What Is the Hannibal Directive? Inside Israel’s Controversial Kill Order
Israel killed many of it's own on October 7, what is the controversial rule that allowed them to do so?
The Hannibal Directive is one of the most controversial and closely guarded policies in Israel’s military doctrine. Designed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in 1986, the directive authorizes Israeli forces to use overwhelming, even lethal, force to prevent the capture of soldiers by enemy combatants, regardless of the risk to the captured soldier or …
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