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“Hamas has already said publicly that they plan on attacking Israel again, like they did before, to where they were cutting babies’ heads off to burning women and children alive.”
Joe Biden U.S. president. remarks at a news conference. Claim dated 15 Nov 2023.
Washington Post rated thisCaution warranted

What Washington Post found

Caution is still warranted, especially at the presidential level, about statements that babies were beheaded. The available evidence does not need exaggeration.

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In short

Joe Biden (U.S. president) made this claim around 15 November 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 November 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “Caution warranted”.

Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.

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