'67 "pre-emptive" strike is a fancy way of saying: cowardly, unprovoked, sneak attack (invasion) on the Egyptian air force for air supremacy, which was also an act of total war.
Many people claim that Israel’s attack on Egypt in 1967 was a cowardly or unprovoked act, but that’s a serious distortion of what actually happened. The Six-Day War did not begin in a vacuum. In the weeks before the conflict, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan were openly preparing to destroy Israel, both militarily and rhetorically.
In May 1967, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the United Nations peacekeeping forces to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, where they had been stationed since 1956 to separate Egypt and Israel. Immediately after the withdrawal, Egypt moved around 100,000 soldiers and roughly 1,000 tanks into the Sinai, right up to Israel’s border. At the same time, Nasser announced the closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping. This act was a direct violation of international law and was considered a casus belli — an act of war — since it blocked Israel’s only maritime access to the Red Sea and cut off vital oil supplies.
While this was happening, Egypt signed mutual defense pacts with Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, forming a coordinated military alliance against Israel. Arab leaders made no attempt to hide their intentions. Nasser publicly declared, “Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel.” Cairo Radio broadcasted, “The Arab armies are approaching the borders of Israel. The Arab people want to eradicate Zionism from the land.” Jordan’s King Hussein likewise joined the alliance, declaring that his army would fight alongside Egypt and Syria in the “final battle” against Israel.
By early June, Israel was surrounded on three fronts. Egyptian, Syrian, and Jordanian troops were mobilizing along the borders, while Arab leaders spoke openly about annihilation. The United States and Britain urged restraint but offered no guarantee of protection if Israel were attacked. Facing this situation, Israel concluded that waiting for the first blow could be suicidal. The Israeli government therefore decided to carry out a preemptive strike to ensure survival.
On June 5, 1967, Israel launched Operation Focus, a surprise air attack on Egyptian air bases. Within hours, Israel destroyed nearly the entire Egyptian Air Force while it was still on the ground, gaining complete air superiority. This move prevented massive air strikes on Israeli cities and infrastructure. Over the next six days, Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, capturing the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Golan Heights.
The truth is that Israel’s action was neither “cowardly” nor unprovoked. It was a defensive move taken in response to clear, documented threats and acts of war. Surrounded by hostile armies, cut off economically, and faced with open calls for its destruction, Israel acted to ensure its survival. If it had waited to be attacked, there’s a very real chance the country would not have survived 1967.
Thank you for this excellent resource, which I will recommend to many. You've done us a great service in presenting the facts and providing references, graphs, statistics.
But in the meantime, the first kidnapping videos are already coming, and the command also understands that at least in this respect, it's a whole new event. This is the moment when the IDF decides on the return of the "Hannibal Directive".
In 1986, after the abduction and murder of two IDF soldiers by Hezbollah, a new, secret and controversial order was introduced to the IDF. The task section of the command reads "Immediate Detection of the Hannibal Event, Delaying / Stopping the Abductive Power at All Costs and Release of Abductions". The original command stated that, "During a kidnapping, the main task becomes to rescue our soldiers from the abductors, even at the cost of harming or injuring". According to the press, the command was changed in 2016, softened, and its name was also changed. Its current wording has not been revealed, but it has been made clear that actions that would jeopardize the abductee's life should be avoided.
The "7 Days" investigation reveals that at noon on October 7, the IDF instructed all of its actual combat units on "Hannibal Procedure”, although without clearly stating this explicit name. The order is to stop "at all costs" any attempt by Hamas terrorists to return to Gaza, using a language very similar to the original "Hannibal Directive”, despite repeated assurances by the security system that the procedure was canceled.
The actual meaning of the command is that the main purpose is to stop the withdrawal of the Nukhba operatives. And if they have taken hostages with them - then even if it meant risk or harm to the lives of civilians in the area, including the kidnapped themselves.
According to some evidence, the Air Force operated during those hours on a directive to prevent arrival from Gaza to Israel, and return from Israel to Gaza. It is estimated that in the area between the envelope and the strip, about a thousand terrorists and infiltrators were killed. It is unclear at this point how many of the kidnapped were killed due to executing this command on the 7th of October. In the week following Black Sabbath, soldiers of elite units, tasked by the Southern Command, examined about 70 vehicles remaining in the area between the envelope and the strip. These are vehicles that did not arrive in Gaza because they suffered fire from a combat helicopter, a drone, or a tank, and in at least some cases everyone in the vehicle was killed.
Too many misrepresentations, half truths, to accept your premise. The “Palestinians” did not “own” the land for anyone to claim it was stolen. Your premise is flawed.
'67 "pre-emptive" strike is a fancy way of saying: cowardly, unprovoked, sneak attack (invasion) on the Egyptian air force for air supremacy, which was also an act of total war.
Many people claim that Israel’s attack on Egypt in 1967 was a cowardly or unprovoked act, but that’s a serious distortion of what actually happened. The Six-Day War did not begin in a vacuum. In the weeks before the conflict, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan were openly preparing to destroy Israel, both militarily and rhetorically.
In May 1967, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the United Nations peacekeeping forces to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, where they had been stationed since 1956 to separate Egypt and Israel. Immediately after the withdrawal, Egypt moved around 100,000 soldiers and roughly 1,000 tanks into the Sinai, right up to Israel’s border. At the same time, Nasser announced the closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping. This act was a direct violation of international law and was considered a casus belli — an act of war — since it blocked Israel’s only maritime access to the Red Sea and cut off vital oil supplies.
While this was happening, Egypt signed mutual defense pacts with Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, forming a coordinated military alliance against Israel. Arab leaders made no attempt to hide their intentions. Nasser publicly declared, “Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel.” Cairo Radio broadcasted, “The Arab armies are approaching the borders of Israel. The Arab people want to eradicate Zionism from the land.” Jordan’s King Hussein likewise joined the alliance, declaring that his army would fight alongside Egypt and Syria in the “final battle” against Israel.
By early June, Israel was surrounded on three fronts. Egyptian, Syrian, and Jordanian troops were mobilizing along the borders, while Arab leaders spoke openly about annihilation. The United States and Britain urged restraint but offered no guarantee of protection if Israel were attacked. Facing this situation, Israel concluded that waiting for the first blow could be suicidal. The Israeli government therefore decided to carry out a preemptive strike to ensure survival.
On June 5, 1967, Israel launched Operation Focus, a surprise air attack on Egyptian air bases. Within hours, Israel destroyed nearly the entire Egyptian Air Force while it was still on the ground, gaining complete air superiority. This move prevented massive air strikes on Israeli cities and infrastructure. Over the next six days, Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, capturing the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Golan Heights.
The truth is that Israel’s action was neither “cowardly” nor unprovoked. It was a defensive move taken in response to clear, documented threats and acts of war. Surrounded by hostile armies, cut off economically, and faced with open calls for its destruction, Israel acted to ensure its survival. If it had waited to be attacked, there’s a very real chance the country would not have survived 1967.
Thank you for this excellent resource, which I will recommend to many. You've done us a great service in presenting the facts and providing references, graphs, statistics.
Wow...this is a fantastic resource.
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Thank you for this. Wow, so much valuable information. Facts! One of my favorite things in life!
Confirmation of Hannibal Directive has since come out. Reported by Yoav Zetun & Ronen Bergman for Yedioth Ahronoth
https://w.ynet.co.il/yediot/7-days/time-of-darkness
Translation of the relevant part:
But in the meantime, the first kidnapping videos are already coming, and the command also understands that at least in this respect, it's a whole new event. This is the moment when the IDF decides on the return of the "Hannibal Directive".
In 1986, after the abduction and murder of two IDF soldiers by Hezbollah, a new, secret and controversial order was introduced to the IDF. The task section of the command reads "Immediate Detection of the Hannibal Event, Delaying / Stopping the Abductive Power at All Costs and Release of Abductions". The original command stated that, "During a kidnapping, the main task becomes to rescue our soldiers from the abductors, even at the cost of harming or injuring". According to the press, the command was changed in 2016, softened, and its name was also changed. Its current wording has not been revealed, but it has been made clear that actions that would jeopardize the abductee's life should be avoided.
The "7 Days" investigation reveals that at noon on October 7, the IDF instructed all of its actual combat units on "Hannibal Procedure”, although without clearly stating this explicit name. The order is to stop "at all costs" any attempt by Hamas terrorists to return to Gaza, using a language very similar to the original "Hannibal Directive”, despite repeated assurances by the security system that the procedure was canceled.
The actual meaning of the command is that the main purpose is to stop the withdrawal of the Nukhba operatives. And if they have taken hostages with them - then even if it meant risk or harm to the lives of civilians in the area, including the kidnapped themselves.
According to some evidence, the Air Force operated during those hours on a directive to prevent arrival from Gaza to Israel, and return from Israel to Gaza. It is estimated that in the area between the envelope and the strip, about a thousand terrorists and infiltrators were killed. It is unclear at this point how many of the kidnapped were killed due to executing this command on the 7th of October. In the week following Black Sabbath, soldiers of elite units, tasked by the Southern Command, examined about 70 vehicles remaining in the area between the envelope and the strip. These are vehicles that did not arrive in Gaza because they suffered fire from a combat helicopter, a drone, or a tank, and in at least some cases everyone in the vehicle was killed.
Yea, I have seen that. It seems more is coming out every week or so.
* "even at the cost of harming or injuring our soldiers"
Too many misrepresentations, half truths, to accept your premise. The “Palestinians” did not “own” the land for anyone to claim it was stolen. Your premise is flawed.
I have sources you gave your lies
Sure Hater
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