What Happened on October 7th 2023?

The line between fact and propaganda

Nigelleaney
4 min readMay 8, 2024

My aim was to copy the actual film of Richard Sanders’ documentary investigation, but due to the age restrictions on YouTube material, I was unable to do so. I would advise anyone interested to watch it on YouTube for themselves. However this interview, as above, between Peter Oborne and Richard Sanders, has no such age restrictions, and gives you the backbone of what they discovered. I urge you to watch this, then seek out the documentary.

What occurred on 7th October 2023 was a heinous act that involved a series of atrocities and the killing of many unarmed civilians. Seen in context it was, perhaps, an inevitable consequence, and response, to what had already occurred in this blighted region, over many decades. Although it seems the majority of the murders were the responsibility of Hamas, others were due to the indiscrimate counter offensive of the Israeli military who slaughtered anyone coming in or out of Gaza on that day. Some of those killed were hostages. Others died in their homes as a result of Israeli missiles and rockets fired from tanks.

The reports of the deaths from Israeli politicians and first responders, and subsequently parroted by Western journalists, is a…

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Nigelleaney

Recently retired and completed MA in creative writing. Trying for the writer’s life with no more excuses about the day job. Named top writer in music.