A reply I received back in April after asking them why they peddle the "1200 killed by Hamas" bollox.
quote: BBC articles routinely explain that Hamas “killed about 1,200 people” on the 7th October because there is no serious dispute over the fact that around 1,200 people were killed during the 7th October attacks.
The circumstances of this attack, as with others in Israel, meant it was possible for close analysis of who had died and how.
You say:
"In fact, many Israelis were killed by the implementation of The Hannibal Directive that day which is the controversial military protocol that permits the use of indiscriminate firepower, even against Israel’s own civilians, in an effort to prevent the capture of Israeli soldiers."
According to a UN report the number of people confirmed to have died from friendly fire is around 14. The idea more may have died is currently conjecture lacking independent confirmation – for instance, information showing this order resulted in deaths.
The fact a few of those who died may have been victims of “friendly fire” does not therefore make it inaccurate to say Hamas led fighters killed “about 1,200” people and the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines require that all BBC output achieve “due” impartiality and accuracy – that which is “adequate and appropriate” in the context of the output.
Best wishes, Sean Moss "I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."
Re: ML ALERT: Blinkered Bowen...the BiBiC on the Hannibal Directive...only 14 killed by friendly fire...
Posted by RaskolnikovX on October 12, 2025, 5:25 pm, in reply to "Richard Sanders vid"
I've posted this at least a couple of times with the recommendation to bookmark it and it really is such a useful, concise deconstruction of the official narrative it's really worth having it to hand almost as a reference, even though it's a video.
Same with Max B's "It didn't start on October 7th" video up board.The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide. Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.
on October 11, 2025, 9:30 am