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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

Why did Israel deploy Hannibal Directive, allowing killing of own citizens?

An Israeli soldier gestures atop a tank near the separation fence before it enters Gaza as seen from Israel, July 4, 2024 [Amir Cohen/Reuters]

The Israeli army did deploy its so-called Hannibal Directive, which allows the military to use all necessary force to prevent the capture of soldiers, during the October 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel, resulting in the loss of both civilian and military lives, an investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has found.

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