Several Facebook social media pages have published an image showing two children lying down while one of them holds an oxygen mask for the other child.
The caption on the photo reads: "Palestinian sister died while giving oxygen to her brother".
After research and fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this claim is untrue and that the image was taken in 2018, in the capital of Damascus, Syria. Also, at the time, it was not reported that the child had died.
Link to the article published on Facebook by the pages “Listen to the Quran – Albanian”, “Learn”, and “Let’s unite Islam”:
After researching through the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info has managed to confirm that the image was taken in the Syrian capital Damascus, by journalist Hasan Mohammed for the international French news agency "Agence France Presse (AFP)". (see here)
This image was found on the website of Getty Images, which is an American visual media company and supplier of images, editorial photography, videos, and music for businesses. (see here)
The image was published on January 22, 2018, where according to the description provided by the page where the photo was found, it is indicated that: "A Syrian girl holds an oxygen mask over the face of a baby at a makeshift hospital after a reported gas attack in the rebel-held town of Douma in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on January 22, 2018."
Analyze:
Through a photo showing a girl holding an oxygen mask over the face of another child, it is claimed that the images depict Palestinian children.
But after verifying the facts, hibrid.info found the same photo published in 2018 by an American visual media company, which explains that this image was taken in Syria, after a gas attack in the Syrian capital.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.