by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:
Israel killed many of their own people under the Hannibal Directive on October 7, the Israeli media outlet Haaretz admitted Sunday after eight months of cover-ups and disinformation.
From Haaretz, “IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7 to Prevent Hamas Taking Soldiers Captive”:
… [T]he message conveyed at 11:22 A.M. across the Gaza Division network was understood by everyone. “Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza” was the order.
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A very senior IDF source confirmed to Haaretz that the Hannibal procedure, which directs the use of force to prevent soldiers being taken into captivity, was employed on October 7https://t.co/BOu2on6qFK
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) July 7, 2024
🚨🇮🇱 Israel’s Haaretz threatened to SUE ME 8 months ago if I didn’t make a post stating that I was wrong to blame Israel for Israeli deaths on October 7th.
Today, Haaretz released a report admitting that Israel’s Hannibal Directive was used on October 7th to kill Israeli… pic.twitter.com/4YuGynQ5dS
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) July 7, 2024
Haaretz smeared me as a “manipulator” for reporting on the Israeli army’s killing of many, many Israeli citizens on October 7
Now, over 8 months later, @haaretzcom reports the same thing I did back in October
In the eyes of these mediocre LibZio settlers, my sin was revealing… pic.twitter.com/Pwwo6sVXf9
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) July 7, 2024
At this point, the IDF was not aware of the extent of kidnapping along the Gaza border, but it did know that many people were involved. Thus, it was entirely clear what that message meant, and what the fate of some of the kidnapped people would be.
This was not the first order given by the division with the intent of foiling kidnapping even at the expense of the lives of the kidnapped, a procedure known in the army as the “Hannibal procedure.”
Documents obtained by Haaretz, as well as testimonies of soldiers, mid-level and senior IDF officers, reveal a host of orders and procedures laid down by the Gaza Division, Southern Command and the IDF General Staff up to the afternoon hours of that day, showing how widespread this procedure was, from the first hours following the attack and at various points along the border.
Haaretz does not know whether or how many civilians and soldiers were hit due to these procedures, but the cumulative data indicates that many of the kidnapped people were at risk, exposed to Israeli gunfire, even if they were not the target.
At 6:43 A.M., at which time rocket barrages were launched at Israel and thousands of Hamas operatives were attacking army strongholds and the division’s observation and communications capabilities, the division’s commander Brig. Gen. Avi Rosenfeld declared that “the Philistines have invaded.”
This is the procedure when an enemy invades Israeli territory, upon which a division commander can assume extraordinary authority, including the employment of heavy fire inside Israeli territory, in order to block an enemy raid.
A very senior IDF source confirmed to Haaretz that the Hannibal procedure was employed on October 7, adding that this was not used by the divisional commander. Who did give the order? This, said the source, will perhaps be established by post-war investigations.
All Israeli media outlets need to run their reports past IDF censors before publication — so this is effectively the Israeli government giving the go-ahead to admit they killed their own people on October 7.
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