Israel is killing its own people as it kills Gazans, sacrificing Israeli lives so it can carry on with the genocide. Fewer hostages means Hamas has less leverage.
Food crisis in Gaza as Israel seals border; Israeli troops steal and sell Palestinian possessions; Palestine Legal accuses US Senate of McCarthyism; US holds secret talks with Hamas; Netanyahu policies reportedly helped pave way for 7 October; Israeli settlers escalate incursions into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan
Israeli tanks fire on ambulances; Gaza ‘running out of basic necessities,’ as Israeli spokesperson claims that Hamas has “enough food to spark an obesity epidemic”; Arab leaders endorse $53bn plan to rebuild Gaza; ‘systematic failures’ on 7 Oct; Palestinians in Israel face persecution; Israel to build wall on Jordan border; colleges allowing pro-Palestine protests could face funding cuts; $95 million in aid for the Lebanese army
Hamas issued a 16-page document on Jan. 20, 2024 to ‘clarify the reality of what happened on Oct. 7, the motives behind it, its general context related to the Palestinian cause, as well as a refutation to the Israeli allegations.’ A second item contains reflections by a senior Hamas leader on the attack & its aftermath
Palestinians in Israeli prisons experience systematic torture, atrocities; Israel’s [terrible] new Gaza plan; Israel seeks 6-week extension of ceasefire phase one; Israeli army concludes it was defeated by Hamas on 7 October; Knesset bill to annex West Bank settlements near Jerusalem; Israelis spit on Christian churches; US approves $3 billion military sales to Israel amid ceasefire talks; man convicted by US court of murdering six-year old Palestinian boy in hate crime
Israel finally releases 600+ Palestinian prisoners after delay; Israel refuses to withdraw from Philadelphi corridor despite agreement; Israeli army’s 7 Oct probe further confirms use of Hannibal Directive on October 7th; Gaza reconstruction, new school year; Airbnb and Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land.
Israeli legal scholar and women’s rights advocate Ruth Halperin-Kaddari leveraged her friendship with the UN’s special representative to produce a report on Oct 7 that implemented Israel’s interests.
Almost from the first hours of October 7, Israel and its supporters spread claims about mass rapes of Israelis by Palestinian fighters. An Israeli prosecutor admits that there are still zero complainants in alleged cases of rapes committed by Palestinians on Oct. 7, 2023.
A year’s worth of The Electronic Intifada’s investigative reporting, extensive monitoring and translation of the Hebrew-language Israeli media, and more has revealed that during the 7th offensive, Israel expanded the use of its murderous “Hannibal Directive” – designed to prevent soldiers from being taken alive as prisoners of war – by killing many of its own civilians… In fact, “Hannibal” began less than an hour after the Palestinian offensive began…
This October 7th story is breaking news in Australia, old news in Israel…and suppressed news in the US. This is the Hannibal Directive.