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2025-02-19 10:45:15 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2A55F148072DAAD5197FEA71FF63D9115B9C8D0DCCD9453F9AB3221B4A7FDBDD
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This video was released by the IDF on Oct. 9 2023 and has been verified extensively as showing IDF forces engaging Hamas at the Gaza border, far from the Nova Festival. The Hannibal Directive never applied to civilians & was ended in 2016 amid internal criticism. https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20231113-disproving-claims-that-israeli-helicopter-fired-on-their-own-civilians-at-nova-music-festival https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-does-video-show-israel-helicopter-shoot-festival-goers-1842754 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/world/middleeast/israel-hannibal-procedure.html https://x.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1723022290886025424 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/11/17/video-shows-israeli-military-fighting-with-hamas-fact-check/71608669007/ https://x.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1723022325598065036 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/11/social-media-posts-misrepresent-video-of-idf-aircraft-attack/
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