent releases by Hezbollah's media unit.
01:55Experts believe the weapon used is likely an advanced ATGM, possibly the Iranian ALMAS, or Russian Cornet system.
02:05The target appears to be a Merkava, likely a Mark IV variant, one of Israel's most heavily protected tanks.
02:13But here's the key detail.
02:15While the footage looks authentic, there is no independent confirmation of this specific strike.
02:21We don't know the exact location, the level of damage, or whether there were any casualties.
02:27And that matters, because videos like these are often part of battlefield messaging, released to project strength and precision.
02:36So yes, the strike may be real, but the full story is still unfolding.
02:42And in modern war, what you see is rarely the whole picture.
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