“GAZAWOOD – the PALLYWOOD saga” account recently posted a video of a child with a head injury, accompanied by the following text: “Children in Gaza are not just political tools, they must stop being exploited for propaganda purposes.” The account attached, in addition to the child’s video, another video of a content creator specializing in cinematic makeup, indicating that the child is acting and faking her injury.
Kashif verified the claim and found it to be misleading. The video is of child Sophia, who was injured by shrapnel as a result of the Israeli occupation bombing of her family’s home in the Tabat al-Nuwairi area, west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Journalist Salma Al-Qudomi posted the video on her Instagram account on 17/12/2024, accompanied by the following text: “What is her fault?”
Kashif’s team contacted the video journalist Salma Al-Qaddoumi, who confirmed that the girl’s name is Sophia and that she’s an 8-year-old. She was injured as a result of the Israeli occupation’s bombing of her family’s home in the Al-Nuwairi Hill area, west of the Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. A number of her family members were also injured.
Al-Qudumi added that the child was transferred to Al-Awda Hospital in Al-Nuseirat camp, which transferred her to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, where she received treatment after being injured by shrapnel in her head, hand and foot. Qudumi explained that she conducted interviews with the child in the emergency department at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and provided them to Kashif Monitor.
The death toll from the Israeli occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip rose to 45,399 and 107,940 injuries since 7/10/2023, according to the latest update from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.
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