Reporting in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz offers the most significant evidence to date that Israel killed its own citizens in an effort to prevent Hamas fighters from returning to Gaza after the Palestinian group’s armed operation.
A report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has claimed the IDF invoked the controversial Hannibal directive during Hamas’ October 7 attack last year, deliberately killing Israelis to prevent them from being taken hostage by Palestinian fighters.
Documents and testimonies obtained by Haaretz reveal the Hannibal operational order, which directs the use of force to prevent soldiers being taken into captivity, was employed at three army facilities infiltrated by Hamas, potentially endangering civilians as well.
Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza was the order, writes journalist Yaniv Kubovich. 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 and soldiers would be.
The newspaper notes the exact number of Israelis killed by IDF fire is unknown. The report cites testimony from service members up and down the IDF chain of command, including soldiers and mid- and senior-level officers.
Highly controversial within and outside of Israel, the so-called Hannibal directive was devised in response to the threat of armed groups gaining leverage over the Israeli state through the taking of hostages.
Palestinian forces took several Israelis captive during the 1970’s and 80’s, successfully negotiating the release of Palestinian prisoners in return.
The notion Israelis were better dead than abducted led to the creation of the protocol, which allowed the use of deadly force.
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Everyone knew it. The evidence are overwhelming. In fact, the evidence were irremovable. Zionists are the savagest of all savages.
Documents and testimonies obtained by Haaretz reveal the Hannibal operational order, which directs the use of force to prevent soldiers being taken into captivity.
For years, the Zionists have been killing their own people and blamed it on the Jewz and Palestinians. It is called “False Flag terrorism”.