After publication of the article, The Times learned from his doctor that Mohammed also had pre-existing health problems. 11-month-old Sila Barbakh isn’t starving — he suffers from a pre-existing chronic gastrointestinal illness, unrelated to the war. But global media used his photo to push a false narrative of famine in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/u9BL29zNjG — Israel ישראל (@Israel) July 29, 2025I am not suggesting that there are no hungry people in Gaza. But surely if there was an actual widespread famine, people would not need to pass off multiple kids with preexisting illness as starving; there would be enough formerly-healthy starving kids to photograph.