Declassified UK

Posted: 4th January 2024

This morning we published our latest from Hamza Ali Shah, who reported on how Britain’s national press have been indispensable allies of Israel throughout its brutal war on Gaza and how they have reported Israeli fake news as fact.

The assertion that during Hamas’ attack in southern Israel on 7 October babies were beheaded gained traction almost immediately.

What started as a claim from Israeli military and media circles that lacked certainty was instantly transformed into an established fact by virtually the entire British media. Most British papers duly reported that babies had been beheaded.

In subsequent days, journalists at the scene in Israel continued to investigate the validity of the beheaded babies story. A French journalist in Kfar Aza reported that nobody had mentioned beheaded children to him.

Meanwhile, Oren Ziv, a prominent Israeli journalist, highlighted he had not seen any evidence to support the claims before adding that Israeli soldiers and the army’s spokesperson remained unable to confirm the allegations.

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