Embassy urged media to publicize accuracy report
A concerning surge of misleading information, manipulative narratives and fabricated or AI-generated images, have been observed over the recent weeks, targeting the State of Israel, tarnishing Israel’s image and misrepresenting the humanitarian situation in Gaza, said the press release of the Embassy of State of Israel in Kathmandu.
“Hamas Propaganda has gone as far as exploiting images of seriously ill children, with some Western media outlets unfortunately publishing them. For example, a widely shared article that used an image of a child in a frame begging,” reads the release and added, “However, a similar photo featuring a Yazidi girl in the identical frame, dates back to 2014. This image has further been falsely circulated as a young girl begging for food in Gaza in 2025.”
“Similarly, unrelated photos of children, suffering from medical conditions such as cerebral palsy and cystic fibrosis, have been misused in false reports about starvation in Gaza. The dissemination of false information in a coordinated manner is driven by Hamas’s propaganda, portraying the humanitarian crisis created by Israel in Gaza.”
“These actions not only violate journalistic ethics but also distort public understanding of the realities on the ground and serve the interests of terrorist organizations that thrive on chaos and deception,” the release noted.
Despite these efforts of tarnishing Israel’s image, Israel remains committed to providing humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, including the enormous quantities of food, water, medicine and other essential supplies. Israel has been facilitating the entry of hundreds of aid trucks into the Gaza strip to designated locations to be collected and distributed by the UN. However, the UN has unfortunately failed to collect and distribute the aid effectively.
It is also critical to emphasize that Hamas, a terror organization, is deliberately endangering its own population by embedding its terrorists within civilian areas, using people as human shields, and turning schools, hospitals, and mosques into military shields.
The Embassy of Israel has observed that Nepali media have also been influenced by deliberately manipulated information about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We urge responsible media to verify the accuracy of such reports prior to publication, it writes.
Israel reaffirms its commitment to all genuine efforts for peace, dialogue, accountability and prosperity for all the people in the region, the statement said.
