The office of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s ultranationalist prime minister, released images of three babies reportedly killed by Hamas in recent attacks on the country. Via X, the old Twitter, the team showed the uncensored photos and reported that they were shown to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
In one of the photos, the body of a boy covered in blood can be seen in a body bag, while in two other photos, the charred remains of another baby can be seen. Check out the censored image below.
Reproduction/Twitter Censored image. Benjamin Netanyahu published the uncensored images on X, formerly Twitter
Antony Blinken said the images “exceed virtually anything a human can understand and process.” “The world is seeing new evidence of Hamas’ evil and inhumanity […]which is aimed at babies, children, young adults, the elderly and people with disabilities,” he added.
After publication, Hamas denied allegations that its fighters killed children in their attack.
News of the deaths of babies at the hands of Hamas caused controversy last week after an Israeli television station reported the existence of a collective farm where “babies decapitated” by Hamas were found.
The story swept the world and was even mentioned by United States President Joe Biden in a speech in which he spoke of “murdered babies” and “massacred entire families” by Hamas.
“There are moments in life (…) when pure evil strikes the world. The people of Israel have just experienced one of those moments at the hands of the bloodthirsty terrorist organization Hamas, a group whose stated goal is to kill Jews,” Biden said from the White House.
A White House spokesman later clarified that American officials had not independently confirmed the accuracy of the images and that the president had based his comments on statements from Netanyahu’s spokesman.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Washington takes “very seriously the need to rely on facts and be as truthful as possible.”
With information from AFP.