I believe there is undisputed stories of families slaughtered in their homes, sometimes children were with them. This turned into "babies and children killed." This may have included some beheading(s), which turned into "40 babies decapitated" alleged by an alleged by. This was walked back immediately by the journalist cited as source. But the lie is already all the way around the world while the truth has only laced one shoe. It's hand to hand combat against only civilians. The numbers and manor of death should be irrelevant to the justification of retaliation.