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The White House was forced to walk back on president Joe Biden's claim to have seen "confirmed pictures" of "terrorists beheading children" in Israel.

The Israel Defence Force previously claimed that at least 40 babies were killed in the Kfar Aza kibbutz over the weekend when the Hamas militant group launched an attack on Israel.

The army later clarified to Anadolu news agency that there was "no information confirming" allegations that "Hamas beheaded babies".

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[–] snek@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You answered your own question

This is a none answer.

Photos should only be taken for forensic purposes in this case.

As per the article, nothing like that exists, confirmed by the army themselves.

The news is a denial that the President saw pictures, not that event didn't happen.

That's one part of the news. The article clearly cites that the army denied it and that no US official has seen or been able to confirm this information.

No. I first saw a journalist walking through the kibbutz. Lots of blood. Shocked troops cleaning up. The next day Israel invited journalists there, and my eyes saw blood drenched children's beds.

So no one saw any bodies or forensic reports or photos, just bloody beds. Gotcha.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine someone breaks into... Well I hope you don't have children, so let's say a neighbor's house.

They break into your neighbors house and murder their children in their bed. How much you gonna nickel and dime that?

[–] snek@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, if I ask police and they themselves confirm there is no evidence of that? This is the situation here, not whatever you have described.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is actual evidence of entire families murdered in their homes. You can find the pictures with very little effort.

[–] snek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but this is not what we are talking about here. I never denied anything sufficiently documented and probably never will.

Could we stay on point? We are talking about Biden making a false statement that appears to have been manufactured by some Israelis to accomplish some kind of PR agenda.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your second paragraph is a conspiracy theory, so no I won't be engaging in that.

Unconfirmed.means unconfirmed, not false, and fog of war is very real. There is a reason the Russians, as an example, recently shot down 2 of their own planes - it's not a conspiracy, it's that violence is inherently chaotic.