There is a video circulating that purports to show a Palestinian father witnessing armed Israeli soldiers abduct and torture his son.
Ragged Trousered Philanderer (“@RaggedTP“) tweeted “Imagine just how helpless and humiliated you’d feel to be a Palestinian father watching armed enemy Israeli soldiers abduct your children and take them off to god knows where to be beaten, tortured, sexually assaulted and detained for months or years?” after sharing the 46 seconds video. The post which was made on Nov 1, 2023, went viral after reaching to 3M user accounts on X.
Imagine just how helpless and humiliated you'd feel to be a Palestinian father watching armed enemy Israeli soldiers abduct your children and take them off to god knows where to be beaten, tortured, sexually assaulted and detained for months or years?pic.twitter.com/sF0iKTAPzc
— Ragged Trousered Philanderer (@RaggedTP) November 1, 2023
Several other verified accounts, including Sayema (“@_sayema“) claimed that the Israeli soldiers tortured the son of a Palestinian father. She wrote “Tears my heart apart! This is cruelty of unimaginable magnitude! #Stop_the_bloodshed_in_Gaza“. The post was further reposted by more than 300 accounts on X, contributing to the spread of the information.
Tears my heart apart! This is cruelty of unimaginable magnitude!#Stop_the_bloodshed_in_Gaza https://t.co/ZFgmeGp6Ph
— Sayema (@_sayema) November 2, 2023
What is the Actual Reality About the Incident? : Fact
This story from November 2015 describes how an activist and a six-year-old boy were taken into custody by Israeli Defence Forces in the West Bank’s Aida Palestinian refugee camp. He attempted to assault a soldier and was identified as Abdallah Lutfi Yousef. Local media reported that the boy had been moved to a military base in northern Bethlehem. Yousef was eventually set free by the Israelis.
We visited RT News, which published an article on this incident on Nov 18, 2015 with the headline “Israeli troops arrest 6yo boy & leading activist at Palestinian refugee camp (VIDEO)”. This clearly shows that the video is not from the current ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
1297
— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) November 2, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video is being spread with the claim that recently, a Palestinian father watched armed Israeli soldiers abduct his son to torture him. This is a November 2015 news, when Israeli Defense Forces detained a six-year-old boy and an activist, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/kWoXFn4K3x
Intent:
Social media influencers are broadcasting old videos with out-of-context news to target Israel to influence the ongoing #IsraelPalestineWar.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video has gone viral claiming that a Palestinian father recently watched armed Israeli soldiers abduct and torture his son.
Fact : The IDF detained a six-year-old boy and an activist in the Aida Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank in November 2015. Abdallah Lutfi Yousef was identified as the man who attempted to assault a soldier. According to local media, the boy was transferred to a military base in northern Bethlehem. Yousef was eventually released by the Israelis.
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