Pada tanggal 7 Oktober 2023, sekitar 70 militan [[Hamas]] menyerang [[Kfar Aza]], sebuah [[kibbutz]] sekitar {{Convert|3|km|mi|sp=us}} dari perbatasan dengan [[Jalur Gaza]], membantai penduduk dan [[Penculikan selama perang Israel-Hamas tahun 2023|menculik beberapa sandera]].
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Klaim bahwa sejumlah bayi dipenggal juga disampaikan oleh juru bicara Perdana Menteri Israel [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], dan klaim yang paling terkenal diulangi oleh Presiden AS [[Joe Biden]], yang mengklaim telah melihat bukti foto untuk itu.<ref>{{cite news |last=Joshi |first=Joy |date=13 October 2023 |title=Israel-Hamas war: How the unverified claim about beheaded babies spread — ‘Same misinformation, different war’ |work=[[Yahoo! News|Yahoo! News Canada]] |url=https://news.yahoo.com/israel-hamas-war-unverified-claim-beheaded-babies-misinformation-214727885.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall}}</ref><ref name="Intercept=11102">{{cite news |last=Speri |first=Alice |date=11 October 2023|title=“Beheaded babies” report spread wide and fast — but israel military won’t confirm it |work=[[The Intercept]] |publisher=|url=https://theintercept.com/2023/10/11/israel-hamas-disinformation/ |access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014064017/https://theintercept.com/2023/10/11/israel-hamas-disinformation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gedung Putih]] kemudian membantah bahwa Biden telah melihat gambar-gambar foto, dan mengklarifikasi bahwa ia mengacu pada laporan media dan pernyataan Netanyahu.<ref name="NBCnews" /><ref name="Intercept=11102" />
The IDF statedmenyatakan tokepada ''[[Business Insider|Insider]]'' thatbahwa theymereka wouldtidak notakan investigatemenyelidiki thetuduhan tersebut allegationlebih furtherlanjut, citingdengan thatalasan itbahwa wouldhal beitu akan "disrespectfultidak formenghormati theorang dead"yang tosudah do someninggal".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zitser |first=Joshua |date=11 October 2023|title=IDF says it won't back up its claim that Hamas decapitated babies in Israel because it is 'disrespectful for the dead'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/idf-says-wont-back-up-beheaded-babies-disrespectful-2023-10 |access-date=12 October 2023 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012014817/https://www.businessinsider.com/idf-says-wont-back-up-beheaded-babies-disrespectful-2023-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kantor Netanyahu'sofficemerilis releasedfoto-foto photosbayi ofyang dead babiestewas, sayingdan theymengatakan werebahwa killedmereka anddibunuh burneddan indibakar thedalam serangan attacktersebut.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spiro |first=Amy |date=12 October 2023 |title=Netanyahu’s office releases horrifying images of infants murdered by Hamas |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-office-releases-horrifying-images-of-infants-murdered-by-hamas/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The Jerusalem Post statedmenyatakan thatbahwa thesegambar-gambar imagesini confirmedmengonfirmasi thatbahwa babiesbayi-bayi wereitu decapitateddipenggal,<ref name="jpost12oct">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-767951 |title=Photos of babies being burnt, decapitated confirmed|last=Joffre|first=Tzvi |date=12 October 2023 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |access-date=13 October 2023 |publisher= |archive-date=13 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013045824/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-767951 |url-status=live }}</ref> whilesementara NBC News statedmenyatakan thatbahwa theklaim claimtersebut couldtidak notdapat bediverifikasi independentlysecara verifiedindependen anddan thattidak noada photographicbukti evidencefoto thatyang babiesmenunjukkan werebahwa decapitatedbayi-bayi wastersebut provideddipenggal.<ref name="NBCnews" /> [[CNN]] reportedmelaporkan thatbahwa claimsklaim ofpemenggalan beheadingtidak coulddapat not be confirmeddikonfirmasi.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Chance |first=Matthew |last2=Greene |first2=Richard Allen |last3=Berlinger |first3=Joshua |date=12 October 2023 |title=Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/middleeast/israel-hamas-beheading-claims-intl/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012144119/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/middleeast/israel-hamas-beheading-claims-intl/index.html |archive-date=12 October 2023 |access-date=12 October 2023 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref>
