The host of MSNBC’s “The Mehdi Hasan Show” tweeted a libelous claim on Saturday about a supposed Israel Defense Forces sniper injuring a Palestinian boy, reported the media watchdog group CAMERA.
Hasan retweeted a post by Palestinian activist Issa Amro that included a nine-second video of a Palestinian boy in a vegetable store in Hebron. The youngster runs off-camera by the end of the clip, while another man in the video ducks for cover. The video does not show violence or a shooter, and it’s unclear from the footage how the Palestinian boy was injured.
In a statement on April 10 about the incident, the IDF said that during a recent raid in Hebron, Israeli troops were attacked by Palestinians and “responded with riot dispersal means, including rubber bullets.”
IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told CAMERA that to the best of his knowledge, no Israeli snipers were at the scene.
After being contacted by CAMERA, Hasan published a tweet on Tuesday noting “conflicting accounts” surrounding the incident and provided a link to a Times of Israel article with more information.