Biden says he has ‘seen pictures of Hamas terrorists beheading children’ during murderous assault on Israel that left 1,200 dead and says he has NOT given up on saving American hostages – as he warns Iran ‘to be careful’

Joe Biden on Wednesday said he had seen photos from Israel this weekend of ‘terrorists beheading children’ – confirming Israeli soldiers’ stories of almost unimaginable horror.

Biden held a meeting with Jewish community leaders in the White House on Wednesday, and said he had been shocked by the brutality of the Hamas attack.

At least 1,200 Israelis were killed in Saturday’s carnage, which begun when Hamas militants crossed from Gaza into Israel and murdered people at a music festival and in their homes near the border.

‘This attack was a campaign of pure cruelty, not just hate, but pure cruelty, against the Jewish people,’ Biden said.

He added: ‘I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children.’

His comments end speculation about the truth of the claim of beheaded children, which was originally made by an IDF soldier, David Ben Zion a Deputy Commander of Unit 71 of the Israeli army.

Ben Zion told i24 News: ‘We walked door to door, we killed a lot of terrorists. They are very bad. They cut heads of children, they cut heads of women. But we are stronger than them.’

The IDF later said they could not confirm his account.

But Biden’s statement ended the debate.

He called the Hamas attack on Israel ‘the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust,’ and a campaign of ‘pure cruelty’, adding once again that the United States stood solidly with Israel.