video Shared by X 2024 Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump claims to have confirmed the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: THE PRESIDENT @realDonaldTrump Confirm Yahya Sinwar has been eliminated 👇
“He died like a rat” 🤣
— Oksomiyajiyori🇮🇳 (@SouleFacts) October 17, 2024
Verdict: False
This claim is false, as the original video shows President Trump confirming the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in October 2019.
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Sinwar, 62, was recently killed by the Israeli army’s Bislav Brigade.[conducted] “Searching the Tal as-Sultan area of Rafah.” Al Jazeera. Sinwar is said to have planned the Oct. 7 attack on Hamas that sparked the group’s current war with Israel, the newspaper reported.
The X-video, which has been viewed more than 800 times at the time of writing, claims that President Trump confirmed Mr. Sinwar’s death. “He died like a dog, like a coward. He was sobbing, screaming, crying,” President Trump said in the same video.
The video’s caption reads in part: “Breaking news: President @realDonaldTrump confirms Yahya Sinwar has been removed.”
This claim is false because original video This shows that President Trump confirmed al-Baghdadi’s death in October 2019.
“Last night was a great night for America and the world. A brutal murderer who caused so much suffering and death was violently removed. He will never again harm another innocent man, woman, or child. No. He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is a much safer place now,” Trump said in his remarks regarding al-Baghdadi’s death. Ta.
“And what they’ve been doing with the internet, through recruiting and everything else, that’s why he died like a dog, that’s why he died like a coward. He sobbed. , screaming and crying. And frankly, for all of his supporters and young kids who want to leave different countries, including the United States, to see how he died. “I think this incident should be made public because of that,” Trump later added in response to a question. The military operation that killed al-Baghdadi.
a transcript President Trump’s statements, available from the White House archives, repeatedly refer to al-Baghdadi as a “dog” and a “coward.”
Similarly, “Check the facts” was also not found Trustworthy news reporting This suggests that President Trump’s remarks were made in reference to Sinwar’s death. In fact, the opposite is true. October 18th, Misbar It debunked this claim by showing that President Trump’s comments were made regarding al-Baghdadi’s death in October 2019. (Related: Was Donald Trump’s conviction overturned by an appeals court?)
Furthermore, Mr. Trump Doesn’t appear What I commented The X-video falsely linked his past statements about al-Baghdadi to Sinwar’s recent death.
Check Your Fact has reached out to President Trump’s spokesperson for comment.
