Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them dead, IDF says

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[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Isn't that a war crime even if they had been enemy combatants trying to surrender?

[–]Cancelthis[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The whole point of the Hannibal Directive [ or a Hannibal Directive, in the comprehensive form ] is that if you allow yourself [ as a civilian] to be taken prisoner or hostage, you can kiss your ass goodbye.

Same applies to soldiers, of course.

In order to improve the level of motivation not to be taken captive or a hostage.

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They were supposed to have ended the Hannibal directive in 2016, but anyways this seems a bit different as they were not trying to prevent the capture of soldiers -- they had no idea the identity of those surrendering.

[–]Cancelthis[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A reasonable guess would be Hamas human shields.

So, a kind of encompassing Hannibal directive : Gazans , other human shields, and hostages as honorary soldiers.

Hannibal directive with bells and whistles.