The White House rectified the statements this Wednesday by President Joe Biden, who said he had seen photos of Hamas militiamen "beheading children" and assured that neither the president nor US officials have seen these images.
In a statement to EFE, a spokesperson for the Democratic Administration clarified that the president made these statements based on statements that the Israeli Government has given "publicly."
According to The Washington Post, which was the first to report on the Biden Government's rectification, the White House noted that "neither the president nor government officials have seen the images or have been able to confirm the reports" of these events. independently".
During a speech to the Jewish community earlier today, Biden said that during his years working in the government he never thought he would "see" or "have confirmed images of terrorists beheading children."
Several media outlets in both the US and Israel have echoed statements by the Israeli Defense Forces and the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu stating that they found the bodies of decapitated minors after a Hamas attack on the Kfar Aza kibbutz. this Saturday.
Hamas, for its part, denied having "killed children, beheaded and attacked civilians" during its attack on Israel and rejected the "fabricated accusations" that have been "propagated by some Western media outlets that adopt the Zionist narrative."
A spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry explained to EFE this Tuesday that among the bodies found in the kibbutz of 750 inhabitants, there were "around 40 children, including babies."
