Hannibal at Erez, dispatch a Zik [attack drone],” came the Israeli command on October 7.
Hasbara is the Israeli euphemism for propaganda, and there are some things, said the late ambassador Yohanan Meroz, that are not ‘hasbarable.’
Israeli helicopter video of attacks under Israel’s Hannibal directive
On 7 October 2023 the first Israeli helicopters were launched from the north of Israel, and arrived near the Gaza Strip about an hour after the fighting began. The pilots shot right inside Israeli settlements. Pilots received information from the ground. According to a Y-net report, about 300 targets were attacked in the first 4 hours. Below is video footage showing Israeli air force attacks on people attending and then fleeing Re’im music festival not far from the Gaza fence.
Initially Israeli Air Force claimed their response to the surprise attack was caused by “the fog of battle” affecting both IDF troops on the ground and “air crews launched into the skies of the Western Negev.” According to a December 2023 Ynet article, there was also an “immense and complex quantity” of friendly-fire incidents during the 7 October attack.
YNet reported: “At 10:00 in the morning, after the commander of Squadron 190, Lt. Col. A., got off his helicopter in Ramon to re-arm and refuel. He downloaded the full video recorded by the helicopter’s camera and quickly transmitted it to the corps headquarters in Kriya. In less than 20 minutes he was in the air again, and by means of the information produced, he instructed the other air fighters to shoot at everything they see in the fence area, and at one point also attacked an IDF post with besieged soldiers …” – Translated from Hebrew at https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/b111niukzt
Helicopter crews initially poured down fire at a tremendous rate, attacking about 300 targets in four hours. Later, the crews began to slow their attacks and carefully select targets.
According to Haaretz journalist Josh Breiner, a police source said that a police investigation found that an IDF helicopter that had fired on Hamas militants “apparently also hit some festival participants” in the Re’im music festival massacre.
The Israeli genocide of the Gaza Strip began at 9:45am (06:45 GMT) on 7 October 2023. Blasts were heard in Gaza at 10:00am (07:00 GMT). Israel claimed responsibility for these attacks.
George Galloway hits hard against Israeli Hannibal directive on 7 October
Ian Curr, 16 September 2024
References
Israeli forces accused of killing their own citizens under the ‘Hannibal Directive’ during October 7 chaos – Australian Broadcasting Commission @ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-07/israel-hannibal-directive-kidnap-hamas-gaza-hostages-idf/104224430
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel#cite_note-HDOIH-246
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%27im_music_festival_massacre