MISSING CONTEXT: This image of a journalist wounded by an Israeli grenade is not from 2023The image is from an incident in 2015. PesaCheck · Follow Published in PesaCheck · 4 min read · 1 day ago 1 day ago -- Listen ShareThis Facebook post with an image of a journalist purportedly wounded by an Israeli grenade in 2023 is MISSING CONTEXT. The post reads, “Journalist Hana Mahameed back on screen after being hit in face by an ISRA/ELI GRENADE in East Jersualem Was Hamas hiding in her face (sic)?”The image depicts what seems to be a television screen featuring a woman reporting on air, with a portion of her face and kneck bandaged. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 50 journalists and media workers have been confirmed dead, with 11 reported injured and three others missing in the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict. A reverse image search on Microsoft Bing established that the image shared in the wake of the war is old.

Source: The Guardian November 22, 2023 16:43 UTC