Israeli Embassy removes video depicting Hamas attack in Seoul
Published: 27 Dec. 2023, 20:52
Updated: 28 Dec. 2023, 09:45
The decision to delete the video came after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the embassy to take down the video.
The Israeli Embassy in Korea deleted a video that showed a what-if scenario of the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacking Korea.
The decision to delete the video came after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the embassy to take down the video.
"While Hamas's killing and kidnapping of Israeli civilians cannot be justified, it is inappropriate for the Embassy of Israel in Korea to produce and distribute a video that compares the national security situation of another country," a Korean Foreign Ministry official said.
The video also faced significant backlash on social media, with some criticizing that the video justifies Israel's full-scale war against Hamas.
The video features a mother-daughter duo being present at the scene of a terror attack in Seoul during a school talent show on Christmas.
After showing bombs falling on the buildings of the daughter's school, the mother gets kidnapped, and the daughter goes missing.
"We tried to imagine the terrible events of Oct. 7 in a Korean setting in order to make the Gaza War more understandable for people here in distant East Asia," Akiva Tor, ambassador of Israel to Korea, said. "For some of our friends, it isn't clear why Israel needs to defeat Hamas, so we tried to make what happened to us more immediate by placing it in familiar surroundings. I don't believe any democratic country which cares for its citizens would act differently than Israel."
BY LEE HO-JEONG [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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