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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
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The gist is that in certain situations the IDF will use lethal force to prevent hostages from being taken even if that means the hostages die as it is preferable to the state of Israel diplomaticly to not have to negotiate hostage returns which are popular among the public. The polciy was repealed in 2016 but there is eveidence that orders given were similar to the directive on Oct 7.
It’s worth reading the Wikipedia link and associated discussion and the sources provided and come to a conclusion. Is the 50% number touted by Zary well supported? Probably not, could it be that high? Yes. Were there vehicles that were known to have hostages in destroyed by the Israeli military without regard for the hostages inside? Almost certainly. Did the IDF order the vehicles containing hostages shot. I believe so but I think there is some room for debate here and they didn’t directly say shoot all vehicles. It’s also important to note the original Hannibal directive did not apply to civilians and the Hannibal directive was not in place on Oct 7.
The fog of war makes it difficult to ever know what went on.