• Israel soldiers say they found dead babies at a kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border.
  • The IDF told Insider that some had been decapitated.
  • The kibbutz was attacked by Hamas on Saturday, and there was fighting there into Sunday.

A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told Insider on Tuesday that its soldiers found the decapitated corpses of babies at Kfar Aza, a kibbutz near Gaza.

The spokesperson, Major Nir Dinar, did not say how many babies’ bodies had been found, nor how many had been beheaded.

There hasn’t been independent confirmation of what was found, though other Israeli media have reported the same claim and attributed it to soldiers.

The spokesperson told Insider: “These people are animals. They have butchered women and children in worse ways than ISIS.”

Reports started to emerge on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers had made the grisly discoveries at the self-sustaining rural community near Gaza.

The kibbutz was attacked by Hamas militants on Saturday, with fighting continuing there into Sunday.

Nicole Zedek, reporting for the Israeli news station, i24News, said: “Babies, their heads cut off, that’s what they [the soldiers] said.”

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if the folks supporting Hamas yesterday will chime in here, too.

    I mean guys, what’s a few baby decapitations in the way of oppression? De-escalation?! No, clearly decapitating babies is the righteous path. /s

    To be clear, I think Israel needs to deescalate as well.

    • beaubbe@lemmy.world
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      BTW I think the point is that Hamas is a reaction to the israeli oppression, not that it should be supported. Obviously this is disgusting behavior.

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        Yes I understand.

        I didn’t support the US attacking Iraq. I don’t support Hamas attacking Israel.

        An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.

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          If you understand, then why do you say that people are “supporting Hamas”?

          Like, you prop up a strawman argument, then the other commenter clarifies the actual argument, and you say that you understand the actual argument…

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            If you understand, then why do you say that people are “supporting Hamas”?

            Because they were, all over Lemmy, since Saturday.

            I’ve made myself clear, sorry you’re struggling to parse.

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              Because they were, all over Lemmy, since Saturday.

              But your two messages are contradictory.

              I’ve made myself clear, sorry you’re struggling to parse.

              Sorry you’re such a dickhead.

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                Seems you’re the one hurling out ad hominems. Reported.

                Sorry you’re struggling with your emotions.

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      What’s a few decapitated baby’s between frinds

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          Just nuke the area to all hell, so no one can bitch and moan about who gets what because there is nothing to fight over.

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          Depends what they mean. Both Hamas and the Israeli government are acting like genocidal maniacs right now. I wouldn’t cry if both governments got toppled, especially in favour of more peaceful and less oppressive ones.

          But if they’re just saying 'fuck it, kill everyone ’ then yeah, baaad take.

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      Remember: Truth is always the first casualty in an armed conflict. Take everything you read about the situation with a grain of salt.

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      And you’re just going to fully believe what the IDF says without any further proof? The group that has the most to gain by propagandizing the west? The group that has been unlawfully invading Palestinian land for decades? The group that has killed by far more civilians in this conflict?