{"id":276782,"date":"2023-11-29T08:18:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=276782"},"modified":"2023-11-30T06:47:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T06:47:41","slug":"israeli-october-7-posterchild-was-killed-by-israeli-tank-eyewitnesses-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=276782","title":{"rendered":"Israeli October 7 posterchild was killed by Israeli tank, eyewitnesses reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Max Blumenthal \u2013 The Gray Zone Nov 25, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Eyewitnesses to the October 7 hostage standoff in Kibbutz Be\u2019eri have exposed Israel for misleading the world about the killings of 12-year-old Liel Hetzroni, her family and her neighbors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a desperate bid for international sympathy, the Israeli government has sought to stir outrage over the killing of a 12-year-old girl during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis little girl\u2019s body was burned so badly that it took forensic archeologists more than six weeks to identify her,\u201d the Israeli Foreign Ministry declared on its official Twitter\/X account. \u201cAll that remains of 12 year old Liel Hetzroni is ash and bone fragments. May her memory be a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This little girl\u2019s body was burned so badly that it look forensic archeologists more than six weeks to identify her.<\/p>\n<p>All that remains of 12 year old Liel Hetzroni is ash and bone fragments. <\/p>\n<p>May her memory be a blessing.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_Women?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN_Women<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoExcuse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoExcuse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HamasMassacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HamasMassacre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rPGOjG26l3\">pic.twitter.com\/rPGOjG26l3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Israel \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@Israel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Israel\/status\/1728031404708032701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aviva Klompas, a former speechwriter for Israel\u2019s United Nations mission and one of the country\u2019s top English language social media propagandists, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvivaKlompas\/status\/1726919527726817774\">claimed on Twitter\/X<\/a>, \u201cThe terrorists massacred all of [the Hetzroni\u2019s], then torched the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naftali Bennett, the former Israeli Prime Minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naftalibennett\/status\/1724419046123164135\">chimed in<\/a> to proclaim that \u201cLiel Hetzroni of Kibbutz Beeri was murdered in her home by Hamas monsters\u2026 We\u2019re fighting the most just war: to ensure this can never happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liel Hetzroni was among the noncombatants killed in Kibbutz Be\u2019eri when the small southern Israeli community was momentarily taken over by Hamas militants seeking captives to spur a prisoner exchange. During the standoff that ensued, she was killed instantly alongside twin brother, great-aunt and several other residents of Be\u2019eri.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 12-year-old Hetzroni was not slain by Hamas. According to new testimony by an Israeli eyewitness to the girl\u2019s death, she was killed by an Israeli tank shell alongside several neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation of Hetzroni\u2019s friendly fire death came as reporting by the Israeli paper Haaretz confirmed a <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2023\/10\/27\/israels-military-shelled-burning-tanks-helicopters\/\">viral Grayzone investigation<\/a> which highlighted disclosures by Israeli helicopter pilots and security officials of friendly fire orders throughout the fateful day.<\/p>\n<p>One came from a member of the security team for Kibbutz Be\u2019eri, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.co.il\/news\/politics\/2023-10-20\/ty-article-magazine\/.premium\/0000018b-499a-dc3c-a5df-ddbaab290000\">told Haaretz<\/a> that \u201cthe commanders in the field made difficult decisions \u2013 including shelling houses on their occupants in order to eliminate the terrorists along with the hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A tank battalion commander recalled receiving the same orders when he arrived on the scene, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/nov\/02\/israeli-tank-commander-hailed-as-hero-after-hamas-attack-is-killed-in-gaza\">stating<\/a> in a video interview, \u201cI arrived in Be\u2019eri to see Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram and the first thing he asks me to do is to fire a shell into a house [where Hamas members were sheltering].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision to use heavy weapons on the small homes of Be\u2019eri wound up costing many Israeli lives. Among them was the girl whose death has been weaponized to justify Israel\u2019s brutal assault on Gaza. And for the first time, an eyewitness to the attack has come forward with the uncomfortable truth about the killing.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cwhen those two shells hit, [Liel] stopped screaming\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yasmin Porat was among the Israelis taken hostage by Hamas militants in Be\u2019eri on October 7. She had fled the Nova electronic music festival and sought shelter in the community when the militants arrived. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/kan-news\/4-26\">November 15 interview<\/a> with the Israeli national broadcaster, Kan News, Porat provided exclusive details of the standoff which badly undercut her government\u2019s official narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Under the mistaken impression that they were surrounded by Israeli troops, who were actually largely absent at the time and in a discombobulated state, the Hamas gunmen sent hostages outside the home and phoned the Israeli police in an apparent attempt to negotiate their own exit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see that most of the kidnappings occurred in the morning, at 10, 11, 12,\u201d Porat said. \u201cBy 3 [in the afternoon], every [Israeli] citizen thought the army was already everywhere. [The Hamas militants] could have taken us out and back [to Gaza] ten times. But they didn\u2019t believe that was the situation, so they asked for the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the Israeli special forces finally arrived on the scene, Porat said, a \u201cceasefire\u201d ensued between Hamas and Israeli forces, and her own captor decided to surrender. To ensure his own safety, he stripped himself naked and used her as a human shield as he made his way toward the Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>After Porat was freed and her captor surrendered, she said 14 Israelis remained hostage under the guard of 39 Hamas militants. Among those left behind, she said, were twins, Liel and Yanai Hetzroni, along with their great-aunt and guardian, Ayala Hetzroni.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sat there with the commander of the unit,\u201d Porat recalled, \u201cand I described to him what the house looks like, and where the terrorists are, and where the hostages are. I actually drew it for him: \u2018Look, here, on the lawn there are four hostages that are lying this way on the lawn. Here are two that are lying under the terrace. And in the living room there is a woman lying like this, and a woman lying like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Porat explained, \u201cI told [the Israeli commander] about the twins (Yanai and Liel Hatzroni) and their great-aunt (Ayala), I didn\u2019t see them. You know what, when I left, they were the only ones I didn\u2019t see. I heard Liel the whole time, so I know for certain that they were there.. I tried to explain to [the commander] that from somewhere near the kitchen, that\u2019s where I heard the screams coming from. I didn\u2019t see her, but I heard her, and I heard where the screams were coming from. I tried to explain to them where all the hostages were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Underscoring the shoddy Israeli intelligence that made the October 7 Hamas operation possible, Porat said the soldiers did not believe that so many militants could be inside one home, or that such a large force could have penetrated the high-tech siege walls Israel had constructed around Gaza. \u201cThe first time I told [the Israeli special forces] that there are about 40 terrorists, they told me, \u2018It can\u2019t be. It seems like you\u2019re exaggerating\u2019\u2026 I told them, \u2018There\u2019s more of them than you.\u2019 They didn\u2019t believe me! It was still the naivet\u00e9 of our army, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By 4 PM, a gun battle began to rage between the militants inside the home and the Israeli special forces stationed across the street. After failing to dislodge the Hamas fighters, the Israelis called in a tank at 7:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Porat described a sense of panic as she watched the tank trundle into the small community: \u201cI thought to myself, \u2018Why are they shooting tank shells into the house?\u2019 And I asked one of the people that was with me, \u201cWhy are they shooting?\u2019 So they explained to me that it was to break the walls, in order to help cleanse the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From across the street, Porat heard two loud explosions. The tank had fired a couple of shells into the home. Laying down outside the house was her partner, Tal, another man named Tal, and the couple who owned the house, Adi and Hadas Dagan. There were also the 12-year-old twins, Liel and Yanai Hatsroni, along with their great-aunt.<\/p>\n<p>When the dust cleared, only Hadas Dagan emerged from the house alive.<\/p>\n<p>Porat said Dagan later told her, \u201c\u2018Yasmin, when the two big booms hit, I felt like I flew in the air\u2026 It took me 2-3 minutes to open my eyes, I didn\u2019t feel my body. I was completely paralyzed. When I opened my eyes, I saw that my Adi [Dagan] is dying\u2026 Your Tal also stopped moving at that point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dagan confirmed that the tank shells killed Liel Hatsroni: \u201c\u2018The girl did not stop screaming for all those hours,\u201d she told Porat, referring to Liel. \u201cShe didn\u2019t stop screaming\u2026 [but] when those two shells hit, [Liel] stopped screaming. There was silence then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Porat concluded, \u201cSo what can you take away from that? That after that very massive incident, the shooting, which concluded with two shells, that is pretty much when everyone died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dagan emphasized to Porat that none of the hostages had been intentionally killed by the Hamas fighters. \u201cThere were no executions, or anything like that. At least not the people with her,\u201d Porat said.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview on October 15, Porat <a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/israeli-forces-shot-their-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says\/38861\">insisted<\/a> the Palestinian militants \u201cdid not abuse us. They treated us very humanely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is impossible to know if the standoff between Israeli and Hamas forces at the Dagan home could have been resolved without bloodshed. But it is clear that the Israeli decision to shell the home with tanks wound up killing almost everyone inside, including the child who has become a centerpiece of Israel\u2019s international anti-Hamas propaganda campaign. All the Israelis left behind, Porat said, was \u201ca house full of corpses.\u201d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GjC0_swYbT4?si=wQxAfY3hDP0P0RdH\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2023\/11\/25\/israels-october-7-propaganda-tank-eyewitnesses\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas did not kill Liel Hetzroni or her family or neighbours when they seized Kibbutz Be\u2019eri, as Israeli spokesmen claim. 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