Israel absolutely did not "admit" that the stories of beheaded children and mass rapes weren't true.
Hamas absolutely did behead children, and rape and torture and murder dozens of women. That was not made up.
Israel has been showing pictures and videos of the bodies found after the Hamas attack. (They are showing them right now in various locations in SoCal.) Witnesses who survived the Hamas attack have testified to witnessing rapes and murders. Even the few Hamas terrorists taken alive have admitted to both.
> Hamas absolutely did behead children, and rape and torture and murder dozens of women.
No, they did not. I can't believe these lies are still being peddled, though you are proving my point about the culpability of the traditional media - they originally aired this "news" with minimal fact-checking, and then barely a mention of when Israel admitted, bit by bit, that they never happened.
> Witnesses who survived the Hamas attack have testified to witnessing rapes...
You mean like the witness that later admitted he was never even there? Or the one who later admitted he made it up? Or the other witnesses who later admitted they were just repeating what they were told by others? AFAIK, there isn't a single first-hand testimony that agrees with you.
> Even the few Hamas terrorists taken alive have admitted to both
You can't seriously be taking confession taken under torture as fact? Hamas have publicly, repeatedly and vehemently denied any rapes - and if you think about it, claiming that mass rapes and tortures were going on in the middle of a firefight (with not only small arms, but tanks and Apaches!)... is kind of unbelievable. More recently, we've seen the head rabbi of the IDF say that it's totally fine for Israeli soldiers to rape Palestinian civilians.
Hamas absolutely did kill civilians on October 7th, and some were definitely beheaded (no children though) - their actions were horrendous enough without Israel making up atrocity propaganda. My guess is that Israel panicked after killing so many of their own on Oct 7th, then Netanyahu realised it would be the perfect time to save his presidency by invading and occupying Gaza (this is pure speculation on my part, of course)
But I fear now we're veering into an argument that isn't suitable for HN; I've said my piece and would politely and respectfully invite you to do some research on Israel's recent admissions regarding their original claims on Oct 7th.
Hamas absolutely did behead children, and rape and torture and murder dozens of women. That was not made up.
Israel has been showing pictures and videos of the bodies found after the Hamas attack. (They are showing them right now in various locations in SoCal.) Witnesses who survived the Hamas attack have testified to witnessing rapes and murders. Even the few Hamas terrorists taken alive have admitted to both.