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Result

  • Footage showing masked Israeli soldiers kidnapping a Palestinian child was recorded on December 23, 2016.
  • The incident occurred during the weekly protests in the village of Kafr Qadum.
  • 7-year-old Palestinian boy named Muamen Murad Mahmoud Shteiwi was captured after he could not escape from masked Israeli soldiers.

Claim Spread

The Israel-Gaza war, which will be two months old in the coming days, is still an important part of the social media agenda. Again, on December 6, 2023, in a video shared by EHA Media, a young child is seen being abducted by masked individuals. Allegedly, the masked group seen in the video consists of Israeli forces, while the kidnapped child was a 9-year-old Palestinian.

Evidence

An analysis of screenshots from the claimed video, using reverse image search, reveals a December 29, 2016, Euronews article titled ‘Palestinian child caught in IDF stakeout.’ The article reports that a group of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers arrested 7-year-old Palestinian child Muamen Murad Mahmoud Shteiwi during the weekly protests in Kafr Qadum village on Friday, December 23. The video in question was recorded by Abdallah Qadumi, a volunteer for B’Tselem (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories), as mentioned in the news.

When a new search is made using keywords, B’Tselem’s own news on the subject dated December 28, 2016 can also be accessed.

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The relevant article includes details about both the behind-the-scenes of the protests and the moment when the incident took place.

With the expansion of the Kedumim settlement in 2003, the Israel Defense Forces closed the road from the village of Kafr Qadum to the city of Nablus. Thereupon, village residents started weekly protests demanding the reopening of the road. These weekly protests start in a mosque in the village and end with a march towards the barricade and speeches in the field. The article also includes information that minor clashes may occur between soldiers and village protesters during the protests.

The incident on December 23, 2016, when Shteiwi was detained, unfolded as follows:

A group of protesters, as usual, began walking towards the barricade on the eastern side of the village and reached a house there. However, a few children, including Shteiwi, continued walking eastward. One of the children in the group threw a stone at a dirt mound with a tin sheet on it, and masked men came out from under it. Meanwhile, while all the children in the group can escape, Shteiwi is caught by the Israel Defense Forces.

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Tags

  • #Israeli-Palestine War
  • israel
  • israel palestine conflicts
  • kafr qadum
  • muamen murad mahmoud shteiwi
  • palestine

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