In a horrific recent incident, the death of four Israeli civilians in a Hamas attack has sparked an ongoing investigation. According to a senior Israeli official, the government cannot confirm rumors that babies were beheaded during the attack.
The attack occurred in the early hours of May 11th in the coastal city of Ashkelon. Hamas, the Islamist militant group controlling Gaza, launched more than 130 rockets into Israeli territory. In response to a retaliation by the Israeli Defense Forces, the militants shot the four missiles towards the streets of Ashkelon.
Four Israeli civilians were killed in the onslaught—Avraham Greenbaum, his son Moshe, and two neighbors, Yoram Shlomo and Nechemya Malachi—and up to 66 were injured. Additionally, two rockets from Hamas struck a residential home and destroyed it entirely.
Following the attack, reports spread that the militants had beheaded babies in the aftermath. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been vocal in his denouncement of the incident, claiming it was one of the worst acts of terrorism ever experienced in the country.
But according to a senior official from the Israeli Intelligence ministry, there is no corroborating evidence to suggest that babies had been beheaded. The official declined to provide further details as to the exact nature of the incident but reassured the public that the government is taking the attack seriously and is actively investigating it.
As the Hamas attack leaves four families in mourning, the Israeli government has pledged to seek justice and punish those responsible. Even though there is no evidence that babies were beheaded, it is clear that this terrorizing attack will not go unpunished.
