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UK Minister’s Images Falsely Shared As Israeli Soldier Who Died By Suicide

Written By Kushel Madhusoodan, Edited By Pankaj Menon

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Jul 24, 2025

Claim

Viral photo claiming to be of Israeli soldier who died by suicide.

The archived version of the post can be seen here, which has clocked 251.2K views so far. The posts have gone viral amid reports of a string of suicides among Israeli soldiers over less than two weeks, sparking concerns over the military’s mental health system since the war on Gaza began.

Fact

Newschecker ran a reverse image search, which led us to this September 14, 2018 X post by Wes Streeting, a Labour Party MP who has been serving as UK’s health secretary since July 2024. We can clearly see that one of the viral photos was cropped.

Absolutely fantastic couple of days at the Defence Academy to kick start this year’s Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme. Learned a huge amount about the UK’s defence already. Really looking forward to my year with the Royal Navy. pic.twitter.com/K1px5eS159
— Wes Streeting (@wesstreeting) September 14, 2018

Newschecker looked up Streeting’s photo on the official website of the UK parliament, which further confirmed that the viral photos are being shared with a false claim.

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Source
X post, Wes Streeting, September 14, 2018

RESULT

False

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