• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    I urge caution on stories like this because a) it’s inflammatory, and b) I’m old enough to remember the “baby incubator” stories from Kuwait which were initially confirmed by Amnesty International, but then turned out to be complete bullshit.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony

    Edit Confirmed, it’s a bullshit story:

    “Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack”

    Source:

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/middleeast/israel-hamas-beheading-claims-intl/index.html

    "CNN has pored through hundreds of hours of media posted online attempting to corroborate accounts of atrocities committed by Hamas. In one video, which CNN determined to be authentic but has not been able to geolocate, an assailant attacks an injured man with a garden tool in an attempt to behead him. But CNN has not seen anything that would appear to confirm the claims of decapitated children.

    CNN also visited the ransacked ruins of Kfar Aza on Tuesday and saw no evidence of beheaded youths. Israeli officials have not released any photographs of the incident either."