The headline in published report did not include the source in the headline: Hamas's massacre in Kfar Aza: 'We collect the bodies and put them in bags. It's a nightmare'

Forey attributes the quote from the headline to an anonymous reservist solider in paragraph two.

Forey is explicit about the claim being unverified, writing, “Rumors of multiple beheadings of children have circulated. No Israeli official has yet confirmed them.”

He later describes the process, speaking to half a dozen soldiers at the site, and that no mention was made of beheaded babies.

In a follow up in Le Mondepublished April 3, 2024, Forey is quoted saying, "I don't think this story is probable. The soldiers had been at the kibbutz since at least the day before. Such an atrocious event would have been documented, and not confided by some soldiers to some journalists.

I contacted two first-aid organizations deployed at the time of the attack. None of them mentions any beheadings – without saying they didn't happen. As of October 11, the date of publication of my article, I cannot confirm any beheadings."

On October 11, Forey Tweeted:

"Clarification: I was in Kfar Aza yesterday. No one told me about beheadings, much less about children being beheaded, much less about 40 children being beheaded."

On April 3, 2024, Le Monde published an article titled '40 beheaded babies': Deconstructing the rumor at the heart of the information battle between Israel and Hamas' (Forey was a co-author).

The article details the information collecting process, adding, "Journalists also interviewed military personnel on site, often reserve soldiers, whose reliability is questionable...The Israeli Defense Forces, whose staff itself has not always shown caution or restraint in the 40 babies case, reminded later that a reserve soldier "should not describe events whose details are unclear and unofficial."