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[-] V17@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

By how much is it worse than burned babies, which were released?

Plus, notice that I said it's plausible, not that I believe one version or the other. And, again, even if we say that it was a lie and therefora a fuck up and journos did not sufficiently crosscheck the validity and several people who claim to have seen the photos are lying even if it could cost their careers, in the light of the colossal fuckup with the hospital parking lot bombing that endangered diplomatic ties with several countries and started protests in the streets of several countries, this was relatively minor and pretty well handled.

[-] blitzkrieg@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

No, spreading lies about Hamas beheading babies to dehumanize Palestinians and justify the war crimes Israel is committing against them is not "relatively minor and pretty well handled".

[-] V17@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

Spreading "lies" requires intent. Like what Hamas did with the hospital parking lot. With the babies all context points to a professional screw up at best. And there was no screw up or lying required to create justification for Israel's behavior, slaughtering hundreds of civilians including babies and likely torturing them was enough.

[-] blitzkrieg@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

What makes it a screw up instead of an intended lie?

"Yeah there were no actual beheaded babies, but that wasn't a lie, that was just a screw up!"

What kind of mental gymnastics do you play to look at it this way?

[-] V17@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

First news from Israeli forensics institute are out, seems like it was not a lie at all: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-769339

Kugel also explained that the age range of the victims spans from 3 months to 80 or 90 years old. Many bodies, including those of babies, are without heads.

Asked if they were decapitated, Kugel answered yes. Although he admits that, given the circumstances, it’s difficult to ascertain whether they were decapitated before or after death, as well as how they were beheaded, “whether cut off by knife or blown off by RPG,” he explained.

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