This Image Depicts a Dog Holding a Child’s Body in Bangladesh, Not in Gaza
The Claim
Gaza's children have become dog food.
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Recently, pages and accounts on social media have been circulating an image of a baby's body being carried by a dog between its jaws, claiming it to be from Gaza.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating claim and found it to be misleading. The image in question actually depicts a child found near the Medical College in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, and was published in mid-January last year.
A Stillborn Baby in a Dog’s Mouth Has Stirred Controversy in Mymensingh
The local news website Nayashatabdi has published details of the incident, stating that the widely circulated image on social media is recent and was taken near the blue corrugated fence visible in the clip, in the new building of the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MAMEC), which is still under construction.
In the same context, a Mymensingh city official stated that this is not the first time such an incident has occurred, adding that the hospital management has already employed hundreds of people to take care of the area. If the sanitation workers had done their job properly, people would not have witnessed this scene, but it is the responsibility of the hospital management to take action.
Bodies in Gaza Are Prey for Cats and Dogs
Media reports indicate that animals are gnawing at the decomposing bodies of Palestinian casualties in the streets of the Gaza Strip due to the difficulty of burial resulting from the war and blockade. Eyewitnesses confirmed to Anadolu Agency that some Palestinians returned to areas from which Israeli forces withdrew to find the bodies of their relatives, only to discover that some of the bodies had begun to decompose, with parts of them eaten by cats and dogs.
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