A review by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) set to be released this summer will conclude that Israeli soldiers killed many of their own people on October 7, Israeli media reported. The inquiry is expected to identify multiple failures of the IDF during the Hamas rampage in southern Israel.
According to Israel’s Channel 12 News, the IDF report due to be released in mid-July found “many casualties due to our forces firing on our forces.” Tel Aviv has been accused of ordering its soldiers to kill hostages rather than allow Hamas to use them in negotiations, a policy long known as the ‘Hannibal Directive.’
The IDF’s October 7 review appears to point to incompetence rather than the intentional killing of its own civilians. However, Israeli outlet Ynet’s investigation of the IDF’s conduct found Tel Aviv had ordered troops to follow the Hannibal policy.
Still, the conclusions from the forthcoming report will amount to an official admission that scores, if not more, of Israelis were killed by IDF soldiers, not Hamas.
On October 7, Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel that left hundreds of attackers, 767 Israeli civilians, and 376 members of the Israeli security forces dead. The Jerusalem Post recently reported that many of the Israeli deaths were caused by IDF overreaction or inaction.
“According to the report, the probe will find numerous cases of friendly fire errors leading to tragic deaths, groups of IDF soldiers who were too hesitant to confront Hamas invaders (as still others rushed to fight without being formally summoned),” the outlet noted, adding that “higher-up commanders ordering some groups of soldiers to remain in a reserve second-line capacity – when they should have headed into the front, and not knowing how to handle complex battlefield questions involving a hostage.”
While Tel Aviv has denied that the Hannibal Directive was put into effect and insists it is no longer used, evidence has emerged of Israeli forces firing on homes knowing civilians were inside. One incident in Kibbutz Be’eri left 12 Israeli civilians dead.
There are multiple probes investigating the IDF’s actions on October 7, though one Israeli government-led inquiry was shut down by the country’s top court this week amid objections from the IDF and a number of senior officials.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest.
And this, in the immortal words of Tricky Dick, is only a "limited partial hang-out", … even more than the White House, the IDF is one of the contemporary world's most inveterate liars, … beginning with made-up numbers ,,, and even so how many of those '767 civilians' were Hamas ??
From what I read, it was LBJ who'd frequently engage in literal "limited partial hang-out" of his own particular "Johnson".
LOL!
Israeli media may mention it, but ours will probably ignore it. But if they don't, it will be mentioned as, "it was old news." Or "it was an accident." Or "it was Hamas' fault." Or "Israel is still investigating."
Why not Russian disinformation, the old classic?
Friendly fire is a euphemism for the Hannibal Directive and false flag operation.
Touché Ole!
”Friendly Fire”, is slightly oxymoronic…
I bet "friendly fire" sounds unbearably sarcastic when you are actually a victim of it.
I mean let's face it, any soldier today faces the eventual realization that he was lied to by his superiors. I don't know a single military that actually serves a good purpose. Do you?
Yes the Russian military as led by Putin has stimied NATO's attempt to put NATO nukes on it's border with Ukraine by the same NAZI cult Russia defeated in WWII that killer 28 million Russians. Just like the loss of Crimea, the coup plotters underestimated Russian resolve.
Clinton, Nuland, Piatt thought they were smart to overthrow the electer leader of Ukraine till Putin took Crimea. They thought they would weaken Russia and wear it down, but what they have done is kill off most of their young men of prime military age!!! Hubris precedes a great fall and it's sadly the Ukraine's paying it!
Where are Tim and Jake…?!
;-/
Lol
Haha yeah, "Sturm und Dumb" are seldom late to the [canonise-IDF / castigate-Hamas] comedy fest they're constantly adding new dates & shows to.
Lol…! I was gonna say Dumb and Dumber…!
Lol…! I was gonna say Dumb and Dumber…!
On October 7, Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel that left hundreds of attackers, 767 Israeli civilians, and 376 members of the Israeli security forces dead.
So, that means that Hamas' attack was legit. If Israel can level a city of civilians so they can kill Hamas, then that should be the standard that Hamas is judged by also. And if Israel had killed 376 members of Hamas while killing 767 civilian, they'd, and our loyal Israeli firsters, would be calling it "just". Add to the fact that Israel ignored multiple warnings about the impending attack, and we have the ultimate in terrorist organizations and they're called the IDF.
Even the "767" civilian number is debatable; some, if not many, of these were members of Kibbutz "security teams" who engaged HAMAS with gunfire, and were overwhelmed. The NY Post, in the days after, was quick to laud those security teams from kibbutzes that managed to hold off HAMAS; it would be foolish to think that this was all one-way, and that HAMAS didn't cause casualties to the security teams in the Kibbutzes they overwhelmed. Those security teams are armed combatants; fair game, and not "civilians".
Take out the members of the IDF; Israeli Police; Kibbutz security teams, and the "friendly fire" victims, and the number of "civilians killed by HAMAS" goes way, way down from the original, hysterical "1400" claim. And suddenly, it no longer looks so much like a "terrorist attack", but a military operation with collateral damage; something the US military, as well as the IDF, has plenty of experience with.
Indeed – armed paramilitaries with military weapons are surprisingly all over Israeli society. It’s the first thing any tourist notices.
one also notices that these paramilitaries have even less fire discipline than the IDF. (The IDF is notorious for Blue on Blue incidents.) Spry and Pray seems to be the paramilitary’s training.
Yet when they become casualties themselves, the Israelis and the western media shills lament their deaths as “poor innocent civilians”.
Likud also dors this with IDF conscript KIA, calling them “teenagers” , publishing photos of them as innocent civvies
I have reached the point where I do not believe anything that the Israeli leaders say.
"A review by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) set to be released this summer will conclude that Israeli soldiers killed many of their own people on October 7, Israeli media reported."
"OMG Assad is killing his own people, we need to do something!!!". OH WAIT.
Any moment now, Major Burns and Sully will insist this is Hamas's fault.
Look for more of this as these Barney Fifes go to war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Unless the US donates troops for the effort, the IDF are in for a big thrashing.
If Israel launches the attack on Lebanon Bibi talks about, if I were an Israel citizen, I would get the heck out of Israel. If such an attack happens which causes great civilian deaths, Hezbollah just might launch drones and rockets at sites, such as ammonia and chlorine plants. Iron Dome facilities would be hit. Airfields. Possibly an invasion by Hezbollah and friends. Israel would stir up a hornets nest. If the Bidette administration decides to up the ante on helping the IDF, with troops on the ground, or any other direct aid, it would be very bad. Is Israel really that stupid? Is the U.S.?
“Israeli outlet Ynet’s investigation of the IDF’s conduct found Tel Aviv had ordered troops to follow the Hannibal policy.”
Malice of forethought.
Porat, the Israeli woman who survived the attack, spoke of Israeli tanks lobbing shells into homes, knowing that Israelis were in the homes, with Hamas fighters. That is how the poster girl, Liel Hatsroni, was killed.
"friendly fire" how can you even explain that ?
good luck explaining that, to me it just sounds like 9/11.
edit) = i actually did pay attention to 9/11.
it wasn't even friendly-fire, it was hostile-fire.
but lets all pretend that uncle sam is the good guy…
”Never Forget!”
9/11 was an inside job.
figure it out you stupid bastards.