The Israeli Defense Force has canceled a contentious directive known as the Hannibal procedure, which calls for the use of maximum force to prevent the capture of Israeli soldiers, even at the risk of harming them.
A military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity in accordance with army rules, said on Tuesday that the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot, had given instructions several weeks ago to revoke the decades-old directive. The official said the chief of staff had established a team to formulate a new procedure for such situations.
The Hannibal procedure was last invoked, with devastating consequences, during the war in Gaza in 2014. Palestinian terrorists ambushed Israeli soldiers soon after a truce took effect on the outskirts of Rafah, in southern Gaza, and dragged one of them, Second Lt. Hadar Goldin, into a tunnel.
It is unlikely that Lieutenant Goldin was killed in the Israeli bombardment. Based on evidence found in the tunnel, the Israeli authorities determined that he would not have survived the initial Palestinian attack. Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, is believed to be holding his remains.
The Israel Defense Force official would not elaborate on what led to the revocation of the Hannibal procedure. The newspaper Haaretz, which reported the change on Tuesday, said that a draft of a coming report by Israel’s state comptroller had recommended that the army abolish the procedure because different ranks and units interpreted it differently and its use may have violated international law.
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. Fortunately the Search carried over from the old system... but has all the problems that I outlined. Boise Public Library has a fantastic book on production side of the Manhattan Project... but it isn't filed with books on atomic energy or Manhattan Project or any of that... It is simply hidden in "Industry"... with no cross reference... -YP-
Chris had to tell me where the search button was. LOL I did not have enough sense to see it with all the changes on this site.
Yeah, I agree as often I go back to search for articles. Something will make me think of something in an article. By author would at least be a start. Mike Perry had some truly wonderful articles and they were once a week - my history fix. It was a terrible catastrophe when livefyre stopped tracking our data - disqus sucks - click and hope to go directly to the comment. I don't think so.
. ...Some months ago SOFREP asked its members what it would like to see. My suggestion was that somebody goes into the archives and properly organizes the countless splendid articles that represent a potentially impressive attraction for potential members. Doubtless a major task. ...The problem is like the pictures section on Google. Look for images of Roy Rogers and you start running into pic of Sylvester Stallone, and Che Guevara. There it is the result of near vandals... here, it was just sometimes rushed filing. ...As it stands now... near as I can figure... all the articles are in the archives. But varying degrees of difficulty in trying to find them. Say the one that you mentioned. You key in "Israel..." and get a great many hits... The problem is that you soon start finding articles that have absolutely nothing to do with Israel (where others looking for them may never find them...) ...Fewer and fewer articles about Israel show and soon a member becomes discouraged. Often it is a question of knowing the right steps. Go to history then try Israel search. Or maybe it is "magic word"... the article might be under POWs, or terrorism. ...Unbelievable wealth of of knowledge and experience represented in the archives. Sadly, much is filed "...alphabetically... according to height..." Properly organizing the files... cross-referencing them... then preparing an on-site catalog is a task on the scale of the Augean stables. It is worth doing and would make membership far more valuable if properly organized and advertised. ...It may well matter to Jack and the staff... but they may be juggling other bobcats right now. Lately members are reporting typing up replies and system freezes... sometimes causing them to lose everything that they have composed. Also lately, going back in an members history to find a post somewhere between now and when the new system abruptly came into place isn't as easy as it was just a few weeks ago... At least a couple of us get as far as three months back and "SNAP"... we are blown off the internet ...So I don't know what to tell you. Maybe someday somebody with real computer savvy who is also a history fanatic and a great organizer will volunteer their services to SOFREP and restore full access to the amazing wealth of knowledge and experience represented in the archives. http://bookofjoe.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dea53ef015434f9ca3d970c-800wi -Yankee Papa-