Israelis mock Palestinian children in viral TikTok 'prank call' trend
Israeli content creators have racked up hundreds of thousands of views in a recent viral trend on TikTok deriding the struggles of child victims of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip.
The youths film themselves posing as representatives of a fictional humanitarian organisation and call their family members and friends to ask for donations for Palestinian children. Those called usually react with rage, shouting and swearing before the callers reveal themselves in the videos uploaded to the platform as humorous pranks.
Israeli social media influencer Yakir Bar Zohar shared a video in which he asked passersby for donations for children in Gaza.
In the clip, which has received thousands of likes and shares, a man agrees to his request to donate to "hungry children", but Bar Zohar is surprised and asks if he is sure he wants to donate "to the children who are going to be terrorists".
Many videos in this spirit can be found circulating on TikTok, most were posted by young people and teenagers, but some were made by soldiers.
