Evidence

Multiple mainstream and Israeli-aligned outlets (The Jewish Chronicle, Times of Israel, Ynetnews, New York Sun, All Israel News, Haaretz) reported in early September 2026 that Israel's embassy in Belgium publicly demanded an apology from Brussels over its 2024 condemnation of an IDF strike in Rafah that killed Abdallah Jamal Sobhi Nabhan (also called Abdallah Nabhan), a Palestinian employee of Belgium's development agency Enabel, and his young son. The embassy cited a post on a Telegram channel called 'Khanyounis Stories,' allegedly linked to Hamas's Khan Younis Brigade, showing a man identified as Nabhan in uniform and described as a 'mujahid.' The claim accurately reflects statements made publicly by the Israeli embassy on X and reported by numerous outlets — this is a real, documented diplomatic dispute, not a fabricated rumor. However, I found no independent forensic verification (e.g., by AFP Fact Check, Reuters Fact Check, Bellingcat, or EUvsDisinfo) of the authenticity of the Telegram post itself, nor any official Belgian government statement confirming or denying the Hamas affiliation claim in the search results reviewed. No dedicated fact-check organization has published a verdict on this specific claim.