Al Jazeera speaks with boy in viral West Bank photograph

Al Jazeera reports it has spoken with the Palestinian schoolboy shown in a photograph that went viral.

The network describes the image as showing the boy hiding from Israeli forces while walking home from class in the occupied West Bank. Image notes say he is sitting among rubble beside a concrete structure.

The supplied report provides no details from the interview. It does not identify the boy or specify where or when the incident occurred.

Al Jazeera’s account does not say what prompted the boy to hide. The photograph’s circumstances have not been independently verified in the supplied material.