#hermes 450

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The UK government and arms industry are both complicit in Israel’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza, including three British citizens, the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), has alleged. The workers were killed by a strike from a Hermes 450 drone manufactured by Israeli-owned company Elbit Systems. The drone is powered by a UK-made R902(W) Wankel engine, produced by Elbit subsidiary UAV Engines Limited in the UK.

Sandi, ‘UK is ‘complicit’ in Israel's killing of British aid workers in Gaza, says CAAT’, Middle East Monitor

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Hizbullah'tan İsrail İHA'larının Düşürülmesi Açıklaması

Hizbullah, yaptığı son açıklamada, İsrail ordusuna ait Hermes 450 tipi bir insansız hava aracının (İHA) daha düşürüldüğünü duyurdu. Açıklamada, gün içerisinde düşürülen bu İHA’ların, Gazze Şeridi’ndeki direnişi destekleme ve Filistin halkının yanında olma amacı taşıdığı, ayrıca Lübnan halkı ve topraklarının korunmasına yönelik önemli bir adım olduğu vurgulandı. Daha önceki açıklamalarda da,…

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The A-29B Super Tucano Aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) seems to be operating on a Buddy System, sharing one Electro-Optical/Forward Looking Infra-Red (EO/FLIR) “Ball” for every two Aircraft while the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) used their newest Assets like the Super Tucanos, Autonomous Truck Mounted-howitzer System (ATMOS) and Hermes Drones to make a devastating strike against the New People's Army (NPA) even under the cover of Darkness

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~100-150, (Auctor incertus), Λόγιος Ερμής (Hermes Logios)

Fontes: Marie-Lan Nguyen & Jastrow

[27moremoons]

Hezbollah Operations Room:

Statement No. 4638.

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

"Permission [to fight] has been granted to those who are being fought because they were wronged, and indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory."

This is the Truth of Allah, the Most High, the Almighty.

In support of the steadfast Palestinian people, in solidarity with their valiant and honorable resistance, and in defense of our steadfast Lebanese people, the Islamic Resistance continues its path in adherence to the command of its Secretary General and its highest martyr, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, may Allah sanctify his soul, and the bearer of the banner after him, His Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem, may Allah protect him.

For over 13 months, the Resistance has persisted in its commitment to its covenant and struggle. It has achieved victory over the delusional enemy, which has neither succeeded in breaking its resolve nor undermining its determination. The battlefield, through the efforts of its pure-hearted, God-reliant fighters, has triumphed in thwarting the enemy’s objectives, defeating its army, and writing with their blood the epics of steadfastness in the battles of Al-Aqsa Flood and The Mighty Ones.

On this glorious occasion, the Resistance announces the following:

- Since the launch of Al-Aqsa Flood operations on October 8, 2023, the Islamic Resistance has conducted more than 4,637 (announced) military operations over 417 days, averaging 11 operations daily.

- Among these, 1,666 diverse military operations have been carried out since the "israeli" aggression on Lebanon and the start of the Mighty Ones operations on September 17, 2024, averaging 23 operations daily. These targeted "israeli" military sites, barracks, and bases, as well as "israeli" cities and settlements, from the Lebanese-Palestinian border to beyond "Tel Aviv." The operations also included heroic confrontations against ground incursions by enemy forces into Lebanese lands.

- Within the framework of the Mighty Ones operations, the Islamic Resistance executed 105 military operations as part of the Khaybar series of qualitative operations. These targeted dozens of strategic and sensitive military and security bases, marking their first-ever strikes in the entity’s history using advanced ballistic and precision missiles, as well as qualitative attack drones. These operations extended beyond "Tel Aviv," penetrating 150 kilometers into occupied Palestinian lands.

- The cumulative toll of losses inflicted on the "israeli" army since it announced its ground offensive into Lebanese lands on October 1, 2024, up to the issuance of this statement, is as follows:

- Over 130 soldiers and officers killed and more than 1,250 wounded.

- Destruction of 59 Merkava tanks, 11 military bulldozers, two Hummer vehicles, two armored vehicles, and two personnel carriers.

- Downing of six Hermes-450 drones, two Hermes-900 drones, and a Quadcopter drone.

Note: These figures do not include enemy losses within bases, sites, barracks, settlements, and occupied cities.

The Islamic Resistance Operations Room affirms the following:

1. Throughout the "israeli" ground operation in Lebanese territory since October 1, 2024, and due to the steadfastness of our fighters in the battlefield, the invading forces have failed to occupy or establish control over any town in the first defensive line along the front. Despite continuous attacks since the beginning of Al-Aqsa Flood, the enemy has also failed to establish a military and security buffer zone, nor has it succeeded in halting the launch of missiles and drones targeting the occupied interior. Up until the last day of aggression, our fighters continued targeting the enemy’s depth from within the border towns.

2. The second phase of the ground operation was merely a political and media announcement. The enemy failed to advance to towns in the second defensive line of the front and suffered significant losses in Khiam, which they withdrew from three times, as well as in Ainata, Tallousa, Bint Jbeil, and Al-Qawzah. The only attempted advance toward the towns of Al-Bayyada and Shamaa in the western sector ended in disaster, turning these areas into a graveyard for tanks and elite enemy forces, who were forced to retreat under our fighters’ strikes.

3. The Resistance’s defensive strategy is based on a sectorial defense system. The Resistance prepared over 300 defensive lines south of the Litani River, each at the highest level of readiness in terms of manpower, equipment, and capabilities. The battles in Al-Bayyada and Khiam are clear evidence of this preparedness.

4. The Operations Room of the Islamic Resistance reaffirms that its fighters, across all military specialties, remain fully prepared to confront "israeli" ambitions and aggression. Their eyes will remain fixed on the movements and withdrawals of enemy forces beyond the borders, and their hands will remain on the trigger, defending Lebanon’s sovereignty and upholding the dignity and pride of its people.

To Our Honorable People.

O most noble, pure, and dignified of people,

O our dear and proud nation,

O the free sons and daughters of our homeland,

You who, through your legendary steadfastness and limitless sacrifices, shattered the illusions of the enemy. Victory, granted by Allah Almighty, became the ally of the righteous cause you embraced and carried. You returned to your villages and homes with pride and vigor, traversing the world with victory and holding high the proud banner of resistance — firm in the battlefield and in hearts — a banner that will forever defy oppression and aggression.

The Islamic Resistance, which has offered its finest leaders and fighters in the path of Allah, in defense of its land and people, and in support of the oppressed in Palestine, addresses you today — and all the free people of the world, as well as the fighters on the frontlines — with a salute of arms, struggle, martyrdom, and victory. In the name of its fighters and knights, it pledges to every pure soul and every drop of noble blood that it will continue the path of resistance with even greater determination.

It will persist in standing with the oppressed, the downtrodden, and the fighters in Palestine, whose capital, Al-Quds, will remain a symbol and a path for generations yearning for freedom and liberation.

"And victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise."

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Corresponding to 24 Jumada al-Awwal 1446 AH

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Axis of Resistance Summary: October 15, 2024 Al-Aqsa Flood's Harvest of Good Tidings

📍EAST RAFAH Al-Qassam Brigades 🔻Detonated barrel explosive on special zionist force east of Al-Rayyan area: killed & wounded National Resistance Brigades 🔻Detonated explosive on invading tank in Al-Salam neighborhood: killed & wounded 📍”NETZARIM” AXIS, GAZA CITY Al-Aqsa Martyrs + Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades 🔻Bombarded soldiers with 107mm rockets 📍JABALIA CAMP, NORTH GAZA Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Bombarded soldiers & vehicles in Civil Administration area in the east with 60mm mortars 🔻Targeted tank infiltrating near Umm Al-Mu'minin Aisha Mosque in Al-Qasasib with RPG Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades 🔻Bombarded soldiers & vehicles near Civil Administration with mortars 📍NABLUS, WEST BANK Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Targeted forces & vehicles with heavy bullets 📍TUBAS, WEST BANK Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Targeted invading forces & vehicles with heavy bullets: direct hits 📍JENIN CAMP, WEST BANK Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades 🔻Uncovered infiltrating special force, fierce clashes with guns + IEDs 🔻Fierce clashes with guns on special forces around besieged home 🔻Detonated high-impact IEDs on soldiers & vehicles 🔻Trapped zionist force in tight ambush with machine guns: direct casualties 🔻Fierce clashes with guns + IEDs on invading forces & vehicles: direct casualties Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Fierce clashes with infiltrating special force 🔻Destroyed IEDs on invading vehicles 🔻Fierce battles with heavy bullets on special forces around besieged house 🔻Detonated IEDs on vehicles & infantry forces across combat fronts: confirmed casualties 🔻Ambushed special force, showering positions with direct, heavy bullet barrages: confirmed deaths & injuries 🔻Fierce battles with forces on the combat axis of combat, targeting infantry movements & sniper positions with heavy, direct bullet barrages Al-Asifah Forces 🔻Armed clashes with forces across fronts in city & near camp 📍SOUTH OCCUPIED INTERIOR Mujahideen Brigades: Martyrs of the Interior ‘Dahem’ Unit 🔻Targeted zionist bus with incendiary device on Dimona Rd in “Beersheba” area: direct hit 📍OCCUPIED JAFFA Hezbollah 🔻Launched rocket barrage on "Tel Aviv” suburbs 📍HAIFA DISTRICT, OCCUPIED INTERIOR Hezbollah 🔻Bombed Haifa with rocket barrage 📍NORTHERN OCCUPIED INTERIOR Islamic Resistance in Iraq 🔻Drone-attacked vital target Hezbollah 🔻Bombarded Safad with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted "Naftali" base near Safad with large rocket barrage 📍OCCUPIED LEBANESE SHEBA FARMS Hezbollah 🔻Targeted forces in Sadana & Barakat Al-Naqqar area with rocket barrage 📍OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN HEIGHTS Hezbollah 🔻Targeted "Zaoura" artillery position with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted "Zaoura" position again with rocket barrage 📍BLUE LINE VICINITY, NORTH OCCUPIED PALESTINE Hezbollah 🔻Targeted forces at Al-Baghdadi site with rockets barrage 🔻Targeted forces at Al-Marj site rocket barrage 🔻Targeted “Kiryat Shmona” settlement with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted forces at Al-Marj site with rockets barrage 🔻Targeted forces near Al-Marj site with rocket barrage 🔻Bombed “Kiryat Shmona” settlement with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted forces near Ramia site with artillery 🔻Targeted artillery position in "Dishon" with rocket barrage 🔻Shot down 2nd Hermes 450 drone: seen burning 📍BLUE LINE VICINITY, SOUTH LEBANON Hezbollah 🔻Targeted forces in Khallet Warda with rocket barrage 🔻Clashed with guns + rockets on infantry force attempting to infiltrate Rab Thalathin outskirts from the east, clashes on-going 🔻Targeted forces & vehicles in Khallet Warda with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted forces & vehicles at Khallet Al-Farashaat in Rab Thalatheen with rocket barrage & artillery 🔻Targeted 3 bulldozers & tank on Ramia outskirts with guided missiles: burned, killed & wounded 🔻Targeted tank attempting to advance to Ramia outskirts with guided missile: burned, crew killed & wounded 🔻Targeted soldiers near Aita Al-Shaab with rocket barrage 📍SOUTH LEBANON Hezbollah 🔻Shot down “israeli” Hermes 450 drone

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Compilation of Hezbollah attacks against the Israeli army, among the targets hit: M113, Merkava III and IV, UAV Hermes-450 and 900, Namer APC, AN/TPQ-37 radar, HMMWV, IRON Dome SAM, LAR-160 MLRS, Drone Dome EW...

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🟤Sunday morning - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

🔹IRANIAN AIR NOTICE.. from 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Israel time daily from TODAY through Wed Aug 14., “Gun firing will take place within the lateral limit of (air zone OID29 - most of Iran centered on Teheran) from ground level to 10,000 feet.”

🔹US Amphibious assault ship and helicopter carrier Wasp has docked in Cyprus.

🔹President Biden was asked by reporters leaving the church what his message was to Iran. He replied: Don’t.

🔹High interference in GPS systems in southern Lebanon, northern Jordan and Iraq

🔹Arab propaganda: an imminent attack by Hezbollah on the northern front, and it is estimated that the attack will include a partial invasion by Hezbollah fighters.​​

🔹Public shelters spotted being dropped in Yokneam and other northern-ish towns by major bus stops.

▪️BRITISH POST.. stops deliveries to Israel, but not to the Palestinian Authority?  “Because of the war.”  ( Or anti-semitism, you decide. )

▪️”When Iran calls for the destruction of Israel, no one cries escalation.  When Iran wages a shadow war on Israel through proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis (to name only a few), no one cries escalation.  The selective cries of escalation only seem to come when Israel dares to defend itself in response to Iranian aggression.” - Ritchie Torres, US congressman, NY

▪️GAZAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.. “"I call on the whole world - save us from Hamas - before you save us from the Jews. Hamas is trading in our blood”.  HIS BODY was found this morning.

♦️COUNTER-TERROR BATTLE - SHECHEM.. Heavy exchanges of fire have been going on for the past hour and a half between terrorists and IDF forces in El Ein northwest of Shechem.

♦️The IDF issues a new evac order for Gazans in Khan Younis in the southern Strip, following rocket fire at Israel.

♦️Gazans report an attack on Bnei Suhila in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

⭕A US official told Reuters members of US and coalition forces were wounded in the Iraqi Shia Militia attack in Syria on the US base on Friday.

▪️Helpful Home Front Video w/English subtitles - Home Protected Room Use - https://youtu.be/15-s9E53Kxs

▪️Helpful Home Front Video w/English subtitles - Siren when Out - https://youtu.be/FXnoXw9iVtQ

⚠️ HIGH ALERT FOR HEZBOLLAH STRIKE ⚠️

⚠️ The IDF has doubled the number of UAVs deployed in Lebanese airspace to detect launches at Israel in real time, according to Army Radio.

⚠️ Hezbollah commented on the situation, stating: "The large numbers of enemy Israeli drones, including the Heron TP, Hermes 900, and Hermes 450 types, which the occupation army summoned several days ago and continuously to cover the airspace of most of southern Lebanon, in addition to the small drones launched in the airspace of the front edge at the border, reveal the extent of the repercussions of waiting for Hezbollah’s response. Targeting the suburb."

◾There are mixed reports, but the latest indicates that Israel has received the green light and support from Jordan to use their airspace, while Iran was banned. A Jordanian official confirmed that his country will allow Israel to use its airspace to counter an Iranian attack, according to Israeli Channel 12.

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ISRAELI MEDIA REVEALS OCCUPATION ARMY INSTITUTED THE "HANNIBAL DIRECTIVE" ON OCTOBER 7TH, KILLING HUNDREDS OF ISRAELI CITIZENS

📈 A infographic series by Palestinian news outlet the Quds News Network on the admission on Sunday, July 7th, of the Israeli media that the rumoured "Hannibal Directive", ordering the Israeli occupation army to fire on Israeli citizens who were taken hostage by Palestinian Resistance forces, and brought to the Gaza Strip, during the events of October 7th, 2023.

According to report published by Hebrew media outlet Haaretz, the Israeli occupation's Security apparatus ordered the occupation army to fire on any civilian vehicles headed towards the Gaza Strip, regardless if Israeli citizens were inside them.

This policy was instituted at the various sites where the Resistance penetrated during its incursion on October 7th, following reports, which surfaced during the chaos of that day, that Resistance fighters had kidnapped several Israeli citizens at the Erez Crossing, north of the border with the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation forces responded by deploying "Zik" military drones, possibly referring to the Elbeit Systems Hermes 450 loitering munition, which targeted sites in Erez, as well as the Re'im military base near the location of the infamous Nova music festival.

The drones were also deployed to Nahal Oz, northeast of Gaza, and Kibbutz Nir Oz, east of central Gaza, all of which resulted in the deaths of an untold number of Israeli citizens, with some estimates suggested to be in the several hundreds.

The Israeli occupation army also deployed Merkava tanks to Kibbutz Be'eri, where Zionist soldiers reportedly fired shells at Israeli citizens who were being held captive in a civilian residence, killing at least 14 Israeli colonial settlers.

This was even admitted by the Israeli occupation forces, General Barak Hiram, who admitted to the Hebrew media that he prioritized the mission he was given by occupation leadership, over the lives of Israeli citizens being held captive.

Additionally, occupation aircraft also bombed several sites near the border with Gaza, due to orders they were given stating that "no vehicle should return to Gaza."

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#originalsourceHaaretz

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14th December 2023, by Al Mayadeen (link):

Fisher German (FG), the property manager for Elbit Systems’ Shenstone drone factory, has cut ties with the Israeli occupation's arms manufacturer according to Palestine Action, which announced having received an email confirmation from FG. This comes after iO Associates, Elbit's former recruiters, decided to drop the largest Israeli weapons manufacturer following a series of campaigns carried out by the direct action network. The real estate conglomerate acknowledged that it no longer had any links to Elbit Systems or the Shenstone headquarters of its subsidiary, UAV Engines Ltd (UEL). It is worth noting that UEL designs and manufactures drone engines, which it describes as "engines for various size tactical UAVs, target drones, and single mission platforms." This is significant because the plant is an important Elbit subsidiary that manufactures the engine for the Hermes 450 surveillance drone that has been modified to carry missiles. (...)

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Hermes Propylaios

Herm fragment by Alkamenes, 450 B.C.

Variation of Hermes Propylaios, the herm which according to Pausanias stood in the south wing of the Propylaia (stairway to the Acropolis of Athens). The original work created around 430 BC is attributed to the sculptor Alcamenes, pupil and collaborator of Pheidias.

Roman copy from original sculpture by Alkamenes. Glyptothek, München

[Hairstyle's reference Buddha Shakyamuni Statue]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/7873291720

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Yet another batch of restocks for BattleTech from Iron Wind Metals!

20-052 Texas Battleship (2750) 20-241 Razorback RZK-9S 20-292 Hermes HER-1A 20-363 Koto KTO-2A 20-385 Scarabus SCB-9A 20-419 Battle Hawk BH-K305 20-437 Glaive Medium Tank (2) 20-450 Hiryo Armored Infantry Transport 20-5081 Rokurokubi RK-4K 20-5133 Gotterdammerung GTD-20S 20-5139 Roadrunner RD-1R 20-5147 Uraeus UAE-7R 20-5197 Wolverine WVR-6R / 6D 20-678 Typhoon Urban Assault Vehicle (2) 20-698 Buccaneer BCN-3R 20-748 Challenger MBT X 20-782 Packrat LRPV PKR-T5 (2) 20-790 Salamander PPR-5S 20-797 War Dog WR-DG-02FC 20-800 Hex Bases (4) 20-807 Striker Light Tank (2) 20-985 Arcas 20-997 Gurkha GUR-2G 99-202 Large Flat Top Hex Base #2 99-207 Large Flat Top Hex Base #3 BT-003 Basilisk Protomech BT-005 Grenadier Battle Armor BT-006 Phalanx Battle Armor BT-007 Rottweiler Battle Armor BT-008 Void Battle Armor BT-031 Infiltrator MK 2 BT-066 Scout ATV BT-198 Tengu Battle Armor BT-207 Delphyne ProtoMech BT-237 Recon Infantry BT-239 Jump Support Infantry BT-260 Sprint Scout VTOL BT-284 Svartalfa Ultra ProtoMech 2 BT-285 Sprite Ultra Protomech BT-286 Procyon Quad Protomech BT-295 Procyon (Standing) ProtoMech BT-368 Cecerops Protomech BT-370 Kurita Infantry (3) BT-372 Savannah Master Hovercraft BT-373 Centaur Protomech BT-374 Roc Protomech BT-376 Minotaur Protomech BT-377 Satyr Protomech BT-378 Harpy Protomech BT-380 Hydra Protomech BT-383 Longinus Battle Armor (3) BT-391 Fenrir Battle Armor (1) BT-430 Wulfen H BT-439 Black Wolf Battle Armor BT-447 Hippogriff (Standard) ProtoMech BT-LEV Leviathan II Battleship Omega Super Heavy Mechs 20-425E Shiro SH-P Banner 20-5189C Catapult CPLT-C3 / C5 Arm Sprue 20-631B Marksman Artillery Gun Sprue 20-682AMS Komodo KIM-2 Arms 20-817B Condor Turret BT-292G Shiro SH-2P Banner OP-108 Large Launcher Plates

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Today at UAV Engines in Shenstone, a coalition came together to end complicity in genocide. Over 200 activists from across Britain and Palestine Action blockaded the arms factory and #ShutElbitDown

Elbit Systems is Israel's largest weapons maker, styling itself as a 'one stop shop' for Palestine death. Factories like UAV engines help supply Israel's drone fleet by making engines for the Hermes 450, the brutalizing 'backbone' of Israel's spying & targeting missions.

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ADEX: MBDA highlights Meteor air-to-air missile with the KF-21

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 10/17/2023 - 14:00in Armaments, Military

During the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2023, MBDA is presenting its Meteor missile on KF-21 Boramae fighter planes.

KF-21 fighters equipped with Meteor will dominate air combat, as the Meteor provides a far greater escape exclusion zone and a higher probability of shooting than any other missile. This is due to its unique ramjet engine that powers the Meteor at supersonic high speed throughout the missile flight, allowing the Meteor to chase and maneuver behind hostile fighters like any other missile.

The integration of Meteor into KF-21 Boramae combat aircraft is being conducted quickly and in close partnership between Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and MBDA, with flight and launch tests already underway.

MBDA is a true world leader in missile systems, with more than 60 years of experience in developing cutting-edge missiles in cross-border partnerships that make the company a natural partner to accelerate national development programs, increase platform lethality and exportability.

KAI and MBDA are also working together to integrate MBDA's Mistral ATAM air-to-air missile into the Marine Corps of Korea's KAI MAH helicopter. MBDA has a long history of cooperation with Korea through MBDA's participation in the Taurus deep attack cruise missile that equips Korea's F-15K attack fighters.

MBDA will also display many other powerful missile systems in ADEX. These include the MBDA ASRAAM air combat missile, the Brimstone precision attack missile, the Sea Venom helicopter-launched anti-ship missile, the Sky Warden anti-UAV system, the SPEAR miniature cruise missile and the SPEAR-EW electronic warfare system.

Tags: Military AviationKADEXKF-21 BoramaeMBDAMeteor BVRAAMROKAF - Republic of Korea Air Force/South Korea Air Force

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"Shoot at everything": How Israeli pilots killed their own civilians

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Over the last few days, this video clip has gone absolutely viral. Syrian Girl, a user on X (formerly Twitter), shared it with the compelling caption, “BREAKING: Israel admits Apache helicopters fired on their own civilians running from the Supernova music festival.”

Syrian Girl also shared this passage from an article in Yedioth Ahronoth, a major Israeli newspaper, that has been quoted in several other publications:

“The pilots realized that there was tremendous difficulty in distinguishing within the occupied outposts and settlements who was a terrorist and who was a soldier or civilian … The rate of fire against the thousands of terrorists was tremendous at first, and only at a certain point, did the pilots begin to slow down the attacks and carefully select the targets.”

Since Syrian Girl posted the tweet on 9 November, the embedded video has been viewed almost 26 million times. The tweet itself has been reposted or liked almost a quarter of a million times.

Syrian Girl’s tweet has given many the impression that this type of footage has just emerged.

In fact the Israeli army published similar footage in the middle of October, though its significance may have escaped many at the time. And while Syrian Girl only posted a 14-second clip, the video released by the Israeli military is almost three minutes long.

As The Times of Israel reported on 15 October, the army published video claiming it shows “helicopter gunships striking Hamas terrorists as they streamed across the breached border from Gaza” on 7 October.

The army video was also published by other major media outlets at the time.

It’s not clear whether the clip posted by Syrian Girl is sourced from the same longer video released by the Israeli army.

But the army video almost certainly does show Israeli helicopter pilots shooting at Israeli civilians, and possibly soldiers as well.

“Shoot at everything”

The quote in Syrian Girl’s tweet comes from an article published on 15 October in Hebrew by Yoav Zitun, military correspondent for Ynet, the online outlet affiliated with Yedioth Ahronoth.

The full article translated into English appears below. Zitun’s article also includes the video released by the Israeli military – and that is the video at the top of this article.

Zitun does offer clear evidence that the Israeli military fired indiscriminately, targeting Palestinian fighters and Israeli civilians alike.

He cites the startling case of one Lieutenant Colonel A., the commander of Squadron 190 who around mid-morning of 7 October, “instructed the other fighters in the air to shoot at everything they see in the area of the fence, and at a certain point also attacked an IDF [Israeli army] station with trapped soldiers in order to help the fighters of Navy commando Unit 13 attack it and liberate it.”

But Zitun’s account indicates that this was not isolated.

“The air force has begun to summarize the events of the surprise attack that began the war in Gaza, and it emerges that there was a fog of war during the first hours of Black Saturday, not only for the fighters on the ground, but also for the air teams that were summoned to the skies of the western Negev,” Zitun’s article begins.

“Difficult to distinguish” between fighters and civilians

“After the pilots realized that inside the army stations and the settlements that were conquered, it was very difficult to distinguish between terrorists and [Israeli] soldiers or civilians, the decision was made that the first objective of the fighter helicopters and the armed Zik [Elbit Hermes 450] drones is to stop the deluge of terrorists and the murderous masses that flowed into Israeli territory through the holes in the fence,” Zitun writes.

Zitun then adds: “Twenty-eight fighter helicopters shot over the course of the day all of the ammunition in their bellies, in renewed runs to rearm. We are talking about hundreds of 30 millimeter cannon mortars (each mortar is like a hand grenade) and Hellfire missiles,” he adds.

“The frequency of fire at the thousands of terrorists was enormous at the start, and only at a certain point did the pilots begin to slow their attacks and carefully choose the targets.”

At least one Israeli survivor has said that another Israeli woman was killed when a helicopter fired on the vehicle she was in with Palestinians and other Israelis.

Another Israeli survivor account in which the only reported shooting and killing of Israeli civilians appears to have been done by the “IDF,” from a helicopter.

Citing the Israeli military’s preliminary investigations, Zitun describes an utterly chaotic situation: “The air activity on the first day was not organized, and in the skies pilots had to improvise solutions to the complicated and unprecedented situation: much of the firing and targeting directions received from forces battling on the ground reached the pilots via phone calls or images sent by WhatsApp.”

The most bizarre element of the account in Zitun’s article is the claim that “Hamas made it more difficult for helicopter pilots and the drone operators” by using a ruse.

According to the Israeli military investigation, Zitun says, the Hamas fighters had been ordered “to march slowly towards the settlements and army stations, and inside them, and not to run under any circumstances, to make the pilots think they are Israelis.”

It is not explained why anyone would think Israelis would not run amid such a violent and chaotic situation, but according to Zitun, the army concluded that “the deception worked for a little while, until the Apache pilots understood they needed to sidestep their restrictions.”

He also says that some pilots started “on their own initiative to spray the terrorists with cannons without permission from their superiors.”

Two elements stand out here: By the military’s own admission, Israeli pilots could not distinguish clearly between Palestinian combatants and Israeli civilians but decided to open fire with massive amounts of weaponry anyway.

300 “targets”

Perhaps in order to preempt the obvious conclusion that Israel killed many of its own people, Zitun inserts this strange sentence: “Reflecting on the enormous number of murdered and kidnapped, the air force is convinced that without the fire support and many attacks carried out by the IDF fighter helicopter pilots on that day, the carnage would have been much greater.”

According to the air force, Zitun writes, “in the first four hours from the start of the battles, helicopters and fighter craft attacked about 300 targets, most in Israeli territory.”

Israel pilots fired at hundreds of targets on their own territory without even having a clear picture of who or what they were shooting at.

With that admission, it would be all but impossible for the Israeli military not to have killed large numbers of its own people.

Blasting away at civilian cars

In light of Zitun’s report, the video released by the Israeli military last month may show much more than Israeli officials are willing to admit.

The video released by the Israeli army shows the helicopters and perhaps drones firing away at civilian cars the identity of whose occupants cannot be determined. They may well have been Israeli civilians trying to flee the area. At one point, a car comes under fire and people pour out only to be machine-gunned by the Israeli aircraft.

It also appears far more likely that the graphic images of burned bodies distributed by Israel and its propagandists – supposed evidence of Hamas atrocities – were caused by helicopters firing heavy caliber shells or Hellfire missiles, rather than the light weapons that the Palestinian fighters were generally seen carrying.

Accumulating evidence

Over the last month, compelling testimonies and other evidence have appeared in Israeli media indicating that a large though undetermined number of Israelis were killed on and after 7 October by Israeli forces.

These accounts have been reported in English primarily by independent media, including The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss and The Grayzone.

One of the first testimonies was from Yasmin Porat, who survived the violence at Kibbutz Be’eri.

She told Israeli state radio that Palestinian fighters treated her and the other Israelis they were holding “humanely.” Israeli security forces then showed up and started a gunfight.

Porat said that the heavy fire from the Israeli side killed almost all the civilians, along with many of the Palestinian fighters.

Need for investigation

Mainstream media and Western governments have ignored the story, preferring to stick to Israel’s lurid, unsubstantiated and often outright false atrocity tales – such as the infamous claim that Hamas fighters beheaded dozens of Jewish babies.

While sometimes unjustly questioning well-documented Palestinian death tolls, media and governments have accepted without question Israel’s claim that 1,400 people were killed on or just after 7 October.

On Friday, Israel revised that death toll down to 1,200.

While there can be no doubt given the evidence and testimonies available so far that Israel killed some of its own people on and after 7 October, knowing exactly how many would require an independent investigation – something Israel will almost certainly not allow.

But a good start would be for mainstream media – and its various investigative powerhouses – to do their own examinations and test Israel’s often outlandish claims against the evidence.

As I noted in a recent Electronic Intifada livestream, they are failing miserably to do that:

Israel never substantiated claims it made about beheaded babies and systemic mass executions that "defined the public mood" that led to its ongoing genocide in Gaza, says @AliAbunimah.

Translation of Ynet article

Translation for The Electronic Intifada by David Sheen.

SOURCE: Ynet

SUBHEAD: The first helicopters were summoned from the north ironically, and reached the Gaza envelope about an hour after the battles began. The terrorists were instructed not to run so that from the air they will be thought of as Israelis. The pilots fired at those who crossed the fence, and even right inside the settlements. The pilots received information from the ground to their mobile phones. In four hours 300 targets were attacked | The events of Black Saturday [2023-10-7].

BYLINE: Yoav Zeitun

DATELINE: 15 October 2023

BODY: The air force has begun to summarize the events of the surprise attack that began the war in Gaza, and it emerges that there was a fog of war during the first hours of the Black Saturday, not only for the fighters on the ground, but also for the air teams that were summoned to the skies of the western Negev.

The first pair of fighter helicopters that was immediately available to the Gaza Division reached the Gaza envelope about an hour or more after the start of events, around 7:30 to 8:00, from Ramat David base in the north [SW Galilee]. This though the Apache helicopters’ parent squadrons are at the Ramon base, which is closer to the Gaza Strip. At the Ramon base they quickly understood that something odd is developing and they got a fighter helicopter in the air with the Commander of the 190 Squadron Lt. Col. A himself, arriving at the Gaza envelope at 8:32.

After the pilots realized that inside the army stations and the settlements that were conquered, it was very difficult to distinguish between terrorists and [Israeli] soldiers or civilians, the decision was made that the first objective of the fighter helicopters and the armed Zik [Elbit Hermes 450] drones is to stop the deluge of terrorists and the murderous masses that flowed into Israeli territory through the holes in the fence. Twenty-eight fighter helicopters shot over the course of the day all of the ammunition in their bellies, in renewed runs to rearm. We are talking about hundreds of 30 millimeter cannon mortars (each mortar is like a hand grenade) and Hellfire missiles. The frequency of fire at the thousands of terrorists was enormous at the start, and only at a certain point did the pilots begin to slow their attacks and carefully choose the targets.

It turns out that the Hamas made it difficult for helicopter pilots and the drone operators: the investigation revealed that the invading forces were asked in their final briefings to march slowly towards the settlements and army stations, and inside them, and not to run under any circumstance, to make the pilots think they are Israelis. The deception worked for a considerable while, until the Apache pilots understood they needed to sidestep their restrictions. Only around 9:00 did some start on their own initiative to spray the terrorists with cannons, without permission from their superiors.

The air activity on the first day was not organized, and in the skies pilots had to improvise solutions to the complicated and unprecedented situation: much of the firing and targeting directions received from forces battling on the ground reached the pilots via phone calls or images sent by WhatsApp. Reflecting on the enormous number of murdered and kidnapped, the Air Force is convinced that without the fire support and many attacks carried out by the IDF fighter helicopter pilots on that day, the carnage would have been much greater.

Something else that helped the Air Force commanders realize the severity of the event in its early hours occurred around 10:00 AM, when the commander of Squadron 190 Lt. Col. A. got out of his helicopter at Ramon [Air Base] to rearm and refuel. He extracted the full video that the helicopter camera documented and quickly broadcast it to the IDF HQ at the Kirya [in Tel Aviv]. In less than 20 minutes he was in the air again, and with the information extracted, he instructed the other fighters in the air to shoot at everything they see in the area of the fence, and at a certain point also attacked an IDF station with trapped soldiers in order to help the fighters of Navy commando unit 13 attack it and liberate it.

In one instance, removing his own self-imposed restrictions, he shot a distance of only twenty meters from one of the houses on the kibbutz in order to cover the Deputy Commander of Division 80 that was called in from the Sinai sector and killed four terrorists in a difficult battle. According to the Air Force, in the first four hours from the start of the battles, helicopters and fighter craft attacked about 300 targets, most in Israeli territory.

On the ninth day of the war (Sunday) the Air Force is embedded in the effort to eliminate the leaders of Hamas, while preparing for its massive contribution in advance of a ground invasion. The Air Force has not related to the dilemma created by attacking targets in which Hamas leaders like Muhammad Deif and Yahya Sinwar are hiding next to Israeli hostages used as human shields.

The Air Force is working to create a new barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip up to three kilometers wide, and to encourage the Gazans to go southward in advance of the heavy bombardment that will rain down on Gaza City and the northern towns. The phrase currently driving the Air Force is “the destruction of military capabilities, movements and authorities of the terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip that threaten Israel.” The pilots were instructed to act calmly and professionally, with organized intelligence and operational logic behind every one of the thousands of attacks carried out up to now.

Currently the air effort is invested in Gaza, but at heightened readiness for days of battle that is already unfolding in the north. The IDF explains that the Air Force is trained and equipped to deal with two fronts simultaneously, but its preference is to focus on one main theater. Thus for example the Air Force is not automatically attacking every Hezbollah anti-aircraft missile launcher that shoots a rocket at Israeli drones.

At the same time, the IDF has identified for some time a great effort by Iran to transport advanced weaponry to Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to the foreign press, it was the Air Force that in recent days attacked the Syrian airports of Aleppo and Damascus, shutting them down, along with the large weapons transports on the way to Lebanon.

Air Force Commander Major Tomer Bar spoke about the events of the first day, saying: “There are many stories of courage by soldiers on the ground. The pilots killed many terrorists and helicopters brought fighters to the battlefield while under fire. We are proud of them and of the reservists who prove the strength of the IDF and the Air Force. We are investigating every day, and improving every day.”

Regarding a ground invasion, Bar said: “We are preparing the theater for the most effective maneuvers possible, and are removing as many threats as possible from the ground and the air, in order to give the fighters operational freedom of action. At present we are focusing on the southern theater but are prepared at a high state of readiness to any development that could also occur in the north.”

Footage released by Israeli military can be viewed here:

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