An photograph has gone viral with the accusation that the IDF has recently attacked defenseless children.

Several users on twitter, including Egyptian lawyer (“@SaidMm8242“) shared the picture on Nov 14,2023 claiming that the child suffered from Israel terrorism. Fearing children is a sign of weakness and cruelty. He also questioned that whether a defenceless child deserve all these soldiers.

Does a defenseless child deserve all these soldiers? Fearing children is cowardice and meanness #IsraelTerrorism pic.twitter.com/6GOXDgHmyl

— Egyptian lawyer (@SaidMm8242) November 13, 2023

Reality of the Incident that went Popular : Fact

The truth is that this photograph is from 2021 or earlier.

While the world is witnessing a humanitarian disaster in the Israel- PalestineConflict, thousands of innocent people are getting killed by Hamas, propagandists are busy whitewashing atrocities and glorifying terrorism.

We visited EUTribune, which shared the same image on Feb 6,2021 and wrote “ICC jurisdiction extended to Israel-occupied West Bank, Gaza”.

There have already been countless instances of Palestinian children carrying out deathly attacks. We published an article related to a misleading claim on “Israel-Palestine Conflict — Propagandists Circulate Old Unrelated Images With False Claims To Set Narrative Over The War: Fact-Check” where there are various images of Palestinian children carrying out murderous attacks.

D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

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ANALYSIS: Misleading

FACT:An image is being spread with a misleading claim that recently, IDF attacked defenseless children.The fact is this image is old and from 2021 or maybe older. While the world is witnessing a humanitarian tragedy in #IsraelPalestineConflict (1/3) pic.twitter.com/XL3rcb2tS4

— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) November 14, 2023

Intent:

Children always suffer the most during wars because they are most susceptible to the terrible consequences of conflict. However, radical extremists and others who support terrorism use them to further their mission of societal misinformation.

Conclusion:

Claim : The accusation that the IDF recently attacked helpless children is accompanied by a photograph that is going viral.

Fact : The picture in reality is from 2021, or earlier. It is not from the current conflict of Israel and Hamas.

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