Fact-check: Image of Yemeni mother with child falsely relates to Israel-Hamas War. Discover the truth here
An image showing a lady holding a child under rubble is doing rounds on Social media platform X(formerly Twitter). Users are sharing this image and claiming that the image depicts victims of the Israel-Hamas War
An account with name Sulaiman Ahmed shared this image and wrote: “She tried her best to protect her child Israel is a terrorist state”
Moreover, several users shared this image and made similar claims. The preview link can be seen here, and here.
Fact-check
In the probe, the DFRAC team found that the image was from Aug 29, 2024. It depicted a mother and child who were killed during flash floods in the Mahlan district of Al-Mahwit Governorate in Yemen
We reverse-searched this image using Google Lens which led us to some reports from Aug 2024, carrying a similar image. According to reports, a painful scene of a Yemeni mother hugging her child was found under the rubble, after being swept away by recent torrential rains. Residents found the woman hugging a child in a hole, buried in water and rubble, in the Malhan District of Al Mahwit Governorate in Yemen
Malhan District witnessed major rock collapses & torrential floods that claimed the lives of 38 citizens whose bodies were found, while others remain missing until now, according to the announcement of the local authorities there.
Conclusion
It is evident from DFRAC’s fact-check that the viral image is unrelated to the Israel-Hamas War. Originally, it shows a Yemeni mother and child who had been killed during flash floods in the Mahlan district of Al-Mahwit Governorate in Yemen
Analysis: Misleading
