In Israel, it is a crime to ask, "How could Hamas, armed only with small arms and RPGs, have caused this much destruction on October 7?"

@afshinrattansi (republished from here)

Today is the 2-year anniversary of the October 7th 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organisations.

For two years Israel, Western governments and the media have tried to convince you that the militia of an open-air concentration camp with nothing but light arms, caused this level of destruction.

Thanks to brave reporting from independent media in the West and some Israeli journalists, we know that Israel implemented the Hannibal Directive, where Israeli helicopter gunships unloaded their bullets and rockets on anything that moved in a mass application of the directive to prevent Israelis being taken hostage by Hamas, who would then be used in hostage negotiations to free the thousands of Palestinian prisoners.

The now debunked mass rape claims are also now enshrined in Israeli law, meaning questioning these debunked claims, or even saying that they have been debunked, could land you in prison in Israel. Israel’s Knesset approved a bill criminalising denial of Israel’s version of events of October 7th, those who break this law could face 5 years in prison.

See also: From Israel's own news services: IDF tanks, helicopters, Special Forces - not Hamas - killed 260 civilians at the Supernova Music festival (30/10/2023).