On the 10th, President Lee Jae-myung shared a video claiming that some Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers threw Palestinians off a roof and said, "The forced mobilization of comfort women that we take issue with, the Holocaust against Jews, or killings during wartime are no different." However, the video was from two years ago and has been confirmed to show a situation that occurred before the Middle East war.
That morning, the president shared a video posted by the "Jvnior" account on X (formerly Twitter) and wrote this. "Jvnior" is a Palestinian content creator who relays on-the-ground conditions in the Gaza Strip and urges international attention. The account has about 152,000 followers.
According to the post the president shared, Jvnior wrote in the post, "IDF soldiers tortured a Palestinian child and are throwing the child off a roof. They call themselves 'the most moral army.'" The president said, "We need to find out if this is true, and if so, what action was taken."
The video is known to have been filmed in September 2024, before the outbreak of the current U.S.-Israel and Iran war. It shows an IDF raid in Kabatiya in the Palestinian West Bank, where they threw the bodies of three deceased Palestinians from the top of a building to the ground. At the time, British media outlets including the BBC reported that an investigation into the incident had been conducted.
In response, the president posted again on X that afternoon, writing, "The U.S. White House called it very shocking, and U.S. officials including John Kirby described it as disgusting and unacceptable," adding, "International humanitarian law must be observed under any circumstances, and human dignity must also be protected as a nonnegotiable top value."
He also said, "If there is any slight relief, it is that they were bodies, not living people, but even for bodies, such treatment is a violation of international law," adding, "We must not repeat the lessons left on painful scars through recurring atrocities. Only then can all humanity move toward a future of reconciliation and cooperation for mutual coexistence."