{"id":274490,"date":"2023-10-14T06:05:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T06:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=274490"},"modified":"2023-10-25T19:21:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:21:11","slug":"no-hamas-did-not-behead-40-babies-at-an-israeli-kibbutz-last-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=274490","title":{"rendered":"No, Hamas Did Not Behead 40 Babies at an Israeli Kibbutz Last Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Whitney \u2013 The Unz Review Oct 13, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

There is still no proof that Hamas militants beheaded 40 babies at an Israeli kibbutz<\/strong> last Saturday. There is no physical evidence, no forensic evidence, and no photographic evidence. Zilch. The entire story is based on the unverified claims of an \u201cIsraeli settler leader <\/strong>who incited riots to \u2018wipe out\u2019 Palestinian village.\u201d (Max Blumenthal<\/a>) Naturally, one would expect that a professional journalist would question the credibility of a witness whose bias was so transparently obvious. But that is not the case with i24NEWS reporter Nicole Zedek<\/strong> who regurgitated what she had been told as if it were the Gospel Truth. In fact, Zedek still sticks by her story today despite the glaring lack of evidence and the testimony of a person who has a clear motive for distorting the truth. Here\u2019s part of Zedek\u2019s report from the kibbutz where the incidence is alleged to have taken place:<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid, it\u2019s hard to even explain the mass casualties that happened right here, in fact, the Israeli military says they still don\u2019t have a clear number. But I\u2019m talking to some of the soldiers and they say that what they\u2019ve witnessesd as they\u2019ve been walking through these different houses and communities; babies, their heads cut off. That\u2019s what they said. <\/strong>Families completely gunned down in their beds. You can see many of these soldiers right now, comforting each other\u2026 Many of them are reservists who jumped into action, leaving their own families behind as well, not knowing the sheer horror they were about to come to\u2026.They say they\u2019ve never experienced anything like this. This is nothing anyone could have imagined\u2026.\u201d @vtchakarova<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting, that Zedek never saw any of the beheaded babies nor did she make any effort to see them.<\/strong> Nor did she record the testimony of any of the other soldiers or villagers who could have confirmed or denied that the beheading actually took place. Instead, we are expected to believe the dubious account of an Israeli extremist whose credibility is greatly in doubt.<\/p>\n

But, the credibility of Zedek\u2019s coverage is only half of the story. The other half involves the role of the mainstream media that eagerly picked up the story and republished it without making any effort to verify the allegations. As of Wednesday afternoon, there were more than twenty articles at Google News reiterating in the gruesome details of the barbarous murder-spree that, in all likelihood, never happened. Here\u2019s a sample of the headlines that appeared in Wednesday\u2019s newsfeed:<\/p>\n