CLAIM
A photo of several children standing behind metallic bars is being circulated across social media platforms with the claim that it shows Israel locking up Palestinian kids in prison.
Palestinian kids placed in cages by cruel, belligerent Israel: https://t.co/yLiWaMEM2c
— Mir naeem (@Mirnaeem17) 1679030998000
Palestinian kids placed in cages by cruel, belligerent Israel: https://t.co/bKxlJtu7YL
— Bint (@PalBint) 1678835523000
The image is being posted with a caption that reads, “Palestinian kids placed in cages by cruel, belligerent Israel”.
Palestinian kids placed in cages by cruel, belligerent Israel: https://t.co/eIvspYbv6W
— Orc Aggressor (@Orc_Aggressor) 1678871667000
TRUTH
This image is from a series of photos taken in a Palestinian soup kitchen in the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestine. The original photo shows many Palestinian children waiting for food at a soup kitchen. This is not a cage or a prison, and there were no Israelis involved.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Using reverse-image search via different search engines, we traced the original image published on the official website of the European Pressphoto Agency Images.
Posted on August 18, 2010, the original photograph is credited to EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN.
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