Image of ‘Gazan mother with son’s bones’ is made with AI

Gazans cried over the bodies of their loved ones as Israeli strikes resumed in March following a fragile ceasefire. But an image circulating worldwide on social media as a genuine depiction of a Palestinian mother cradling her son’s remains is AI-generated.

“A mother holds the bones of her son in Gaza. After more than a year and a half of searching for him under the rubble of their bombed-out house,” reads a Malay-language Facebook post shared on March 24.

It features a close-up image of a…