Israel’s Army Used Hannibal Directive During October 7 Operation: Israeli Probe
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli forces used the “Hannibal Directive” during the October 7 resistance operation, a recent Israeli investigation revealed.
The Israeli investigation admitted a total failure in preventing the October 7 resistance operation on Israeli settlements besieging Gaza. The report revealed new details about the operation, its aftermath, and the reasons behind Israel’s loss.
The probe said that at 8:02 A.M., a combat helicopter fired at an open area near Kibbutz Re’im, with the air force unaware of the Nova festival taking place there and of the thousands of Israeli settlers in the area who had been attending it.
Moreover, the probe cited the inability to distinguish between Palestinians from Gaza and Israeli settlers; as one of the main challenges that it faced the morning of the operation, using the Hannibal directive.
Additionally, last year, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that an Israeli military helicopter fired at Palestinians but ended up wounding Israelis attending the festival. The military also released drone footage showing hundreds of burned and damaged cars moved from the Nova music festival, targeted with heavy weapons not used by Gaza-based resistance groups.
At 11:22 AM, Israeli command issued an order to the Gaza Division stating, “Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza.” A source from Southern Command told Haaretz, “Everyone knew by then that such vehicles could be carrying kidnapped civilians or soldiers … Everyone knew what it meant to not let any vehicles return to Gaza.”
The directive was used at various locations, including the house of Pessi Cohen at Kibbutz Be’eri, where 13 out of 14 Israelis were killed. A Haaretz source stated, “The instruction was meant to turn the area around the [Gaza] border fence into a killing zone, closing it off toward the west.”
