{"id":261516,"date":"2026-05-23T01:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/23\/south-korean-aid-workers-allege-brutal-assault-by-israeli-forces\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:17:40","slug":"south-korean-aid-workers-allege-brutal-assault-by-israeli-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/05\/23\/south-korean-aid-workers-allege-brutal-assault-by-israeli-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean Aid Workers Allege Brutal Assault by Israeli Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two South Korean activists who were detained by Israeli forces while serving on Gaza aid vessels say they were beaten and otherwise mistreated by Israeli troops. South Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on the 22nd that, after verifying the facts, it will take measures commensurate with the seriousness of the case. The ministry added that it \u201ctakes the testimonies of our citizens alleging beatings by the Israeli military very seriously\u201d and has conveyed its grave concerns to Israeli authorities.The two activists, who were released in Israel and returned to South Korea, told reporters they had been assaulted. One activist, Kim Ah-hyun, said, \u201cThey hit my face several times; my left ear doesn\u2019t work well now.\u201d Israeli forces seized the aid vessel carrying Kim Ah-hyun on the 19th of this month in waters near the Gaza Strip, and they intercepted the vessel carrying Kim Dong-hyun on the 18th in waters near Cyprus. The activists were released on the 20th and arrived at Incheon International Airport that same day on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Korean activists claim they were abused by Israeli forces after being detained, prompting a serious response from the South Korean government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/thumbnail\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0094\/thumb-95ef5874-3b16-49a3-9039-c3a586e9ec08.jpg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South Korean Aid Workers Allege Brutal 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