South Korea objected to footage posted by Israeli embassy depicting hypothetical abduction of a mom in Seoul.
The Israeli embassy in South Korea has deleted a video it produced exhibiting an imaginary assault on Seoul by masked assailants it appeared to liken to Hamas, after considerations raised by the South Korean authorities.
The video, which was posted on the Israeli embassy’s social media channels on Tuesday, was deleted on Wednesday, South Korea’s Yonhap Information Company reported.
The Ministry Of International Affairs confirmed to the AFP information company on Thursday that it requested the Israeli embassy to take it down.
“The killing and kidnapping of Israeli civilians by Hamas cannot be justified, but the Israeli Embassy’s production and distribution of a video drawing parallels to the security situation in another country was deemed inappropriate,” South Korea’s International Ministry stated in an announcement.
“We have conveyed our position to the Israeli Embassy in South Korea, and the Israeli side has taken measures to delete the video in question.”
Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking company, verified the existence of the video, which has since been pulled down.
Describing the clip, Yonhap stated the footage confirmed a South Korean girl within the capital on Christmas Day watching her daughter sing carols at a faculty expertise present when her cell phone points an air raid warning.
Sounds of gunfire and explosions are heard by means of town. The girl – coated in blood – is then kidnapped by an armed assailant, and forcibly separated from her daughter, it described.
The footage is accompanied by particulars of Hamas’s assault on southern Israel on October 7 and subtitles that learn: “Imagine if it happened to you. What would you do?”
Israel has repeatedly vowed to maintain up its marketing campaign to destroy the Palestinian armed group in retaliation for the assault, which killed 1,139 individuals, in keeping with a revised tally by Israeli authorities.
Hamas additionally kidnapped about 240 individuals, and Israel says 129 captives are nonetheless being held in Gaza.
Israel has since relentlessly bombarded the besieged Gaza Strip, killing greater than 21,000 Palestinians, principally ladies and kids and destroying hundreds of buildings together with hospitals and faculties, making a dire humanitarian disaster.
The Israeli embassy stated its video was to assist South Koreans perceive how Israelis really feel.
“We have reconstructed the horrifying terrorist incident that took place on October 7th to help South Koreans in East Asia, far away from Israel, understand the current war situation,” Israel’s ambassador in Seoul Akiva Tor stated in a now-deleted social media submit, South Korean broadcaster YTN reported.
