Footage of a young boy trying to jump off a balcony in Lebanon is making the rounds online.

On Monday, online activist Ibrahim Wehbi posted the disturbing video on his Facebook page, showing a boy attempting to jump off a balcony while a woman holds him back.

In the caption, Wehbi states that the incident occurred at an orphanage in Bab Ramel, Tripoli. The video has been viewed over 88,000 times and was quickly picked up by multiple local media outlets.

While the full story behind the incident remains unclear, the young boy can be clearly heard screaming while the woman hits him and tries to push him back. 

After the boy safely lands on a balcony below, the woman continues to grab the neck of his shirt for a few seconds before she finally lets go of him.

The director of the orphanage clarified her position over the incident

Awatif Nabulsi, the director of the Social Welfare Association orphanage, spoke to local news outlet Al Jadeed to clarify her position on the matter.

She said that the boy, along with two other siblings, have been staying at the orphanage for over 10 years. Their parents are reportedly divorced and have both abandoned their children.

According to Nabulsi, the boy is a "hard case" who "often makes such noises because of his violent behavior".

"This boy is extremely aggressive and he wasn't being hit or anything," Nabulsi told Al Jadeed. "He was climbing up to the roof to grab a football and the supervisor ran to pull him back down so he won't fall."

Nawaf says this incident happened over three months ago and claimed that the country's Social Affairs Ministry had already launched an investigation and found "nothing of that sort".

The Social Affairs Ministry never conducted a prior investigation, according to Wehbi

Following Nabulsi's interview with Al Jadeed, Wehbi claimed that he followed up with the Social Affairs Ministry and consequently concluded that, in over two months, there was never an investigation into the matter.

On Tuesday, Wehbi added that the preliminary investigation had just begun and that both the child's parents and supervisors at the orphanage will be questioned.