From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Maureen Clare Murphy was published by Electronic Intifada on March 1, 2016.
“Palestinian killed as Israel uses Hannibal Directive in refugee camp”
A Palestinian was killed when Israeli forces deployed the so-called Hannibal Directive to extract two of its soldiers who had mistakenly entered Qalandiya refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah overnight Monday.
The Hannibal Directive is an Israeli military protocol authorizing massive firepower to prevent a captured soldier from being taken alive.
“The initial investigation of the incident revealed that an army driver and squad commander from the Oketz unit entered the camp by mistake while using the Waze smartphone GPS navigational app,” the Tel Aviv newspaper Haaretz reported.
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