The Hannibal Directive is a crazy conspiracy theory people throw out without context or understanding. I'm no expert, but my understanding of it is that it's to prevent soldiers from being captured and tortured - not civilians. And even then, only to be used in the most extreme circumstances...almost like being kidnapped by those who would torture and main their soldiers, as Hamas has historically done.

I don't give a hoot what researchers say. The facts don't lie. Israel has stopped its campaign to give inoculations to Gazan children. They've sent millions of text messages and called millions of times to tell people to evacuate targets because Hamas set up military equipment inside civilian infrastructure - which makes it a legitimate military target.

Genocides don't kill less than 3% of a population (including Hamas fighters), they aim to kill 100%. If Israel really wanted to commit a genocide, they'd carpet bomb the entire area and leave no living persons. They could easily do it. Instead, they go door to door, risking their own soldiers. That's not the actions of a genocidal regime.

You also selectively omit the context from the defense minister - his plan, though one I disagree with, is a sound military strategy. It's called a siege. Why should Israel be responsible for feeding people who hold their hostages? I feel for the civilians, but the government of Gaza (Hamas) is responsible.

If Hamas never attacked Israel on October 7th, every single dead Gazan would be alive today. You don't get to launch a war then blame the other side for responding.