Social media users mock Hezbollah's failed attack on Israel

Various social media accounts in English and Arabic mock Hezbollah for its failed attack on Israel this morning.

Most appear to focus on the fact that, aside from some chicken farms in northern Israel, no significant damage has resulted from the operation.

An image shared by the “Hamas Atrocities” X account, which has over 80,000 followers, shows Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah dressed as a cowboy riding a rooster, with a modified KFC logo in the background reading HFC (Hezbollah Fried Chicken).

The same account posts a video showing small firecrackers being set on fire. The caption reads: “The Lebanese mocked Hezbollah for their incredible firepower.”

The Lebanese mocked Hezbollah for their incredible fire power pic.twitter.com/IJzdR4Csmj

— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) August 25, 2024

An Arabic-language account with over 44,000 followers that appears to be associated with the Syrian opposition publishes an image of a chicken and a post reading: “The chicken massacre was not a coincidence, but a strategic plan, with the goal to preventing enemies of the ‘resistance’ from gloating and saying ‘They didn’t even hurt a chicken.'”

مجزرة الدجاج ما كانت صدفة، بل خطة استراتيجية! الهدف؟ منع خصوم وأعداء "المقاومة" من الشماتة بعد كل قصف والقول “ولا جرحوا جاجة”. حزب الله خلّص على الدجاج والصيصان مع سابق اصرار وترصّد، علشان يحرمنا متعة المزح والمسخرة على ردّه وصواريخه! ???????? pic.twitter.com/sNw1hntzNE

— خالد أبو صلاح – Khaled Abu Salah (@kh4syria) August 25, 2024

A parody account with a smaller following posts a series of images from a damaged poultry farm, with the caption “The Battle of the Poultry.” In the comments, somebody posts a cartoon showing a chicken with the head of Nasrallah saying “Our response will be harsh and earth-shattering,” and another chicken protesting: “You’ve killed us.”

#حزبالله_قاتل_الدجاج_والكتاكيت ???????? pic.twitter.com/O3qacViyHS

— Неряшливый (@neraslivyj) August 25, 2024

Another image circulating on social media shows dozens of chickens in military fatigues lying dead on the ground, with the hashtag: “#Hezbollah killer of chickens and chicks.”