“The viral video shows Israeli police strangling a Palestinian child to death during a recent protest.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Aug 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is from February 2015 and shows a Swedish security guard assaulting a 9-year-old boy at Malmö train station for ticket evasion. The boy did not die. The video has no link to the current Israel-Palestine conflict.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 August 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 August 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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