Lebanese filmmaker and writer Youssef El-Khoury said in an August 8, 2024 interview with Lebanon On (YouTube) that Lebanon has been destroyed for the sake of a “fake cause,” because there has never been a Palestinian entity. He asked: “When has this land belonged to Palestine?” El-Khoury said that Hamas is a criminal and terrorist organization and the reason that there are so many civilian casualties in Gaza is because Hamas fighters are hiding underground and letting their people die. He added that appointing Sinwar as the leader of Hamas exposes it as an organization that does not want peace and does not care about its people.

El-Khoury said that Nasrallah should shut up and that maybe this could save Lebanon. He said that Nasrallah should be ashamed of himself and that he pollutes the Lebanese mind, history, and heritage. El-Khoury added that he is a “Hitler type” following the model of Nero, Mussolini, and Hirohito, who let their countries be destroyed before they surrendered. It is worth noting that at the end of the interview, the host qualified that he and Lebanon On are not responsible for the views of the guests on the platform.