2023-12-28 02:11:17
Colonel Nof Erez claims that probably on October 7 the Israeli army has killed its own civilians on several occasions to prevent them from being returned to Gaza as Hamas prisoners.
Source : The CradleNovember 20, 2023
Colonel Nof Erez, an Israeli Air Force reservist, described Israel’s actions on October 7 as an event that harked back to the “Hannibal mass directive,” referring to the controversial procedure under which Israeli commanders [in circostanze con presenza di ostaggi] the order is given to kill one’s soldiers if this can help prevent them from being taken prisoner.
In an interview with Time on November 15, Colonel Erez described how the Israeli army’s fleet of Apache attack helicopters responded when Hamas fighters attempted to infiltrate military bases and settlements, with the intent of capturing soldiers and civilians for take them as prisoners to Gaza.
Erez recounted how the pilots opened fire at several points along the border fence to prevent Hamas from returning the prisoners, killing both Hamas fighters and Israelis.
Consequentially, “the Hannibal directive was probably adopted because once a hostage situation is identified, Hannibal applies.”
Colonel Nof Erez of the Israeli Air Force describes the events of October 7: “What we saw was a mass Hannibal directive. »
This official procedure states that it is better to kill your own soldiers than to let them fall alive into the hands of the…
— Le Cri des Peuples (@lecridespeuples) December 8, 2023
An investigation in Time of 2003 on this directive concluded that “From a military point of view, a dead soldier is better than a captive soldier who suffers himself and forces the state to release thousands of prisoners to secure his release.
For example, when Hamas took French-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit prisoner in 2006, the Palestinian resistance group held him for five years before exchanging him for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
On October 7, Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari publicly acknowledged that the Israeli military was facing “hostage situations” and was using both airstrikes and ground forces to deal with the situation.
Hagari said the army is “fighting in 22 places,” adding that there is “no community in southern Israel where we don’t have forces, in every city.”
Colonel Erez explained that, typically, Israeli commanders find themselves dealing with situations in which a single soldier is captured.
He then illustrated the difference with the events in Gaza on 7 October, describing a much more complex situation: “The Hannibal that we have been training for for the last 20 years involved a specific vehicle, known by its exact position at the time of entry in the fence, the side of the road it was moving on, and even the specific road it was traveling on.”
However, in Gaza, he observed a drastic change: “What we faced here was Hannibal on a grand scale. We were faced with multiple breaches in the fence, thousands of people moving in numerous different vehicles, some with hostages and some without.”
Colonel Erez revealed that helicopter pilots, who normally operate based on targets provided by the division’s command center or communications with Israeli troops on the ground, faced a different situation on 7 October. Hamas had neutralized both of these sources of information, thus forcing the pilots to independently select their targets along the border.
In an article published on October 15 by Yedioth Ahronoth, it was explained that the Apache pilots were unable to distinguish between Hamas fighters, Palestinian civilians and Israelis. As a result, they opened fire indiscriminately on all vehicles and people present at the Gaza border.
October 7: Israeli Apache helicopters fired heavily and indiscriminately on cars and pedestrians fleeing the Nova electronic music festival, with NO way of knowing who was an Israeli civilian and who was a Hamas fighter.
— Le Cri des Peuples (@lecridespeuples) November 18, 2023
“The rate of fire against thousands of terrorists was initially enormous, and only at a certain point did the pilots begin to slow down their attacks and carefully select the target,” the newspaper adds.
In the confusion, twenty-eight Israeli gunboats fired all the ammunition they had, including hundreds of 30mm high-explosive shells and Hellfire missiles, throughout the day.
After landing his Apache to reload its ammunition around 10 a.m., the 190 Squadron commander asked the other pilots to “shoot everything they see in the barrier area,” which separates Israel from Gaza, according to an article in Yedioth Ahronoth of October 15th.
Colonel Erez discussed reports of the Israeli army’s use of tanks and helicopters to bomb homes in settlements near Gaza, such as Kibbutz Be’eri, where Hamas fighters and Israeli prisoners were believed to be present.
He further indicated that these bombings were carried out in line with the Hannibal Directive, and that they were authorized by military commanders, who monitored the operations in real time through the use of drones. This strategy reportedly aimed to prevent Hamas fighters from bringing Israeli prisoners into Gaza.
Do you see the Hamas massacres, the Israeli “friendly fire” or the Hannibal directive? The truth about October 7th
“The house bombing operations were not conducted without official approval. I have personally observed numerous drones flying over each settlement, providing computerized imagery. This allows us to monitor the situation from all command centers in Israel,” said Colonel Erez.
Israeli authorities reported that Hamas caused the deaths of 1,200 Israeli soldiers and civilians on October 7. However, it remains uncertain how many of these were killed directly by Hamas and how many fell due to the actions of Israeli forces, who sought to prevent their transfer to Gaza.
Mark Regev, spokesperson for the Israeli government, admits on MSNBC that if Israeli deaths went from 1,400 to 1,200, it is because they realized that 200 charred bodies were those of Hamas fighters.
Carbonized by whom? By the Hellfire missiles of…
— Le Cri des Peuples (@lecridespeuples) November 23, 2023
The events of October 7 were used by Israel to justify an intense bombing campaign and ground invasion in Gaza, which led to the deaths of more than 20,000 Palestinians, including more than 8,000 children.
In July, Colonel Erez publicly refused to serve in the reserve forces, telling Israeli broadcaster Kan that he could not participate and “volunteer for a dictatorship,” in response to judicial reform efforts undertaken by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Colonel Erez served 20 years in the Army and another 24 years as a reservist.
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