Israeli army says baby ‘decapitation’ proof is ‘disrespectful’ to dead

Speaking to the Insider on Wednesday, army spokesman Major Nir Dinar said that the Israeli military will not “investigate the condition of bodies” and won't “comment publicly” about the claims that babies were beheaded by Hamas.

He further added that it would be "disrespectful for the dead” to provide proof of the conditions in which Israeli victims had died.

Multiple Israeli outlets have made claims that Palestinians decapitated Israeli infants during their assault on southern Israel on Saturday.

However, no proof has been provided of the claim, which is being used to rally support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.

Concerns about the accuracy of details in the stories were raised by Francesca Albanese, the United Nations’ special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, who called for journalists to show caution in their reporting.

“Divulging unverified information risks to escalate tensions & endanger lives in a volatile context,” Albanese wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.