why did the @nytimes issue an editor's note to explain that the starving Palestinian child in the picture they showed had "pre-existing health condition"?

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why did the

@nytimes

issue an editor's note to explain that the starving Palestinian child in the picture they showed had "pre-existing health condition"? the idea is to create doubt that the emaciated tiny body was due to illness, rather than starvation. they don't come out and say it, but that's the new zionist line. also, they don't tell you that said condition is cerebral palsy, which does not cause the body to become skeletally thin. or maybe they just mean to say that this child's life isn't that worthwhile because he had a pre-existing health condition. what a shameful thing to do. what utter shit people they are.

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Jul 30

We have appended an Editors' Note to a story about Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, a child in Gaza who was diagnosed with severe malnutrition. After publication, The Times learned that he also had pre-existing health problems. Read more below.

9:49 AM · Jul 31, 2025

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