FACT CHECK: Anonymous ‘Taliban Public Relations’ Account Spews Hate and Disinformation on X

On October 11, an anonymous X account, TalibanPRD, posted a video of a small boy covered in dust and crying for his dead sisters.

The video has more than half a million views and some 3,000 interactions.

TalibanPRD promoted the video, writing:

“A little boy in (hashtag) Gaza grieving for his sisters sees no distinction between an (hashtag) Israeli soldier and a Western journalist spewing (hashtag) Zionist propaganda. One murders with a rifle, while the other murders with a pen. (hashtag) FreeGaza (hashtag) FreePalestine”

That is false.

The video is of a Syrian boy filmed after the bombing of Aleppo in 2014. It has no connection with the current hostilities in Gaza. #factcheck #voanews