A news has been heavily circulating on social media platforms Meta, X, TikTok and Snapchat that Hamas fighters’ beheaded Israel’s 40 babies. The unverified claim was retweeted and did help to promote the propaganda on false news or at least this has not been verified yet by any news outlet.
Bel Trew, war correspondent who broke the news on Twitter, also took back her claim and gave the following clarification:
“I just wanted to clarify that I did not tweet 40 babies had been beheaded. I tweeted that foreign media had been told women and children had been decapitated but we had not been shown bodies - which was my response to reports which had gone viral about the 40 babies. I realised the way my tweet was written was too short to explain the full context, so deleted it. My headline of my story references that toddlers were killed.”
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Hamas denied claims its fighters targeted civilians during Saturday’s attack in Israel that left hundreds dead.
“Give us one picture that Hamas killed civilians, that Hamas killed children, that Hamas killed women. We don’t kill civilians,” Ghazi Hamad, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, told Arab based media organization.
The White House also walked back comments from US President Joe Biden that he had "seen" images of babies decapitated by Hamas.
On Wednesday, the White House was also forced to backtrack on a claim by US President Joe Biden that he has seen pictures of Hamas fighters beheading children in southern Israel.
Sky News refuses to run the 40 babies beheading story
"We have not seen the evidence of that...we have asked the IDF 3 times to confirm it...they have not yet...” SKY News explains why it is not covering the "beheaded babies" claim.
"We have not seen the evidence of that...we have asked the IDF 3 times to confirm it...they have not yet.."
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) October 11, 2023
SKY News explains why it is not covering the "beheaded babies" claim.pic.twitter.com/gJBWsR4uUa
No official call by Israel for residents of Gaza Strip to exit into Egypt
A piece of news has also been circulating that Israel asked Gaza people to leave the Gaza Strip and go towards Egypt.
IDF spokesperson clarified and claimed that un recent days, the IDF has been instructing the population inside of the Gaza Strip to distance themselves from designated areas.
"We emphasize that there is no official call by Israel for residents of the Gaza Strip to exit into Egypt," the spokesperson claimed.
ليس لدى إسرائيل أي نوايا فيما يتعلق بسيناء، ولم تطلب من الفلسطينيين الانتقال إلى هناك.
— Amira Oron أميرة أورون (@AmiraOron) October 10, 2023
#إسرائيل ملتزمة بمعاهدة السلام مع #مصر والتي فيها حُدِدت، جليا، الحدود بين البلدين. #سيناء هي أرض مصرية حارب فيها الجيش المصري الإرهاب خلال السنوات العشر الماضية. pic.twitter.com/DXzSzohvWk
