""This is no different from Comfort Women or the Holocaust," wrote South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on X last week, quoting a post with a video of Israeli Defense Forces soldiers throwing a body off a rooftop in Gaza."
"The quoted post reads 'LIVE FOOTAGE: IDF soldiers tortured a Palestinian kid and threw him off a roof.' The video was actually from September 2024, and depicted Israeli soldiers kicking, dragging, and eventually hurling a limp body from a rooftop."
"Israel claimed the bodies were dead militants. Under international law, the bodies of enemy combatants should be treated with dignity; accordingly, Israel launched an investigation into the incident at that time."
Lee Jae-myung's post on X, which compared an incident involving Israeli soldiers to historical atrocities, has provoked significant backlash from Israel and social media users. The post referenced a misleading video depicting Israeli Defense Forces allegedly mishandling bodies in Gaza. The video, misrepresented as live footage, was actually from September 2024 and involved deceased militants. Israel has initiated an investigation into the incident, emphasizing the need for dignity in handling enemy combatants' bodies under international law.
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