The Biden administration has sought to explain that President Joe Biden has not seen confirmed images or reports of beheaded Israeli babies and children following Hamas’ surprise attack on Saturday.
During a roundtable discussion with Jewish community leaders on Wednesday accompanied by the second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, Biden expressed shock at images depicting what he said were militants chopping off the heads of young children.
“I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children,” Biden said.
A senior administration official, though, later told CNN Biden was referring to statements from Israeli media and that neither the president nor anyone working in the U.S. government had seen any such pictures or obtained confirmed reports.
Meanwhile, Israeli officials have been issuing conflicting remarks on the matter.
A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday said babies and young…