In a video circulating online meant to convey the horrors of the war between Israel and Hamas, a small boy wails, his face caked in dust.
Yet the boy’s cries actually rang out hundreds of miles away, in Syria, nearly a decade before Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza over the past three weeks.
“It’s horrifying.”Among the popular images and videos supposedly illustrating the human toll of the war: A heap of dead children swaddled in white, described as Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.
A teenage girl being beaten by a mob and fatally lit on fire, promoted as proof of the ruthlessness of Hamas.
Mr. Katan worked for the Aleppo Media Center, a group of antigovernment activists and citizen journalists, and is now based in Germany.
Persons:
wails, sobs, ”, Elisa Massimino, “, Hosam Katan, Katan
Organizations:
Hamas, Israel, Human Rights, Georgetown University, Aleppo Media
Locations:
Israel, Gaza, Syria, ”, Tajikistan, Guatemala, Aleppo, Germany