“Israel killed its own people to avoid negotiations,” claims investigative Journalist Dan Cohen
Tel Aviv/Gaza: In a recent revelation amid the ongoing intense war between Israel and Hamas, investigative journalist and filmmaker Dan Cohen, known for his documentary ‘Killing Gaza’, disclosed a distressing account during an interview with former Fox News anchor Clayton Morris on his show ‘Redacted’.
Cohen stated that Israeli military bullets killed their own people, who were taken as hostages by Hamas during a crossfire.
According to Cohen, a survivor from the Kibbutz Be’eri, where Hamas initiated its initial attack, revealed in an interview with Israeli state media that, "It was very clear that the Israeli hostages were killed by Israeli bullets during a firefight with Hamas." Cohen further claimed that the Israeli government censored this interview to prevent it from reaching the Israeli public, creating a narrative that everything that transpired on October 7 was solely a Hamas terrorist attack, leaving no room for negotiation.
In a clip aired during the show, a woman survivor is heard describing the scene: "I see people from the Kibbutz on the lawn. There are 5 or 6 hostages lying on the ground outside, just like sheep to the slaughter. In the face of shooting by our commandos and the terrorists."
When asked whether they 'were shot down by terrorists,' she denies, stating that they were killed in the crossfire. The attempt to eliminate the abductors tragically led to the deaths of the hostages as well.
Cohen elaborated that the Israeli military was concealing the fact that Israel had no intentions for negotiations with Hamas and that they were prepared to kill everyone, even their own people. The censorship of this interview raised questions about what truly happened in Kibbutz and other places where Israelis were killed.
Citing an article from ‘Haaretz’, Cohen highlighted that several Be’eri residents were killed during an attempt to eliminate terrorists, with Israelis shelling bombs, resulting in the death of at least 112 occupants.
During the interview, Cohen discussed the Hannibal Directive, an Israeli military procedure designed to prevent Israeli soldiers from being captured by enemy forces, even if it means risking harm to the soldiers themselves. Cohen suggested that Israel was implementing this directive throughout the Gaza Strip, leading to the deaths of both Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians.
"What’s happening inside the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of Israelis are held hostage and captive by Hamas, and Israel is doing nothing publicly to secure their release, is alarming," Cohen asserted. He claimed that this situation indicated that Israel was implementing its Hannibal Directive policy throughout the Gaza Strip, resulting in the tragic loss of lives on both sides of the conflict.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
BS Yediyurappa appeals to MLA Yatnal's group to work unitedly to strengthen party
Bengaluru, Nov 26: With a group of Karnataka BJP leaders led by Bijapur MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal holding a parallel agitation over the waqf issue, veteran party leader B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday accused them of doing it because of their "self-conceit", and appealed them to work unitedly to strengthen the party.
The former Karnataka chief minister also said that everyone should take the responsibility for the party's defeat in the Assembly bypolls for three segments, even as the BJP's performance is being seen as a "setback" for his son and state president B Y Vijayendra.
"State president B Y Vijayendra has appealed to Basangouda Patil Yatnal and others to stop protesting separately, and work with us unitedly. Despite this, because of their self-conceit, they are doing such things. It is not right on their part," Yediyurappa said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "I appeal to them at least now to come forward and cooperate to strengthen the party together."
When told that they are not willing to work unitedly with the state's current leadership of the party and whether he will bring it to the notice of the high command, Yediyurappa said, "We will do our duty. The rest is left to them and central leadership...high command knows everything. Let's see what they will do."
Yatnal-led group include BJP MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi, B P Harish, and former lawmakers Aravind Limbavali, Kumar Bangarappa and G M Siddeshwara and others.
The leaders, who had stayed away from the protest recently held by the party on the Waqf issue, on Monday held a parallel agitation over the issue in Bidar. Today, they are in Kalaburagi district.
Yatnal and Jarkiholi have been openly critical of Vijayendra, accusing him of indulging in "adjustment politics" with the ruling Congress, and trying to keep the party in his clutches along with his father Yediyurappa.
Noting that the party had faced a setback in the bypolls for Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna, Yediyurappa said, "We accept that. What shortcomings were being discussed in the party. It should be ensured that such things don't repeat."
To a question whether the bypoll loss is being seen as a setback to his son Vijayendra, he said, "It is not a question of Vijayendra or Yediyurappa. The loss in all the three seats is a setback for us (party). Everyone should take the responsibility and see to it that such things don't repeat."
