In part, many questions about the violence remain unanswered because journalists have limited access to many parts of Israel and Palestine due to safety threats and military brigades. Kongara says she was motivated to study decapitation in rats after reading other studies involving consciousness of slaughtered farm animals. “These studies made us think about laboratory animals, which are killed in large numbers globally for experimental purpose,” says Kongara. It’s a Massacre’: IDF Troops Clear Kfar Azza Kibbutz. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUviWn2EXlA. Accessed 11 Oct. 2023.

In October 2016, riots broke out in two Brazilian prisons. In Angricola de Monte Cristo prison in Boa Vista, ten inmates were murdered. At least six were decapitated with scraps of wood pulled from walls. They were also set on fire. The melee began when the Primero Comando da Capital gang flooded into their rivals’ territory armed with knives, stones, and improvised weapons. Archaeologists found the remains of several round houses and mound burials dating to the Bronze Age. But it wasn't until the Iron Age that the landscape became more settled with small, timber-built and thatched round houses and cultivated farmland, Collard said. These farms were close together — less than 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) apart — and had domesticated animals and grain processing. Like Snopes, other media outlets received the same statement from IDF comparing Hamas' killings to those of ISIS. Hearing from a Journalist in Kfar Aza Israeli Forensic Teams Describe Signs of Torture, Abuse.” Reuters, 15 Oct. 2023. www.reuters.com, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forensic-teams-describe-signs-torture-abuse-2023-10-15/. Accessed Oct. 16, 2023. When Snopes reached out to the IDF to comment on the underlying rumor — namely that Israeli babies were beheaded by Hamas — the military did not confirm that the purported beheadings happened. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesperson Tal Heinrich stated to media that babies and toddlers had been found with their “heads decapitated” in Kfar Aza.Sky News Defends Decision To Hold On Baby Beheading Claims.” Mediaite, 11 Oct. 2023, https://www.mediaite.com/uk/sky-news-anna-botting-defends-restraint-on-reporting-hamas-baby-beheading-claims/.Accessed 11 Oct. 2023.

Little research was conducted on the subject, however, until the turn of the twentieth century, when another French doctor, Beaurieux, was permitted to make an investigation of a severed head, of a criminal called Languille, immediately after guillotining: WATCH NOW: BEHEADED BABIES AND WOMEN FOUND IN KFAR AZA." i24News, Oct. 10, 2023. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKc9ESIEMpw. Accessed 11 Oct. 2023. I have very fond memories of this one, as it was the first time I’d ever been scared witless at the cinema, transfixed by a story that builds to the appearance of one of the most horrendously magnificent Ray Harryhausen monsters ever to grace a young boy’s bedroom wall. It is also unique on this list because it’s the only instance where the decapitation is essential to the film’s plot.People should be wary of claims that echo Islamophobic rhetoric, or statements that compare the violence in Kfar Aza to “ISIS-style” killings — i.e., beheadings that have taken place in a different context and were committed by a different group. Such rumors that emphasize specific, unverified acts of brutality against infants and that attempt to connect them to patterns of violence carried out by unconnected Islamist groups have the potential to become dangerous propaganda. What’s the chance of a straightforward decapitation from the master of the set-piece murder? Well, none whatsoever quite frankly. Dario Argento’s bonkers giallo always had a good chance of featuring on this list, precisely because decapitation is the modus operandi of the film’s killer. With Dr Lloyd’s (Brad Dourif) death, he delivers a beheading that is, for better or worse, as memorable as almost any death scene he’s ever filmed.

The Building Will Be Bombed’ Says a Palestinian Journalist, His Last Words." Al Jazeera, Oct. 10, 2023. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/10/at-least-six-palestinian-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strikes-on-gaza. Accessed 11 Oct. 2023. This is the decapitation that just keeps on giving, and it’s the hilarious repercussions which follow that make it so memorable. The initial decapitation is actually a truncated version of the same scene in the first film, when Linda launches herself 20 feet into the air, only to have Ash swing a spade as she descends, resulting in her headless body landing on him while her giggling head plops down yards away.Saint Ginés de La Jara (Getty Museum)". Archived from the original on 2008-10-05 . Retrieved 2007-08-21. Scott B. Montgomery, "Mittite capud meum... ad matrem meam ut osculetur eum: The Form and Meaning of the Reliquary Bust of Saint Just Mittite", Gesta 36.1 (1997), pp. 48–64. Walter, Christopher (2003). The Warrior Saints in Byzantine Art and Tradition. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-84014-694-3. The scaffold is the ultimate stage, where, for centuries, life and death were acted out for real. In the mid-eighteenth century, Edmund Burke observed that theatregoers enjoying a royal tragedy would have raced to the exit at the news that a head of state was about to be executed in a nearby public square. Our fascination with real misfortune, he pointed out, is far more compelling than our interest in hardships that are merely staged. He might have said the same today, but in the digital age, the internet mediates our view of grisly executions, simultaneously keeping us at a distance and giving us front-row seats. Today, severed heads are held up for the camera and the spectators can watch at home. During the Iraq War, the extraordinary allure of beheading videos was proved for the first time, and in no uncertain terms. Although most people see beheading as a historical event that happened to troubled queens or indignant revolutionaries, it remains a current event in some parts of the world.

Citing footage compiled by the Israeli military and interviews with forensic experts, The Media Line's reporting stated at least one adult was decapitated by a Hamas fighter (video footage showed the act, according to The Media Line) and soldiers' decapitated corpses were displayed in Gaza, though it did not say infants, specifically, were decapitated at the hands of Hamas fighters. At present, details are still emerging from communities affected in Israel, the death tolls are still being counted, and the manner of many deaths have not yet been confirmed. We will update this story once more information comes to light.The facts, when confirmed, should be revealed, whatever they may be. As of this writing, there is not enough evidence to verify that infants were beheaded. From Where Did the 'Beheaded Babies' Rumor Originate? We should note, Jewish burial rites may complicate the search for answers, given the emphasis on the dignity of the dead and the requirement for burials to take place within 24 hours if possible. Viewing and exposing the body is also considered objectionable and disrespectful. The study’s authors concluded that there is some form of brief consciousness in brain activity — at least in rats. But what does this mean for humans? The story appeared to stem from alleged observations by Israeli soldiers after a massacre in the village of Kfar Aza. For example, an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson told Insider that "soldiers on the ground who are there" told him that soldiers found the decapitated corpses of babies at Kfar Aza. The spokesperson said he had not seen photos or videos of the alleged deaths himself, and no further details about that alleged visual evidence were available.