How pro-Israel Twitter accounts falsely claimed Palestinians staged photos of an injured child

Pro-Israel accounts have been sharing a video since April 24, which they say shows Palestinians staging a photograph showing a supposedly injured Palestinian child. However, it turns out that the video was filmed during the filming of a short Palestinian film called Empty Place, which tells the true story of Ahmed Manasra, a Palestinian teenager convicted of a knife attack on an Israeli kid. © Observers

Pro-Israel Twitter accounts started circulating a video showing a film crew recording a young actor lying on the ground, covered in blood, on April 24. They claimed the video offered proof that Palestinians were staging a photo to make it look like a Palestinian child had been injured. In reality, the Palestinian crew was filming a scene for “Empty Place”, a short film based on a true story.

Over the past two weeks, more than 250 Palestinians have been injured in clashes in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis have been increasing since late March – Israelis have been targeted in several deadly attacks attributed to Palestinians, while the Israeli Army carried out several raids in the occupied West Bank in response. Israeli police have been clashing with Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound since mid-April.