Israeli colonel says Hannibal Directive was possibly deployed on 7 October

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Israeli air force colonel Nof Erez told Israeli newspaper Haaretz that the Israeli army possibly deployed the Hannibal Directive on 7 October and potentially hit Israeli hostages as they were being taken back to Gaza by Palestinian fighters. Erez said that if the directive had been deployed, it would have been intentional, and explained that the situation on 7 October would be considered a “Mass Hannibal”, adding that normally Israeli soldiers are only trained to deploy the protocol in situations of a single vehicle with multiple hostages. The Hannibal Directive, a controversial military protocol demanding that kidnappings of Israelis should be stopped “by all means”, including hitting their own, was officially revoked in 2016. Only one Israeli soldier survived in the known cases where the Hannibal Directive was deployed, as the directive was often understood by Israeli soldiers to mean that killing their own would be better than leaving them captive. Subscribe to our channel: Subscribe to MEE Telegram channel to stay up to date: Middle East Eye Website: Follow us on TikTok: Follow us on Instagram: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: