WEST BANK (KI) – An Israeli journalist has criticized the Zionist regime’s army after he interviewed an officer who falsely claimed Hamas fighters had hung out dead Israeli babies and children on washing lines.
Ishay Coen posted a video of himself interviewing a soldier who said “babies and children were hung on a clothes line in a row”.The video garnered hundreds of thousands of views on X, formerly known as Twitter, before other journalists cast doubts on the claims.
They 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, described as right-leaning by the New York Times, deleted the interview but pro-Israel accounts on X continue to share the clip.
On Wednesday, 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.
In the post, Coen said that he had been offered the interview by the Israeli army and that officials had approved the video for broadcast, adding that the officer in question continued to insist that the claim was true and even had another witness who could corroborate it.
Haaretz journalist Amir Tibon responded to Coen’s post, saying: “There was room to check how many babies were murdered in this kibbutz before the broadcast. This is public information, not military.”
“Regardless, this is a disgrace of the IDF spokesman, which causes damage to our credibility at the international level.”
To which Coen replied: “I admit that I didn’t think it was necessary to check the truth of a story brought by a lieutenant colonel...Why would an army officer make up such a horrific story? I was wrong.”
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