{"id":2287198,"date":"2024-07-01T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-threads-post-shows-two-different-men-not-before-and-after-photos-of-same-palestinian-prisoner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:50:26","slug":"fact-check-threads-post-shows-two-different-men-not-before-and-after-photos-of-same-palestinian-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-threads-post-shows-two-different-men-not-before-and-after-photos-of-same-palestinian-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Threads Post Shows Two Different Men, Not Before And After Photos Of Same Palestinian Prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-threads-post-shows-two-different-men-not-before-and-after-photos-of-same-palestinian-prisoner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2287198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-business-owner-blocks-in-health-inspectors-car-who-shut-his-business-down-over-covid-restrictions\/\" title=\"Fed Up Business Owner Blocks In Health Inspector\u2019s Car Who Shut His Business Down Over COVID Restrictions\">post shared<\/a> on Threads claimed \u2062to show before and\u2064 after photos of a 29-year-old Palestinian man named Badr \u2062Dahlan, who was allegedly\u200c tortured by Israeli soldiers. However, upon further investigation, it was found\u2064 that the\u2064 photos\u200d actually show Qusay Salem, a\u2062 car driver killed during an Israeli airstrike, and Dahlan, a Palestinian man detained by Israeli forces. The \u2063claim of torture by Israeli soldiers\u2063 is misleading, as the first photo is of Salem and the second\u200d is indeed of Dahlan, who detailed his detainment and torture\u200d by Israeli forces in an interview with Al Jazeera. This\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-game-news-websites-support-palestine-ask-for-donations-before-retracting\/\" title=\"Video Game News Websites Support Palestine, Ask For Donations Before Retracting\">post serves<\/a>\u200c as a reminder to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pbs-puts-inflammatory-rhetoric-warning-below-stream-of-trump-speech\/\" title=\"PBS warns of &#039;inflammatory rhetoric&#039; in Trump speech stream.\">fact-check information<\/a> before sharing it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@rudol9h\/post\/C8eAwocIcbx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Threads<\/a> claims to show before and after photos of 29-year-old Palestinian man Badr Dahlan, who was purportedly tortured by Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"ig-tp-C8eAwocIcbx\" data-text-post-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@rudol9h\/post\/C8eAwocIcbx\" data-text-post-version=\"0\">\n<div>\n<p>Post by @rudol9h<\/p>\n<p>View on Threads<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The photos show Qusay Salem, a car driver killed during an Israeli airstrike, and Dahlan, a Palestinian man who was detained by Israeli forces for a month, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is \u201cmoving U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-us-can-sustain-support-for-both-israel-and-ukraine-in-wars\/\" title=\"Biden assures continued US support for Israel and Ukraine in conflicts.\">military assets closer<\/a> to Israel and Lebanon\u201d as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah \u201cintensifies,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/investigations\/us-preps-evacuate-americans-lebanon-fighting-israel-hezbollah-rcna159303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>. The USS Wasp has moved into the Mediterranean to help with a potential \u201cMilitary Assisted Departure,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Threads post, which has received over 200 likes as of writing, claims to show before and after photos of Dahlan, who was purportedly tortured by Israeli soldiers. \u201cThis is 29-year-old Palestinian Badr Dahlan. He was once full of life and loved by his community. This is him today, after enduring the trauma of abduction, torture, and brutalization by Israeli soldiers,\u201d the post\u2019s caption reads.<\/p>\n<p>The post features two photos, one of a young man wearing a light gray hat and dark hoodie and the other of a young man dressed in a T-shirt with a short haircut and a scratch on his face.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is misleading. The man in the first photo is Salem, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C1zMbDsodLD\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 7 Instagram post<\/a>. The post, shared by Salem\u2019s cousin, Hosam states that Qusay was a \u201ccar driver \u201d who\u2019d been \u201ckilled by Israeli occupation forces.\u201d In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C1-BDjYIh-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 11 Instagram post<\/a> shared by Hosam, Qusay can be seen wearing the same light gray hat and dark hoodie that is seen in the Threads post.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C1-BDjYIh-j\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Likewise, the second Threads photo does, in fact, show Dahlan. The photo appears to be derived from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ll8U-A4pUO8&#038;t=79s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 22 interview<\/a> Dahlan gave to Al Jazeera detailing his month-long detainment by Israeli forces. Dahlan can be seen beginning at the video\u2019s 1:19-minute mark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael has detained thousands of Palestinian civilians since the onset of its military operations in Gaza. Among them was Badr Dahlan, who was released after a month in detention. Dahlan says he was subjected to torture during his imprisonment,\u201d the video\u2019s description reads.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ll8U-A4pUO8?si=EIvZXarKHMbs3v_T&#038;start=79\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Check Your Fact did not find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=fb64c27acdf6db0d&#038;sca_upv=1&#038;q=This+is+29-year-old+Palestinian+Badr+Dahlan.+He+was+once+full+of+life+and+loved+by+his+community.+This+is+him+today,+after+enduring+the+trauma+of+abduction,+torture,+and+brutalization+by+Israeli+soldiers.&#038;tbm=nws&#038;source=lnms&#038;fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWtG_mNb-HwafvV8cKK_h1a6xwFkk_1aQL2187d-_SgpdTx6dlbAOBqY8tOy8HPkJwfV32Y3dYAlYHuvRQloSwbjE58pQiPM790HakhTxTF-Uw9thOhZ0iCOU1bNCvfJXMcvLu_VzZ_oyFDWynJG8QVdRyicbnlbDXhlv7KdXogRjgnSRexiGPJMpA-4JZNhaAnAXo6w&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiVu_D6tv6GAxUXEVkFHbiACu4Q0pQJegQIDBAB&#038;biw=1680&#038;bih=871&#038;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-an-israeli-clergyman-blessing-guns\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show An Israeli Clergyman Blessing Guns?\">credible news reports<\/a><\/a> to support the claim. In fact, the opposite is true. On June 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/fact-check\/before-after-photos-detainee-held-by-israel-show-two-different-people-2024-06-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported the Threads post was misleading. The outlet cited its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/israeli-strike-kills-two-palestinian-journalists-gaza-officials-say-2024-01-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">own previous reporting<\/a> as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/03\/19\/gaza-journalists-killed-israel-al-jazeera-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post article<\/a> that indicated an Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists along with Salem, who was driving their car, in Rafah. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/28\/fact-check-image-israeli-settlers-palestinian-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Viral X Image Does Not Show Israeli Settlers Trying To Tear Palestinian Child Apart)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a misleading claim has circulated online. Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/24\/fact-check-video-us-navy-miami-russian-warships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a video shared on X claiming to show the United States Navy being deployed to respond to Russian warships.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post on Threads is being shared claiming to show before and after photos of a Palestinian man named Badr Dahlan who was allegedly tortured by Israeli soldiers. However, the photos actually show Qusay Salem, a car driver killed during an Israeli airstrike, and Dahlan, a Palestinian man who was detained by Israeli forces. The claim is misleading and there is no credible evidence to support it. Additionally, the Pentagon is reportedly moving military assets closer to Israel and Lebanon as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah escalate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2287199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2154776582-scaled-e1719581097518.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13420,33513,32437],"class_list":["post-2287198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fact-check","tag-palestinian-prisoner","tag-threads-post"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2154776582-scaled-e1719581097518.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}