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Titolo: "Rules of Engagement: Fire also upon rescue"

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072830.html
Last update - 08:45 22/03/2009
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot at Gaza rescuers, note says
By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent
GAZA STRIP - "Rules of Engagement: Open fire also upon rescue," was 
handwritten in Hebrew on a sheet of paper found in one of the Palestinian 
homes the Israel Defense Forces took over during Operation Cast Lead. A 
reservist officer who did not take part in the Gaza offensive believes that 
the note is part of orders a low-level commander wrote before giving his 
soldiers their daily briefing.
One of the main themes in news reports during the Gaza operation, and which 
appears in many testimonies, is that IDF soldiers shot at Palestinian and 
Red Cross rescuers, making it impossible to evacuate the wounded and dead. 
As a result, an unknown number of Palestinians bled to death as others 
cowered in their homes for days without medical treatment, waiting to be 
rescued.
The bodies of the dead lay outside the homes or on roadsides for days, 
sometimes as long as two weeks. Haaretz has reported a number of such cases, 
some of them as they happened. The document found in the house provides 
written proof that IDF commanders ordered their troops to shoot at rescuers.
The sheet of paper entitled "Situational Assessment" was found by a field 
researcher of The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in the home of Sami 
Dardone's family in Jabal al-Rayes, east of Jabalya. The extended Dardone 
family lives in about 40 homes in this neighborhood, built on a hilltop. 
Some of the homes were taken over by the army to house troops during the 
offensive and to serve as sniping positions, or for shooting in general.
Most of the homes were seriously damaged when the IDF directly bombed them 
or other targets nearby at the start of the ground operation. This was also 
the reason the homes' residents fled on January 4. When the residents 
returned to the neighborhood at the end of the offensive on January 18, they 
found that the IDF had completely destroyed some of the homes, in addition 
to those that had been damaged by shelling and others that were wrecked when 
soldiers broke in through the walls. Sometimes the soldiers needed 
explosives to break in.
A military source told Haaretz that "the document that was found is not an 
official document signed by a particular commander, and as such the IDF 
cannot comment on fragments of sentences that were jotted down on a piece of 
paper, and asks that this not be interpreted as directives and instructions 
that were issued by commanders."
'Situational assessment'
According to the reservist officer who did not participate in Operation Cast 
Lead and who received a copy of the document via fax, the "Situational 
Assessment" was written by a platoon commander, or at the highest level a 
company commander. The reservist says the author of the "Situational 
Assessment" was making notes to brief his soldiers based on a briefing that 
low-ranking commanders receive from senior officers.
The date on the sheet is "16.1.08," clearly an error because it should read 
one year later. It comments on political and military events that occurred 
in mid-January 2009. It's possible to conclude that the author is discussing 
the possibility of a cease-fire, which was being discussed publicly by 
Israeli officials at that time.
"The next 24 hours are important; there is a likelihood they [Hamas] will 
not accept the agreement," the author writes. He also mentions the "Interior 
Minister." The reference is probably to Hamas Interior Minister Said 
al-Sayam, who was killed on January 15 when the IDF bombed his home. Four 
members of his family and five members of a neighbor's family were killed. 
Among the dead were four children.
The commander's notes toward the top of the sheet are largely a short 
political briefing - for example, "the local leadership wants [a 
cease-fire], the external [Hamas leadership] is out of touch" - and an 
assessment of the enemy's intentions - "the enemy would like to achieve a 
kidnapping [of soldiers], the destruction of homes."
"Rules of Engagement" is written in the lower half of the sheet, along with 
one other category: - "Operational Routine."
The following is written: "Rules of Engagement: Fire also upon rescue. Not 
on women and children. Beyond the tantcher - incrimination."
"Tantcher" is what the IDF calls Salah al-Din - the route that runs the 
length of the Gaza Strip. The home of the Dardone family is east of the 
route, so it is possible to assume these are instructions on shooting at 
anyone crossing the route to the east into areas held by the IDF.
A reservist soldier who did not participate in Cast Lead says that to the 
best of his knowledge "incrimination" refers to the process of identifying 
whether a person approaching is a terrorist.
The reservist officer who did not take part in the Gaza operation spoke with 
reservists who said "incriminating" was a shoot-to-kill order, contrary to 
"suspect procedure," in which shots are fired in the air and then at the 
legs.
The IDF spokesman said in response that "IDF forces were given unequivocal 
instructions not to fire at those identified as not being involved in the 
fighting, and to assist as much as possible injured Palestinians under 
battle conditions."
The reservist officer told Haaretz that "according to the details mentioned 
in the paper it appears the author was a low-ranking officer who dealt with 
the affairs of about 30 soldiers - like organizing their platoon equipment 
and oiling their weapons."
He says the author might have taken part in an earlier briefing by more 
senior officers and took notes for his political and military briefing. That 
is where he received his instructions on the rules of engagement.
"The rules of engagement are not something the platoon or company commander 
makes up," the reservist officer said.
According to the graffiti left in the Dardone homes, and based on what is 
known about the IDF's deployment in the Strip, the unit involved was part of 
the Golani Brigade.
The last portion of the document is entitled "Operational Routine - Fighting 
Timeline," and includes things such as guard duty, responsibility for 
platoon equipment and briefings. Under "Operational Routine" a note is 
included whose title can be translated as "Shitting of Houses."
The reservist officer and soldier with whom Haaretz spoke said they were not 
aware of that term.
Many of the homes the IDF troops took over were left in particularly 
unsanitary conditions; the residents of Sami Dardone's home found their 
clothes in piles with obvious signs of human feces.
Sealed bags
Haaretz asked the IDF spokesman whether "Shitting of Houses" refers to "an 
intentional action of turning the homes into latrines, or whether the 
commander wanted to talk to his soldiers about the fact that they had turned 
their living space into latrines."
A reservist soldier who took part in Cast Lead told the reservist officer 
that "going to the toilet was part of the briefing, and perhaps 'Shitting of 
Houses' is a reference in the briefing to where to pile up the sealed bags 
the IDF provides the soldiers for relieving themselves."
The IDF spokesman said that "soldiers who were in the homes were instructed 
to relieve themselves in areas where it did not endanger their lives, mostly 
inside the house, and which allowed them to carry out their operational 
activities in the best possible way, and for as long as it would be 
necessary."
The other side of the "Situational Assessment" sheet shows that it was 
written on a letter sent to the troops by a child. "To the Golani soldiers, 
good luck in the war," the letter reads in the hand of a young child. In the 
middle of the page there is a drawing of an armed soldier. "Love, the S. 
family."

traduco in italiano il titolo, e a breve riesco a rimediare anche un
link con la traduzione del resto..
intanto registro l'ennesima dimostrazione che Pallywood non si inventa
niente, mentre chi li chiama così ha fatto l'ennesima figura di
merda...

 instructions that were issued by commanders."
Quoto!
-Stefano 

Stefano De Cesari ha scritto:
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Quoto.
Tb

 By Amira Hass,
lol

 lol
Amira Hass vale sempre la pena di leggerla, anche se non si è quasi mai 
d'accordo con lei. Il problema non è lì.
E' in un ritratto della realtà fatto solo di Amira Hass e simili. A 
proposito di simili, oggi ho letto con sconforto l'ennesimo 
articolo-sempre-uguale di Gideon Levy.
Sostiene che da tempo l'IDF non è più l'esercito più morale del mondo.
Fa quasi tenerezza pensare che uno come Levy, che dovrebbe essere 
cresciuto in un solido realismo, prima di finire tra le nuvolette rosa, 
possa pensare che qualcuno tra quelli che animano le campagne di questi 
giorni abbia mai riconosciuto all'Idf questa caratteristica.
Ancora peggio, fa tenerezza l'idea che si debba mostrare al mondo 
esterno di essere il paese più morale del mondo per guadagnarne la 
benevolenza.
Che l'IDF faccia quello che ogni esercito civile al suo posto farebbe, e 
sia giudicato su quel metro. Tra l'altro ho qualche dubbio che alcune 
imprese dell'IDF ai tempi in cui Gideon Levy era un politico di vaglia 
sarebbero equiparabili a quelle dell'esercito della salvezza.
Tb

 giorni abbia mai riconosciuto all'Idf questa caratteristica.
l'autonegazionismo, malattia infantile del CW

 , e sia giudicato su quel metro.
Quoto.
Namib 

 sia giudicato su quel metro.
spiegalo a Barak, allora.
Come fai a far finta di dimenticarti -direi un pò in malafede- che è
il Governo israeliano, a ribadire a piè sospinto la morale superiorità
dell'esercito israeliano ?

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Quello è un problema israeliano tra israeliani.
Se barak cerca di farne un argomento internazionale sbaglia da molti
punti di vista.
Internazionalmente la questione è solo e semplicemente legale.
-- 
Tb

 Internazionalmente la questione è solo e semplicemente legale.
indubbiamente.

 punti di vista.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727511150&pagename=JPost%
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-- 
Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy        e-mail: 
ll...@dada.it
   Home page: 
http://www.angelfire.com/ar/archivarius
                   (musicologia pratica)

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vedo che in fondo si rimanda a questo articolo
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237392665709&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Secondo me Logi, leggendolo, ha avuto un travaso di bile.

 leggendolo, ha avuto un travaso di bile.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/23/israel-gaza-war-crimes-guard
ian
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 vedo che in fondo si rimanda a questo articolohttp://
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237392665709&pagename=JPo.
..
cosa c'è di strano? Un capitalista di estrema destra sta con Israele.
Sarebbe strano l'opposto...

)

 sembra tagliare le righe
Sopire, troncare, padre molto reverendo: troncare, sopire.

dell'esercito israeliano ?
La morale superiorita' ...... *RISPETTO A CHI O A COSA*?
Se e' *RISPETTO AI TERRORISTI* ci vuole ben poco per essere "superiori
moralmente" a chi usa bambini come bombe umane, o usa ambulanze e/o civili
come scudi umani, o tenta di colpire obiettivi civili invece che militari.
-Stefano

 Non riesco ad aprire il sito
sembra un problema di allergia
comunque vai nelle prossime ore sul sito del Guardian (che a te gli
inglesi piacciono) e apri il titolo stampato con il font più grosso
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 inglesi piacciono) e apri il titolo stampato con il font più grosso
(MODE se sei spacciato, cambia discorso ON) Devono essere davvero
ossessionati da Israele se mettono i fatti di Gaza prima di una
notizia bomba come il ritorno della deflazione in UK dopo 50 anni.