Evidence

The Times of Israel published an article titled 'IDF probes video appearing to show soldier beating Palestinian alongside settlers,' reporting that footage circulating online appeared to show an Israeli soldier beating a Palestinian in the West Bank village of Idna, with the IDF confirming it was investigating. The same Times of Israel content includes a caption/summary line matching the claim almost verbatim: footage emerged from a Hebron-area incident in which settlers allegedly attacked locals near a mosque while under army protection, with 7 Palestinians detained and several hurt across the West Bank. The Jerusalem Post also reported an IDF soldier was filmed hitting a Palestinian in Idna in the Hebron Hills, with the military saying it would investigate, per Army Radio. These are independent, contemporaneous news reports from mainstream Israeli outlets, not from a dedicated fact-checking organization, but they corroborate the substance of the claim: that this specific incident occurred, footage circulated, and the IDF opened a probe. No Reuters Fact Check, AFP Fact Check, Bellingcat, or EUvsDisinfo investigation into this specific incident was found.