The first clue that Reuters is up to no good with this photo and caption is the statement “Israelis say al-Damoni was convicted of killing an Israeli in 1990.” What do you mean “Israelis say”? He was convicted of killing an Israeli in 1990, in particularly brutal fashion.
Ahmed Damuni murdered reservist soldier Amnon Pomerantz…in 1990. Pomerantz was on his way to reserve service in Gaza when he entered the Al Burej neighborhood by mistake. He was pummeled with rocks, murdered, and his body was burned inside his car. He was 46. He was survived by his wife and three children.
But of course that is not mentioned in the caption to this tender photo of Damoni, holding his young niece in a way that Amnon Pomerantz never got to do with his own children after his brutal murder.
