The justification of October 7 - Fact from Crap
It’s been over 2 and a half years. Israel has killed hundreds of thousands of Gazans, stolen over 50% of Gaza, stolen portions of Lebanon while mercilessly bombing them, stolen large swaths of the West Bank, and (along with the US) started a horrific war with Iran.
So is it time we finally admit the truth about October 7th?
We all know that the current horror show in Gaza started when Hamas broke into Israel and killed 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, 2023. Essentially every mainstream media outlet that writes about Gaza has to throw in a mention that Hamas killed 1,200 people on October 7th.
If only it were true.
Yoav Gallant, who was Israel’s Defense Minister at the time of the attacks, said,
“Israeli troops were ordered to shoot and kill captive Israeli civilians on 7 October 2023…”
Wait, WHAT? Israeli troops killed a bunch of Israelis? This seems to be a reference to the Hannibal Directive, which is the Israeli military’s sometimes policy of killing everyone around because that’s the best play when you’re upset about something. Do you see how shocking this admission is? It goes against everything the media has been saying for two and a half years. Well, not all media. Not Israeli media. Here’s from Haaretz:
“IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7 to Prevent Hamas Taking Soldiers Captive.”
So, that 1,200 number that we’ve heard on repeat for 2.5 years includes loads of people killed by Israel. Say it ain’t so! Actually, the UN said it is so:
“The report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) documented repeated uses of the so-called Hannibal Directive on 7 October as Israel was combating Hamas fighters…”
You might be thinking, “Fine, the IDF might’ve killed a few Israelis, but it probably wasn’t that many.” …Sorry to break the news, my friend.
“A new investigative article by …two journalists with extensive sources inside Israel’s military and intelligence establishment …revealed that ‘some 70 vehicles’ driven by Palestinian fighters returning to Gaza were blown up by Israeli helicopter gunships, drones or tanks.”
Seventy vehicles blown up?! That sounds like it would probably have killed a lot of Israeli hostages and bystanders. Even if it were just 2 or 3 per vehicle, that’s hundreds of people. It can’t be that many cars or we would’ve seen piles of them. …Oh, wait, there’s indeed video of piles of destroyed cars.
So why aren’t there tours being given of this wreckage? Why isn’t there a lot of reporting on this? Oh, Israel admitted they shredded and buried hundreds of cars filled with evidence. Why in God’s name would Israel do such a thing? Well, according to Jerusalem Post they did it “in order to save space and be as environmentally friendly as possible…”
Environmentally friendly?! Yeah, that is so Israel. When you look at a photo of Gaza, you think, “They’re trying to be eco-friendly.”
Okay, let’s back up here. If a mass Hannibal Directive were true, there’d also be witness testimony from those who survived. And there’s nothing like that — Oh wait, there is?
“...the key testimony of Yasmin Porat, an Israeli woman who survived a massacre by Israeli forces at Kibbutz Be’eri. According to her account, many Israeli civilians were killed when Israeli forces opened fire with heavy weapons including tank shells at the small kibbutz house they were held by Palestinian fighters.”
Opened fire on a kibbutz house?! I doubt it. I wouldn’t believe that unless I saw video of the tank operators themselves admitting it. …Oh, there is video?
In fact the tank gunner says she was told to fire at a house with tank rounds, but she stopped to ask the commanding officer if there were Israeli civilians inside. He said, “I don’t know, just fire.” But she decided to only fire her machine gun at the house.
And she’s proud enough of this to talk about it on national television. Okay, maybe this was a rare incident. Maybe this one tank gunner went nuts, and this only happened this one time on October 7th.
