LEAKED FOOTAGE THAT DESTROYS THE OFFICIAL OCTOBER 7 STORY For years, Americans were given a highly sanitized account of October 7: Israel’s heavily funded military and intelligence apparatus allegedly failed for hours while Hamas killed and abducted Israelis. Now, new footage and reporting are raising tougher questions about what happened behind the scenes. The Hannibal Directive. A policy aimed at preventing captures, even at the risk of killing Israeli captives, was once dismissed as a conspiracy. But evidence and investigations now indicate it was used on October 7. The burned vehicles, destroyed homes, and devastating loss of life later used to justify Israel’s genocide in Gaza include damage caused by Israeli forces themselves. A new documentary shows senior Israeli officials discussing a large-scale Hannibal operation in real time. In the first hours of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, an officer speaking with Police Chief Kobi Shabtai is heard calling for the directive’s implementation, with Gaza and Israeli captives still inside. Minister Itamar Ben Gvir later appears to order the camera shut off. Shortly before his assassination, Charlie Kirk asked whether Israel had issued a stand-down order on October 7, questioning how it took hours to respond and warning Gaza could face ethnic cleansing. The footage does not settle every question, but it makes clear that those questions were never out of bounds.