Israel pans South Korean leader who appears to liken IDF conduct to previous crimes against Jews

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung shared a video on X of IDF soldiers nudging the body of a Palestinian suspect off a roof in the West Bank.

Lee said he planned to verify the video and inquire into what measures were taken against the soldiers.

“Wartime homicide is no different from matters that we take issue with, such as the forced (enslavement of) comfort women, and the massacre of Jewish people,” he added.

Hours later, he posted an updated saying that the video was from two years ago, noting that the Biden administration expressed its alarm over the incident and that Israel said an investigation had been carried out.

이게 사실인지, 사실이라면 어떤 조치가 있었는지 알아봐야겠습니다.

우리가 문제삼는 위안부 강제, 유태인 학살이나 전시 살해는 다를 바가 없습니다. https://t.co/owqj9Rg1lk

— 이재명 (@Jaemyung_Lee) April 9, 2026

There’s no publicly reported outcome of that investigation, however, so it’s unclear if the soldiers involved were ever disciplined.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry responded to Lee, accusing him of “trivializing the massacre of Jews on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel.”

“President Lee Jae Myung, for some strange reason, chose to dig up a story from 2024 and to cite a fake account that falsely presented it as a current event,” the Foreign Ministry wrote on X.

“The event discussed occurred during an operation against terrorists, at a time when Israeli soldiers were facing direct and immediate threats to their lives. The event was thoroughly investigated and addressed two years ago,” the post continued, calling out Lee for not condemning Iran or Hezbollah attacks on Israel