Does the video show a pregnant Palestinian woman being attacked by an Israeli?

30 Nov 2023

17:46

False

True

False Connection

Result

According to Hebrew and Arabic news sources, a pregnant woman named Aya Abu Hajjaj was attacked by her family members in the incident that took place in Lod, Israel, in the morning hours of November 30, 2023.

Claim Spread

While the hostage exchange agreements between Israel and Palestine were continuing, a video began to spread on social media in the morning hours of November 30, 2023. In the video, a pregnant woman is stabbed by a person who attacks her from behind while walking with her children.

Some social media users and media outlets sharing the video claimed that the pregnant woman was Palestinian and the attacker who stabbed her was Israeli.

Evidence

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The claim was also widely shared in Arabic and English as well. The spread of the claim in all languages received hundreds of comments. While some of the comments were criticizing the incident, some were providing information about the truth of the incident.

It is possible to determine the truth of the incident both based on these comments and by reverse searching the screenshot taken from the video. According to Hebrew and Arabic news sources, the incident took place on the morning of November 30, 2023, in the city of Lod, Israel. Israel’s emergency service, Magen David Adom, was notified of the stabbing of Aya Abu Hajjaj, a pregnant woman in her 20s. However, the woman and her baby who were taken to the hospital could not be saved.

The police arrived at the scene and launched an investigation and arrested two suspects regarding the stabbing of Aya Abu Hajjaj. According to the Arabic news sources, these individuals are two family members of Hajjaj from the Negev and Lod Bedouin villages. According to the Hebrew news sources Times of Israel and Ynet, these individuals are Hajjaj’s father and brother.

As a result, the incident shown in the video does not depict an Israeli stabbing a pregnant Palestinian woman. Aya Abu Hajjaj was attacked by her family members.

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