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Timestamped Bullet Point Summary of Chris Gunness's Interview on October 7th Suppressed Truths:

• Israeli Narrative Control After October 7th
[00:00] Gunness explains how Israel brilliantly deployed talking points after October 7th: portraying it as a surprise attack without context, Hamas as butchers who killed 1,400 people, and establishing Israel's right to unlimited self-defense - all of which he describes as wrong or unsubstantiated.

• Historical Context Deliberately Omitted
[00:28] The missing context includes the 1948 dispossession of Palestinians, the 1967 occupation, the 2007 Gaza blockade, and subsequent conflicts, all of which led to the conditions that produced October 7th.

• Legal Challenge to Israel's Self-Defense Claims
[00:47] According to the 2004 International Court of Justice legal opinion, occupied people cannot be attacked by the occupying power, which has an obligation to protect them, making Israel's self-defense argument legally invalid.

• The Hannibal Directive Cover-Up
[01:29] Gunness describes how Israeli helicopters invoked the Hannibal directive in at least three areas, destroying anyone trying to return to Gaza - including Israeli soldiers, hostages, and Hamas fighters - leaving charred bodies and cars "blown to smithereens" with unclear attribution of casualties.

• Fabricated Atrocity Stories
[01:56] The stories of beheaded babies and children put in ovens were completely fabricated, yet these false narratives dominated headlines while real Palestinian suffering was ignored.

• Gaza Blockade as Collective Punishment
[02:07] Gunness describes the Gaza blockade since 2007 as illegal collective punishment creating "deprivation that can only deepen the sense of hopelessness and despair," part of Israel's larger design to prevent Palestinian statehood.

• 2014 School Attack Emotional Testimony
[02:50] Gunness becomes visibly emotional recounting how Israel attacked a UN school in 2014 after receiving 17 precise coordinate warnings, killing children and parents who sought safety in what they believed was a protected facility.

• Systematic Targeting of UN Facilities
[04:48] Despite providing precise coordinates 17 times and informing Israel that 3,300 people had taken refuge in the school, Israel attacked anyway, demonstrating deliberate targeting of civilian shelters.

• Double Standards in International Reaction
[05:25] Gunness highlights the stark contrast between international outrage over 1,200 Israeli deaths on October 7th versus minimal reaction to over 2,000 Palestinian deaths in 2014, demonstrating that "international reaction to a Palestinian death is not the same as to an Israeli or Jewish death."

• Fake News vs. Real Atrocities
[06:18] While fabricated stories of "40 beheaded babies" made front-page headlines and influenced leaders like Biden and Piers Morgan, real atrocities like Palestinian women giving birth by cesarean section without anesthetics receive no coverage.

• Current Humanitarian Crisis
[07:18] Gunness describes the current situation where 150 babies are born daily in Gaza without anesthetics, starving people are shot by Israeli marksmen while crawling for food, and hospitals lack drugs to treat the wounded.

• Dehumanization and Loss of Humanity
[08:02] He presents footage of Israelis expressing complete indifference to Palestinian civilian deaths, including children, with one person saying "children grow up to be Arabs," demonstrating the dehumanization necessary for genocide.

• Genocide as Historical Continuum
[08:26] Gunness explains how many Palestinians view the current violence as part of a genocidal continuum beginning with the 1948 Nakba, continuing through 1967 occupation, 2007 blockade, and successive wars, with each escalation meeting minimal international resistance.

• Layered Trauma in Gaza Children
[11:18] He describes how Gaza children experience "layer upon layer of trauma" through repeated conflicts, dealing with current trauma while processing remembered trauma from previous attacks, creating intergenerational trauma that will affect future generations.

• Palestinian Resistance and Resilience
[12:59] Despite attempts at genocide, Gunness expresses confidence that Palestinians will survive and achieve their rights, noting their intelligence, creativity, and various forms of resistance including simply "being there" and refusing to be moved from their land.
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Original Source Attribution:

'Former UN Chief DEMOLISHES October 7 Lies' | Double Down News | Sep 1, 2025 | https://youtu.be/9pVbqwnmSuM?si=zhWQk3TRljjRtnuV

What REALLY Happened

Chris Gunness is the former chief spokesman for UNRWA and founder of the Myanmar Accountability Project ► https://the-world-is-watching.org/our-team/
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