In a video that circulated recently, it was said that the Palestinians who were allegedly in the Jabaliya refugee camp and arrested by Israeli forces were Hamas members. In the video in question, a person is seen walking towards the soldier and giving him a rifle in his left hand and a hand gun in his right hand. The emergence of a version of the video shot from a different angle raised questions about whether the clip was staged and the authenticity of the video.
BBC VERIFY REVEALS THE TRUTH
BBC Verify identified the images as being in front of a UN school in Beit Lahia, north of the Jabalia refugee camp.
BBC, which investigated the video in question, said: “In a video that we know was first shot due to the position of the sun, the man is seen placing the gun in his right hand on top of each other on the pavement. In the next video, as the sun sets, the man places a different gun on top of the ones in his left hand. Still images confirm this sequence and record takes it under.” said.
BBC stated that the video raises some questions: “Given that the man was held at gunpoint and given off-screen instructions, it is not clear whether he ‘handed over’ the weapons or simply acted as instructed. It is obvious that a man left in his underwear could not have concealed the weapons on himself.” “Considering this, it seems unlikely that Israeli troops were unaware of these weapons.”
AL JAZEERA COMMENTED AS FICTION
Al Jazeera news agency revealed that the person in the video was a well-known person in Gaza who owned an aluminum workshop, and that he was kidnapped from a different town in the north of Gaza. In the statement made by the Qatar-based news platform, it was said: “A closer look at this video reveals that it is fiction.”
Al Jazeera ‘Fact or fiction: Is Israel really taking over ‘Hamas fighters’?’ He included the following statements in his news titled:
“While the shooting video spectacle is a desperate attempt by the Israeli military to cover up its crimes in front of Western audiences, the release of images and images depicting the humiliation of Palestinian men and boys serves another purpose. It aims to demoralize the Palestinians while boosting the morale of the Israeli people. “It is a clear reflection of the ideology of occupation, in which people are seen as a people who must be suppressed and dominated, if not killed.”
