This Picture Does Not Depict American General Havery Skidder Who Was Killed in Khan Younis
The Claim
American Special Task Force "Delta Force" General Havery Skidder and a group from his unit in a joint "Israeli American" operation caught in a Hamas ambush in Khan Yunis.
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Recently, accounts and pages on the social media platform X have been circulating an image claiming to be of American Special Task Force 'Delta Force' General Havery Skidder, who is purportedly killed in an ambush set up by Hamas in Khan Younis.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating claim and found it to be misleading. The picture is outdated and does not depict U.S. General Havery Skidder who was killed in an ambush set up by Hamas in Khan Younis.
U.S. Special Forces Officer Ryan Brummond
Misbar's team found that the picture is outdated and does not depict U.S. General Havery Skidder but instead shows U.S. Special Forces Officer Ryan Brummond, who worked with U.S. special forces in Afghanistan in 2021.
The Ongoing Israeli Aggression on Gaza
The United Nations humanitarian office voiced concern about the devastation in Khan Younis that has forced more people to flee to Rafah in the south of Gaza, describing the border town as a "pressure cooker of despair."
The latest Israeli airstrikes hit the southern city of Rafah, killing dozens of people, according to local health officials, where 1.4 million civilians have already fled to escape the war. After more than four months of war, recurrent Israeli evacuations have forced Palestinian civilians to migrate steadily southward. Many people now find themselves residing in tent camps and crowded U.N. shelters in the Rafah region with no access to food or water.
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