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| Israeli radio warns female soldiers against hitchhiking |
| 2010-01-05 |
| [Ma'an] Israel's Army Radio has begun regularly transmitting announcements warning female soldiers not to hitchhike from their military bases. "Female soldiers, don't hitchhike as you can't be sure how it will end," the announcement said. It was not clear what lead to the frequent announcements, as there have been no known cases of Palestinian armed groups targeting female Israeli soldiers. The increased announcements follow ongoing reports that, despite stalemate, a prisoner exchange deal whereby Palestinian militants holding Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit for the release of Palestinian prisoners. The Israeli army has been known to enforce what it terms the "Hannibal procedure," whereby Israeli soldiers at risk of being kidnapped have been shot. The policy is enacted to thwart leverage for any Palestinian prisoner swap and was discovered to have been used during the second Israeli war against Lebanon, where three soldiers were said to have been killed by Israeli forces as Hizbullah militants attempted to kidnap them. |
| Posted by:Fred |