The investigation is real and won the 2026 European Press Prize. 15 of 17 doctors interviewed reported treating 114 Palestinian children with single gunshot wounds to the head or chest. The journalists reviewed photos and videos and consulted medical experts. Claiming the X-ray is “obviously fake” because of how the projectile appears is not evidence. In digital radiography, highly radiopaque metal appears white, while edge-enhancement processing can produce a dark halo around it, a known imaging artifact. The investigation’s medical images were also reviewed by forensic pathologists, who identified bullets rather than shrapnel. And even if, in the worst case, whoever created this meme had used an illustrative X-ray for convenience, that would not invalidate the investigation itself. The investigation was based on extensive medical testimony, photographs, videos and expert review; many graphic images may understandably never be published out of respect for the victims. Instead of obsessing over one image in a meme, look at the substance of the investigation. That is what matters and what it describes is horrific, tragic and devastating.