The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Sunday called out British tabloid the Daily Mirror after it ran a front-page photo of a seemingly emaciated child who suffers from a rare genetic disorder that disrupts the absorption of essential nutrients under the headline, “Stop Starving Gaza’s Kids.”
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein accused the paper of manipulation by concealing this context from its readers on its Saturday cover.
“@DailyMirror stop spreading Hamas propaganda!” the spokesman wrote on X.
Marmorstein noted that X users flagged the image with a community note stating that the child, Kareem Muammar, suffers from Fanconi syndrome, “a rare genetic disorder that affects the liver, kidneys and intestines” and harms nutrient absorption.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has