“Israel dropped a tactical nuclear weapon on the port of Beirut.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 5 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Lebanese officials have attributed the tragedy to the detonation of ammonium nitrate, a chemical commonly used in fertilizer. There is no evidence that it was a nuclear explosion.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 August 2020. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://web.archive.org/web/20200805135455/https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/08/05/break…
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