Fact Check: This Viral Image Of ‘Gazan Woman Golding Child’s Remains’ Is Fake

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<p>The viral image of a woman seemingly holding the skeletal remains of a child has been digitally generated by an Instagram user.</p>
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<p>An AI-generated image has gone viral on social media with claims it shows a woman from Gaza who discovered the remains of her child while searching through the rubble of her home after a year.</p>
<p>The viral photograph is overlaid with an Arabic text that reads, “Gaza-Palestine.” The claim has been shared across multiple social media platforms, including YouTube, X, Instagram, and Threads.</p>
<p>An X user shared the image and wrote, “A mother holds the remains of her son in Gaza, After more than a year and a half of searching for him Under the rubble of her house that was bombed by the occupation army! Oh, the pain of the heart” <em>(Google Translated from Arabic)</em>. At the time of writing this story, the post had amassed over 128,000 views and over 4,600 likes. Archived versions of these posts can be found <a href=”https://perma.cc/F63Z-VAB9″>here</a>, <a href=”https://perma.cc/8UZZ-TMZF”>here</a>, <a href=”https://perma.cc/4H8A-MXWG”>here</a>, <a href=”https://perma.cc/UG7F-CGZF”>here</a>.</p>
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<figcaption>Screenshots of similar viral social media posts. (Source: Instagram/Threads/Modified by Logically Facts)</figcaption>
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<p>However, the image is AI-generated.</p>
<h3><strong>What are the facts?</strong></h3>
<p>A reverse image search led us to a <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DHdxBk4sOnp/?img_index=4″>photograph</a> uploaded by Instagram user “in.visualart” on March 21, 2025 (archived <a href=”https://perma.cc/MV6U-JCGL”>here</a>), featuring the same image of a woman holding a skeleton.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The original Instagram <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DHdxBk4sOnp/?img_index=4″>post</a> (archived <a id=”isPasted” href=”https://perma.cc/MV6U-JCGL”>here</a>) features multiple other images with captions indicating that they were digitally created using artificial intelligence tools. The note in the caption of the post reads, “(Note: This visual representation is an Al-generated image created for illustrative purposes. + photoshop ). This confirms that the viral image was created digitally and does not depict an actual scene.</p>
<figure class=”image”><img src=”https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2025/03/25/d32919b72c521b55411a914194b619281742893491669236_original.jpg” alt=”Screenshot of the original Instagram post. (Source: in.visualart/Instagram/Modified by Logically Facts)” width=”720″ />
<figcaption>Screenshot of the original Instagram post. (Source: in.visualart/Instagram/Modified by Logically Facts)</figcaption>
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<p>The viral image circulating on social media had been cropped, with the text overlaid on the image and the watermarks missing from it.</p>
<p>The original image features overlaid text that reads, “GLORY TO MOTHERS WHO ENDURE THE UNBEARABLE WITH A DIGNITY THAT HUMBLES THE WORLD (sic).” The Instagram image also features a watermark that reads “Designed by in.visualart”, indicating that the user is the creator of the image.</p>
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<p>The <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/in.visualart/”>in.</a><a href=”https://www.instagram.com/in.visualart/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>visualart</a>&nbsp;Instagram account (archived <a href=”https://perma.cc/L6UH-EJ3W”>here</a>) is run by digital artist Islam Nour. Some of Nour’s digital work promotes boycotting the <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DCWy59nMWYh/”>products</a> of companies linked to the Israeli state, calls for a <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DEvlz4JMpQ_/”>ceasefire</a>, and campaigns for <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/C_NszrwNf_o/”>children</a> in Gaza (archived <a href=”https://perma.cc/MQ65-BEAH”>here</a>, <a href=”https://perma.cc/YJ2V-K4G2″>here</a>, and <a href=”https://perma.cc/RFM7-CNLB”>here</a>).&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>The verdict</strong></h3>
<p>The viral image is AI-generated. The creator of the image, Instagram user in.visualart has explicitly stated that the image was generated using Photoshop and AI-powered tools.</p>
<p><em><strong>This report first appeared on <a href=”https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/viral-image-of-gazan-woman-holding-childs-remains-is-ai-generated” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>logicallyfacts.com</a>, and has been republished on ABP Live as part of a special arrangement. Apart from the headline, no changes have been made in the report by ABP Live.</strong></em></p>
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