Despite what this photo caption says, it does not show Dr. Alaa al-Najjar, the mother of children killed in an airstrike.
The photo in @guardian actually shows al-Najjar's niece (left) and brother-in-law with an as yet unidentified woman. 🧵
The photo in @guardian actually shows al-Najjar's niece (left) and brother-in-law with an as yet unidentified woman. 🧵
We know this is the niece as she is identified as such in a @Reuters video interview from inside the hospital.
Despite this, Reuters is currently selling the erroneously captioned photo that The Guardian used.
Despite this, Reuters is currently selling the erroneously captioned photo that The Guardian used.
So is this Dr. Alaa al-Najjar in this @Reuters photo, a pediatrician who wears a niqab and is so strictly religious that she was allowed to train in medicine, and still had time to give birth to 10 children in little more than 11 years?
Because the media won't ask the questions.
Because the media won't ask the questions.
And maybe they should, because there is now a trove of AI-generated or fake images falsely claiming to show members of the family and the dead children.
Such as this photo -- that we've found was taken before the incident even occurred.
Such as this photo -- that we've found was taken before the incident even occurred.
Or this obviously AI image that has spread online.
Not to mention apparent family ties to Hamas.
https://x.com/AdinHaykin1/status/1926591623523107184
In a @Reuters video, a relative says, "We searched through the rubble...Right next to us, my cousin rented three shops or maybe two — tyre repair shops."
10 children weren't the target. So what was nearby that prompted an IDF airstrike?
Will the media even bother to ask?
10 children weren't the target. So what was nearby that prompted an IDF airstrike?
Will the media even bother to ask?
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