Tag: Hannibal Directive

Belated Reporting on Oct 7 Helps Justify Genocide

Mick Hall analyzes an Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s story — 11 months into a genocide — on the Israeli military’s use of the Hannibal Directive to kill its own citizens

Belated Reporting on Oct 7 Helps Justify Genocide

September 12, 2024

Haaretz confirms the “The Hannibal Directive Oct 7th

Haaretz, published the results of its thorough, comprehensive investigation into what actually happened when Hamas attacked on October 7. So far, the U.S. mainstream media has not said a word about the shocking results of that investigation

Israel’s leading paper says its own army deliberately killed Israelis on October 7. But in the U.S. media: silence

Report Confirms Israel Ordered ‘Hannibal Directive’ During October 7 Response

The directive means the Israeli military could use any means to prevent Israelis from being taken captive even if it puts their life in danger.

A report published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday confirmed that the Israeli military implemented a secretive procedure known as the “Hannibal directive” during the response to the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel.

The directive allows Israeli forces to prevent Israelis from being taken hostage, even if that means putting their lives in danger. The directive had historically only applied to soldiers, but it was also used on Israeli civilians during the October 7 response.

Report Confirms Israel Ordered ‘Hannibal Directive’ During October 7 Response

July 9, 2024 Editor

Israel’s national murder-suicide pact

Many Israelis seem willing to sacrifice their own civilians on the altar of Zionism – and sometimes even themselves too.

As The Electronic Intifada has reported in detail since the Palestinian military assault that started on 7 October, Israel that day reactivated its suicidal (and homicidal) “Hannibal Directive.”

https://electronicintifada.net/content/israels-national-murder-suicide-pact/46006

The ‘mistaken’ killing of three Israeli hostages was a tragedy long foretold

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023. (Flash90)

But perhaps this foretold tragedy can explain to Israelis that the systematic killing of innocent Palestinians and the subsequent tactics of denial, cover-up, and stalling come at a price for Israelis too. And that this price, once in a while, is the lives of three hostages waving a white flag.

Source: The ‘mistaken’ killing of three Israeli hostages was a tragedy long foretold