They claimed he had been fighting for the Syrian government in Aleppo with Liwa al-Quds.[26][101] Liwa al-Quds denied this and claimed the child was a Palestinian refugee.[102] The murder took place north of Aleppo in Handarat, in an unofficial Palestinian refugee camp named Ein El Tal.[26] Following the beheading, the U.S State Department declared that if the video was genuine, they would stop sending Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki any military aid.[103]