Israel embassy pulls ‘inappropriate’ video imagining Hamas attack on Seoul | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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 displaying an imaginary assault on Seoul by masked assailants it appeared to liken to Hamas, after issues 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 Overseas 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 can’t be justified, however the Israeli Embassy’s manufacturing and distribution of a video drawing parallels to the safety scenario abroad was deemed inappropriate,” South Korea’s Overseas Ministry stated in an announcement.

“Now we have conveyed our place to the Israeli Embassy in South Korea, and the Israeli facet has taken measures to delete the video in query.”

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 lady 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 way of the town. The lady – lined 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: “Think about if it occurred 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, based on 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, largely girls 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.

“Now we have reconstructed the horrifying terrorist incident that came about on October seventh to assist South Koreans in East Asia, far-off from Israel, perceive the present warfare scenario,” Israel’s ambassador in Seoul Akiva Tor stated in a now-deleted social media put up, South Korean broadcaster YTN reported.