October 7 testimonies reveal Israel’s military ‘shelling’ Israeli citizens with tanks, missiles – The Grayzone

Israel's military received orders to shell Israeli homes and even their own bases as they were overwhelmed by Hamas militants on October 7.

Several new testimonies by Israeli witnesses to the October 7 Hamas surprise attack on southern Israel adds to growing evidence that the Israeli military killed its own citizens as they fought to neutralize Palestinian gunmen.

An Israeli woman named Yasmin Porat confirmed in an interview with Israel Radio that the military "Undoubtedly" killed numerous Israeli noncombatants during gun battles with Hamas militants on October 7.

Apache attack helicopters also figured heavily in the Israeli military's response on October 7.

While hundreds of wounded children in Gaza have been treated for what a surgeon described as "Fourth degree burns" caused by novel weapons, the Western media's focus remains trained on Israeli citizens supposedly "Burned alive" on October 7.

The mounting evidence of friendly fire orders handed down by Israeli army commanders strongly suggests that at least some of the most jarring images of charred Israeli corpses, Israeli homes reduced to rubble and burned out hulks of vehicles presented to Western media were the handiwork of tank crews and helicopter pilots blanketing Israeli territory with shells, cannon fire and Hellfire missiles.

By 10:30 AM, according to an account the military gave to the Israeli news outlet Mako, "Most of the forces from the original invasion wave had already left the area for Gaza." But with the rapid collapse of the Israeli military's Gaza Division, looters, common onlookers and low-level guerrillas not necessarily under the command of Hamas flowed freely into Israel.

Israeli media is now filling up with reports of the military gunning down fellow Israelis, even as they were defending their homes from Palestinian gunmen.

The Israeli government has portrayed these casualties as Israeli victims of sadistic Hamas violence.

The military procedure was established in 1986 following the Jibril Agreement, a deal in which Israel traded 1150 Palestinian prisoners for three Israeli soldiers.

The last confirmed application of the Hannibal Directive took place on August 1, 2014 in Rafah, Gaza, when Hamas fighters captured an Israeli officer, Lt. Hadar Goldin, prompting the military to unleash more than 2000 bombs, missiles and shells on the area, killing the soldier along with over 100 Palestinian civilians.

On October 22, after refusing an offer from Hamas to release 50 hostages in exchange for fuel, Israel rejected an offer from Hamas to free Yocheved Lifshitz, an 85-year-old Israeli peace activist, and her 79-year-old friend, Nurit Cooper.