A image of an infant on the ground has recently spread on social media, with the claim that it’s a child who died of cold weather in the Gaza Strip. The picture was accompanied by the following description: “The little one died of a cold, end of story.”
Kashif verified the image via “Google Image” tool, and found that the image is old and is of infant from Egypt, not from the Gaza Strip. The image was published by Cairo 24 on 17/11/2021 with the title: “An infant was found next to a mosque in Qanater Khayreya,” and the website added: “Major General Mohsen Shaaban, Director of Qalyubia Security, received a notification from Brigadier General Anwar Hashish, Chief of Qanater Khayreya Police Station, stating that he had received a report from residents that a infant, several days old, wearing all his clothes, had been found dumped behind Quba Mosque in Qanater City.”
Sada Elbalad website also published the same photo of the infant on 17/11/2021, titled: “Intensive movement by Qalyubia Investigations to solve the mystery of finding a child behind a mosque.”
According to the latest update of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics on 26/11/2024, the number of child killed by Israel is 17,492 since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
According to the latest update of the Palestinian Ministry of Health on 25/11/2024, the death toll from the Israeli occupation aggression rose to 44,235 and 104,650 injuries since 7/10/2023.
| Sources of Claim | Sources of Verification |
| zeinab_jalfi Gaza now Joe Kadri | Cairo 24 website, Sada Elbalad, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Palestinian Ministry of Health |
