October 7 attacks
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On October 7, 2023, a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel were carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant gr
Militant abducting a man during the Re'im music festival massacre that left at least 360 people dead and others taken hostage
Blood inside a home in Be'eri
Burned vehicles from Nir Yitzhak kibbutz
Israelis killed during Re'im music festival massacre
Hannibal Directive
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The Hannibal Directive, also translated as Hannibal Procedure or Hannibal Protocol, is the name of a controversial procedure used by the Israel Defense Forces to prevent the capture of Israeli soldier
October 7 attacks
…were killed while they were attending the Nova music festival and many more wounded. At least 14 Israeli civilians were killed by the IDF's use of the Hannibal Directive. About 250 Israeli and non-Israeli civilians and soldiers were taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip. Dozens of cases of rape and sexual assault reportedly…
Then-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (right) in a training exercise where the forces practiced a soldier abduction scenario. Addressing the IDF's operations forum, Gantz stated that IDF protocols do not allow for a soldier to be killed in order to prevent his abduction.
In 2016, then-IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot announced that the Hannibal Directive had been revoked.