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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    This is not a tit for tat situation, please don’t try to make it one.

    First of all, I don’t think you’ll find a photo of the bodies, at least I hope not. You didn’t see the holocaust documentary until it was seen in Nuremberg, but then the general public didn’t see them until much later.

    I see three things here. First, this article is not on reliable feed. Anyone can supply content tp Yahoo. It’s the garbage can of news. Second, it is very thinly sourcesd and I havent seen anything similar.

    Last, Israel brought journalists into the Kibbutz. Those journalists reported. I didn’t note any Anadolucty news agency per the article. Don’t know who they are. This article does not disprove the original story. In fact it goes out of its way not to

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      This is not a tit for tat situation, please don’t try to make it one.

      How am I making it one? I’m talking about how the international community approaches dead children and the documented truth is that Palestinian children are being tortured, raped, killed, you name it with very little reaction and no sanctions on Israel.

      First of all, I don’t think you’ll find a photo of the bodies, at least I hope not

      No, but I expect at least journalists would be allowed to.

      I see three things here. First, this article is not on a reliable feed. Anyone can supply content tp Yahoo.

      Actually, if you look at the top of the link, this is a news article mirrored from The Independent. You can go and read it there.

      It’s the garbage can of news.

      Again, it’s a mirrored post from an actual news agency.

      Second, it is very thinly sourcesd and I havent seen anything similar.

      Actually it’s all over the news that the White House backed from these statements.

      Those journalists reported.

      No, they said they heard about this but none of them were able to confirm it themselves.

      EDIT: I wanted to add this picture

      Yes, it’s all over the news now.

      I didn’t note any Anadolucty news agency per the article.

      Here you go: https://www.aa.com.tr/

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        How am I making it one? I’m talking about how the international community approaches dead children and the documented truth is that Palestinian children are being tortured, raped, killed, you name it with very little reaction and no sanctions on Israel

        You answered your own question

        No, but I expect at least journalists would be allowed to.

        I would think not. How would you like seeing a loved one slaughtered? Photos should only be taken for forensic purposes in this case.

        Actually, if you look at the top of the link, this is a news article mirrored from The Independent.

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

        No, they said they heard about this but none of them were able to confirm it themselves.

        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.

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          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.

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            This is a none answer.

            Read what you wrote

            As per the article, nothing like that exists, confirmed by the army themselves. ’ As per the article. If I was “The Army” and you asked me for photos of dead kids, I’d tell you to take a hike too.

            The article clearly cites that the army denied it and that no US official has seen or been able to confirm this information.

            So you can’t file a FOIA request and see dead kids. So sad for you.

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

            It’s not enough. We need the bodies themselves So we can perform independent autopsies!

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            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?

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              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.

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

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                  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.

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                    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.