South Korea’s president draws Israeli anger by using old video to make point about human suffering

Krdo · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Apr 13, 2026 · 731 words · By CNN Newssource

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South Korea’s president draws Israeli anger by using old video to make point about human suffering By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s president has angered the Israeli government by sharing video on social media from 2024 that shows Israeli…

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Why it matters

“We need to check if this is true, and if it is, we should find out what measures were taken,” President Lee Jae Myung said in the post on X on Friday that triggered a rare public spat between two nations with diplomatic relations spanning 60 years.

Common ground

In his post, Lee said there was “no difference” between wartime killings, the Holocaust and the sexual slavery of women under Japan’s colonial rule of Korea between 1910 to 1945.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Ad Hominem: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Under international law, militaries are required to treat the bodies of enemy soldiers with respect and return them to the deceased’s family.”

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The International Review of the Red Cross and general international humanitarian law standards emphasize the requirement to respect the dead and return bodies to families.

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web search NEUTRAL — Respect for the dead is not something that ends with the silencing of guns; it continues and often becomes even more important in the post-conflict phase, especially for reconciliation and healing. Fi…
https://international-review.icrc.org/sites/default/files/re…

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web search NEUTRAL — International law, the body of legal rules, norms, and standards that apply between sovereign states and other entities that are legally recognized as international actors. The term was coined by the …
https://www.britannica.com/topic/international-law

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump has warned Hamas to return bodies of deceased hostages.The return of all 28 dead hostages is a condition of the US-backed ceasefire deal that came into effect when Israel and Hamas signed on a d…
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/trump-warns-hamas-to-ret…

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Claim 2: “the Israeli military said it showed a “serious incident that does not coincide with IDF values and the expectations from IDF soldiers.””

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Both RT and other news sources quote the IDF describing the incident as 'serious' and 'not in line with IDF values'.

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web search NEUTRAL — The IDF says the incident does not "conform" to its values, while Palestinian officials say it is a "crime".Social media A group of soldiers stands on a roof Social media. Several videos emerged of th…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8jg0x5xg8o

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web search NEUTRAL — “This is a serious incident that is not in line with IDF values and what is expected of IDF soldiers,” the Israeli military said on Friday. The footage captures soldiers dragging one body toward the e…
https://www.rt.com/news/604349-israeli-military-abuse-dead-p…

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web search NEUTRAL — The fourth body on the platform below was thrown off the building last, as it is visible in videos showing bodies being thrown off the platform above. The incident was also witnessed by an AP journali…
https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-finds-israeli-soldiers-p…

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Claim 3: “The same day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had killed four militants in a “counterterrorism operation” in the area.”

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Web search results confirm the IDF stated they killed four militants during operations in Qabatiya on the same day (Thursday, Sept 19).

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web search NEUTRAL — On 23 September 2024, Israel began a series of airstrikes in Lebanon as part of the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict with an operation it code-named Northern Arrows.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2024_Israeli_attacks…

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web search NEUTRAL — ...amid an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) incursion in the area that left seven dead, according to the Palestinian government, and has seen clashes and intense gunfire with militants.Smoke rises from Bei…
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/middleeast/idf-investigating-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel said its troops had killed four militants during operations in Qabatiya on Thursday. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah did not immediately confirm multiple deaths...
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/09/20/is…

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Claim 4: “CNN reported in 2024 that residents of Qabatya, near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, had filmed Israeli soldiers throwing apparently lifeless bodies off a building on September 19 of that year.”

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Multiple sources, including CNN and AP reports, confirm that on September 19, 2024, residents of Qabatya filmed Israeli soldiers throwing lifeless bodies off a building.

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web search NEUTRAL — Video shows Israeli soldiers throwing bodies off roof in occupied West Bank.The incident was filmed from several angles by residents of Qabatya, near Jenin, and witnessed by an Associated Press (AP) r…
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/middleeast/idf-investigating-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the northern part of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scen…
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/09/20/is…

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web search NEUTRAL — The videos capture three Israeli soldiers climbing onto the roof, holding the bodies, and throwing them one by one from the top. In one clip, a soldier is seen kicking one of the bodies until it falls…
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/video-shows-israeli-soldi…

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Claim 5: “South Korea’s president has angered the Israeli government by sharing video on social media from 2024 that shows Israeli soldiers pushing a body off a building in the occupied West Bank.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that South Korean President Lee Jae-myung caused a diplomatic row with Israel by demanding an investigation into a video from September 2024 showing IDF soldiers throwing a body/bodies off a rooftop in the West Bank.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel aided South Korea in establishing infrastructure in areas of agriculture, water, and security industry. The South Korean Army purchased large amounts of Israeli weapons, including Uzis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–South_Korea_relations

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web search NEUTRAL — Footage appearing to show Israeli soldiers handling bodies on a rooftop in the West Bank has gone viral, amassing millions of views. However, the video is old and dates back to September 2024.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/15/fact-check-doe…

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web search NEUTRAL — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ignited a fierce diplomatic row with Israel after demanding an investigation into a video that appears to show IDF soldiers torturing a Palestinian child and throw…
https://greeknewsondemand.com/2026/04/14/south-korean-presid…

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Claim 6: “sexual slavery of women under Japan’s colonial rule of Korea between 1910 to 1945”

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Historical records from HISTORY and other sources confirm Japan's colonial rule over Korea from 1910 to 1945 and the systemic sexual slavery of 'comfort women'.

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web search NEUTRAL — The painful dispute over the so-called comfort women, which both sides declared settled in 2015, has returned to life.Historians say at least tens of thousands of women, many of them Korean, were lure…
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/world/asia/south-korea-ja…

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web search NEUTRAL — In 1910, Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan after years of war, intimidation and political machinations; the country would be considered a part of Japan until 1945. In order to establish control…
https://www.history.com/articles/japan-colonization-korea

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web search NEUTRAL — A former South Korean “comfort woman” holds the hand of a statue symbolising Japan’s wartime sex slaves in Seoul in 2021.million in grants and loans it provided South Korea to settle colonial-era comp…
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3353417/japa…

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Claim 7: “the Israeli Foreign Ministry... responded in an X post on Saturday, calling Lee’s remarks “unacceptable.””

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The Egypt Independent reports that the Israeli Foreign Ministry responded via an X post calling President Lee's remarks 'unacceptable'.

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web search NEUTRAL — It was the reference to the Holocaust that appeared to anger the Israeli Foreign Ministry, which responded in an X post on Saturday, calling Lee’s remarks “unacceptable.” “The remarks by the President…
https://www.egyptindependent.com/south-koreas-president-draw…

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web search NEUTRAL — After the Israeli Foreign Ministry issued an unusual direct rebuke, saying it "strongly condemns" it, Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 11th also expressed regret, saying, "They misunderstood…
https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-policy/2026/04/13/3MBZ5T3Z35FWZ…

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web search NEUTRAL — South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung is on a three-day state visit to India, receiving a ceremonial welcome in New Delhi in the presence of President Droupa...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgjC0xwFZGg

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Claim 8: “diplomatic relations spanning 60 years”

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The 'Seoul Manifesto' source explicitly states that Israel and Korea have had diplomatic relations for six decades (60 years).

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web search NEUTRAL — Yemen and Israel do not have diplomatic relations, and contacts between the two countries are very tense. People with an Israeli passport or any passport with an Israeli stamp cannot enter Yemen, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Israel

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel and Korea have had diplomatic relations for six decades.According to the Korean Embassy to Israel website, around 60,000 Koreans visit Israel yearly. KION rhymes with Zion, noted Ayalon.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/art…

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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
https://www.quora.com/

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