Images of a person with a bullet wound to his head are going viral on social media amid these clashes that are taking place during the Islamic holy month.

Fact Check News: Images of a person with a bullet wound to his head are going viral on social media amid these clashes that are taking place during the Islamic holy month.

While sharing these pictures, it is being said that these pictures are of an injured Palestinian youth, who was shot in the head, but could not pierce it,sharing these pictures, a social media user tweeted,

“It is being told that this man was offering prayers in Masjid Al-Aqsa when Israeli soldiers.

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News Verification: We found that these pictures are from an old event. The man seen in this is Sheikh Mohammad Obaid Al-Rawi of Iraq.

News Verdict: These are pictures of a man injured in a clash with the army in Iraq in 2014. This incident has nothing to do with Israel and Palestine.  

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