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Taking a selfie at the Tekuma “car cemetery.” Israel says that more than 1,000 vehicles were destroyed — often with Israeli captives inside — on and soon after 7 October 2023. But the evidence shows that many of these bombings were carried out by Israel itself, under its deadly “Hannibal Directive.” Jim HollanderUPI


One year ago today Palestinian fighters led by Hamas launched an unprecedented military offensive out of the Gaza Strip.The immediate goal was to inflict a shattering blow against Israel’s army bases and militarized settlements which have besieged Gaza’s inhabitants for decades – all of which are built on land that Palestinian families were expelled from in 1948.The bigger goal was to shatter a status quo in which Israel, the United States and their accomplices believed they had effectively sidelined the Palestinian cause, and to bring that struggle for liberation back to the forefront of world attention.“Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” as Hamas called it, was, by any objective military measure, a stunning success.It was said at Israel’s military headquarters that day that “the Gaza Division was overpowered,” a high-level source present later recalled to Israeli journalists. “These words still give me the chills.”Covered from the air by armed drones and a barrage of rockets – which opened the offensive at 6:26 am exactly – Palestinian fighters launched a lightening raid over the Gaza boundary line.The army bases were conquered for hours. Some of the settlements still had an armed Palestinian presence two days later.The military communications infrastructure was instantly smashed. Simultaneous attacks took place by land, air and sea.Palestinian drones took out tanks, guard posts and watchtowers.

These lies about rape and beheaded babies were swiftly debunked by The Electronic Intifada and a small group of other independent media – often at the cost of being smeared by mainstream media and banned or censored by social media giants like YouTube. Trying to paper over the cracks of its military and intelligence defeat, Israel has also been desperate to cover up another major scandal.That Israel killed hundreds of its own people between 7 and 9 October 2023.The regime ideologically justified this within Israeli society using a well-established national murder-suicide pact known in Israel as the “Hannibal Directive.”The Electronic Intifada today presents a full overview of how Israel killed so many of its own people during the Palestinian offensive.This article is based on a year’s worth of The Electronic Intifada’s investigative reporting, extensive monitoring and translation of the Hebrew-language Israeli media, independent examination of hundreds of videos, a recent pro-Israel film broadcast by the BBC and Paramount+ about the Supernova rave, official Israeli figures of the dead and a little-read UN Human Rights Council report.

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"Hannibal at Erez, dispatch a Zik [attack drone]," came the command on October 7.

Those words, reported by Israeli newspaper Haaretz in July, confirm what many Israelis have feared since the Hamas attacks on October 7 in southern Israel.

Israeli forces have killed their own citizens.

Israeli authorities say more than 800 civilians and around 300 soldiers were killed on October 7.

A number of Israeli hostages have since died in Gaza.

Israelis are still reeling from the horror and pain of the Hamas-led terror attack, which was the bloodiest single day in Israel's history.

But the Israeli military is coming under increasing pressure to reveal just how many of their own citizens were killed by Israeli soldiers, pilots and police in the confusion of the Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities.

Survivors and relatives have been asking not just "what went wrong", but whether the military invoked the controversial — and supposedly rescinded — "Hannibal Directive"

"They interpreted it as if they are [meant] to intentionally, deliberately kill the soldier in order to foil the attempted abduction, and that was wrong," Israeli philosopher Asa Kasher, who wrote the IDF code of ethics, told the ABC.

"That is legally wrong and morally wrong and ethically wrong, it's wrong on all accounts."

In 2011, Hamas successfully used an Israeli hostage to secure a major prisoner exchange, swapping one Israeli soldier, tank gunner Gilad Shalit, for more than 1,000 prisoners, including the current Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar.

After October 7, there were some testimonies from Israeli civilians and military personnel that Israeli forces responding to the Hamas attack killed their own citizens.

Nevertheless, many Israelis and supporters of Israel condemned anyone who suggested it had occurred, before more testimonies and Israeli media reports confirmed it was true.

The IDF has not confirmed or denied a version of the Hannibal directive was applied on October 7, only saying it is one of many things from that day under investigation.

In response to questions from the ABC, the Israeli military provided a statement saying: "The IDF is currently focused on eliminating the threat from the terrorist organisation Hamas."

"Questions of this kind will be looked into at a later stage."

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What a bunch of cowards.....
Not one Republican, Democrat or Progressive wants to know the Truth .....how shameful......

Those damn Jews came with blazing guns, riding motorcycles, hang gliders, and Toyota trucks. Indiscriminately killing children and women. The bastards even killed hundreds at a music festival....the dirty bastards.

RebelGator » 07 Oct 2024, 6:16 pm » wrote: ↑

07 Oct 2024, 6:16 pm

Those damn Jews came with blazing guns, riding motorcycles, hang gliders, and Toyota trucks. Indiscriminately killing children and women. The bastards even killed hundreds at a music festival....the dirty bastards.

Yes sir - they've been doing it

since 1947. 

Murdering brown children for Jesus