Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, a video on social media claims that it shows a Palestinian child confronting an Israeli soldier.
The video is being shared with the caption, “Heartbreaking Video Surface online How Palestine Kids are Challenging Isreal army to stop Killing their people, Can Hamas Soldiers listen to Isrealite Children like this? We want peace Mia Khalifa Isreal Gaza Hamas Jesus #HamasMassacre #طوفان_الأقصى #غزة_الآن #Israel #Israel”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the claim to be misleading.
We extracted keyframes of the video using the InVid tool and ran a search. Through the search, we found the same video uploaded on YouTube in December 2012.
“Brave Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi vs Soldier: Where is my brother ??????, ” the title of the video read.
Taking a hint from this, we ran a keyword search and found images of the same incident in multiple media reports.
A 2018 article by The Guardian shared the image of the same girl with the caption, “Ahed Tamimi confronting an Israeli soldier during a protest in 2012 Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images”
Similar images were also seen on Getty Images with the caption, “Palestinian Ahed Tamimi (C) gestures in front of an Israeli soldier on November 02, 2012, during a protest against the confiscation of Palestinian land by Israel in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. – Israel’s army arrested Ahed Tamimi on December 19, 2017, after a video went viral of her slapping Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank as they remained impassive. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)”
Hence, from the above information, it is clear that the video shows Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian girl, confronting an Israeli soldier during a protest in 2012.
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