Israeli journalist slams army for feeding false line about Hamas atrocity

An Israeli journalist has criticised the Israeli army after he interviewed an officer who falsely claimed Hamas fighters had hung out dead Israeli babies and children on washing lines.

On Tuesday, Ishay Coen posted a video of himself interviewing a soldier who said "babies and children were hung on a clothes line in a row".

But journalists pointed out that only one child had been killed in the area where the event was purported to have taken place and that the claim was therefore inaccurate. Others questioned why no imagery of the claim had been provided.

Amid the criticisms, Coen deleted the interview but pro-Israel accounts on X continue to share the clip.

Coen responded to the critics, explaining that he deleted his original post based on the complaints he had received and his own investigations that led him to conclude the claim was likely false.

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