Hannibal Directive:
- Focus: To prevent capture of Israeli soldiers by enemy forces
- Application: Authorizes use of force, including lethal force against captured soldiers to avoid abduction
- Goal: Prevent capture of soldiers
- Targets: Captured soldiers
- Legality: International law violation
- Issue: In most cases, it violates international humanitarian law and principle of proportionality
Dahiya Doctrine:
- Focus: Deterrence of enemy attacks through deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure to inflict maximum civilian casualties
- Application: Disproportionate force against civilian areas and infrastructure
- Goal: Deter attacks and inflict collective punishment
- Targets: Civilians and infrastructure
- Legality: Essentially, a war crime
- Issue: In most cases, this is considered a war crime by human rights organizations and international law
