Süddeutsche Zeitung and Bild questioned why mainstream media outlets are using orchestrated photos from anti-Israel freelancers.
A report by German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung published earlier this week is calling into question the trustworthiness of the images coming out of the Gaza Strip, finding that at least some appear to be staged Hamas propaganda.
The investigation, which also covered by Bild on Tuesday, focuses on photographer Anas Zayed Fteiha, a freelancer commissioned by Turkish news agency Anadolu, who apparently stages shots to maximize the narrative of Israeli-caused suffering.
For example, photos taken by him at a Gaza aid distribution site show mainly pleading women and children. But photographs by others at the same site show mostly adult men calmly waiting for and receiving food, according to the report.