The directive was ORIGINALLY for troops, yes, but not any longer. The individual low ranking troops at the kibbutzim on October 7th were shooting indiscriminately. They didn’t all simultaneously forget how to obey orders…nor did the commanders who had to “make difficult decisions” and shelled Israeli residences with both Hamas AND Israeli’s inside….and again…the Israeli Apache helicopter pilot stated in an interview that he targeted Israelis also.
Did all of these various Israeli forces “misunderstand” the Hannibal directive simultaneously?