CLAIM: This photo isn’t from Gaza, it’s a Yazidi girl fleeing from ISIS in Iraq or Syria, taken in 2014.
CONCLUSION: The photo was taken on July 26, 2025, by Associated Press photographer Abdel Kareem Hana, at a community kitchen in Gaza, and it shows a girl trying to get food.
Many posts on social media show a girl, seemingly begging for food in Gaza. However, many users claim that the photo is not recent, but from 2014, and that it shows a Yazidi girl trying to flee with her family from ISIS jihadists in Iraq.
First, we conducted a reverse image search using TinEye, which allows us to determine when a photo first began circulating online. According to TinEye, the image has appeared on various websites at least since July 26, 2025.
According to numerous reports, the photo was taken on July 26, 2025, by Associated Press photographer Abdel Kareem Hana, at a community kitchen in Gaza:
A secondary image, again from the same source, shows the same girl from a slightly different angle:
Conclusion
The photo was taken on July 26, 2025, by Associated Press photographer Abdel Kareem Hana, at a community kitchen in Gaza, and it depicts a girl trying to receive food.