“Photo of a Palestinian girl who is injured in Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza city”
What FACTLY found
The photo in the post shows Bianca, a little girl from Rockford city in the United States of America. Bianca was diagnosed with Port wine strain and Sturge-Weber syndrome when she was three months old. Bianca’s parents had started Pulse Dye Laser treatment on her, hoping it could cure the birthmarks that covered nearly half of her face. The first two weeks of this laser treatment had created red spots on Bianca’s face which appeared similar to ‘burn marks’. This photo has nothing to do with t...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 May 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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