 According to the IDF spokesman the soldier was killed by terrorist gun fire.During the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, when the IDF believed that Hadar Goldin had been captured, it was reported the Hannibal Directive was initiated.The IDF carried out a large-scale military operation that included bombing all possible escape routes from Rafah tunnels, an act reported by "Ha'aretz" to have killed scores of Palestinians and be the "most devastating" execution of the Hannibal Directive.