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The claim

The viral video shows Israeli police strangling a Palestinian child to death during a recent protest.

Rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

FACTLY reports that the video dates to February 2015 and shows a Swedish security guard assaulting a 9-year-old boy at Malmö train station over ticket evasion. The boy did not die, and the video is unrelated to the Israel-Palestine conflict.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026