In the course of less than 24 hours, Hezbollah found itself drawn into a media frenzy to refute claims that its secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, was seriously ill and hospitalized in Iran and that the group's deputy leader, according to a Syrian opposition group, had been injured in an attack along the Lebanon-Syria border.
As murmurs grew louder, and the rumors made their way to the media outlets, many Lebanese began to wonder if Hezbollah was covering up news of these events. The organization soon broke its silence.