Media Share Misleading Images Of Gazan Child To Falsely Accuse Israel Of Mass Starvation
'Ignore the medical reality, strip the context, and turn her child into a propaganda weapon.'
Media outlets have employed a photo of an emaciated Gaza child to substantiate claims that Israel is intentionally starving residents of the Hamas-controlled zone.
But the legacy media never reported that the child, now 20 months old, suffers from numerous medical problems — nor that his three-year-old brother looks healthy with no signs of malnutrition, according to an investigation.
This viral image of a child in Gaza was misreported as proof of starvation caused by Israel. In reality, Muhammad’s health condition, not hunger, is the issue. It’s time for the media to correct their misleading coverage.
Another Photo. Another Lie. | HonestReporting
Published initially on
Instagram with the caption, “A body eated [sic] by hunger, and eyes looking for mercy in a deaf world,” the visuals went viral after The Daily Express
showcased them on its front page.
“Within hours, almost every major outlet was using the image to tell the same story,” investigative reporter David Collier
noted. “
Sky News,
CNN,
The Guardian,
Daily Mail,
New York Times, and The
Times (UK) – they all ran with it, reinforcing the message: Gaza is gripped by mass starvation.”
“Except this image proves none of it,” he said.
“Wider and unpublished pictures show Mohammed’s healthy brother Joud, who was born on 18 April 2022 and is 3 years old. Mohammed was born on 23 December 2023, just two months after October 7. What we can see from the pictures is that both Mohammed’s mother and his older brother, look healthy and are not suffering from any type of starvation that would be...
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