Israel Scraps Raid after Facebook Slip

(AP)  The Israeli military says a planned raid on a West Bank village was called off after an Israeli soldier disclosed its details online.

The military says the combat soldier posted the time and location of the raid on his Facebook page saying that troops were planning on "cleaning up" the village.

Fellow soldiers reported the leak to military authorities, who called off the raid fearing that the information may have reached hostile groups. The soldier was court-martialed and sentenced to 10 days in prison.

The military's statement Wednesday added that it is cracking down on soldiers' use of social networking Web sites and has launched a campaign warning of the dangers of sharing military classified information online.

[worldcitizen1]

All US aid should be cut of to Israel and Palestine until they make peace! As long as Israel has unlimited US military aid there will be no peace.

[mjlewis6]

THERE ARE MORE SIDES TO THE DRADLE THAN MEET THE EYE IN THIS STORY.
INSTEAD OF RAIDS....TRY A LITTLE NEGOTIATION AND PULLING OUT OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND RECOGNITION OF THE NATION OF PALESTINIANS?

AFTERALL, CRAZIES LIKE AHMADINEJAD ARE PEFECTLY WILLING TO KILL ALL ISRAELIS WITH A "WIPE OUT" ISRAEL WEAPON..THAT SOMEHOW, IT IS OK IF THE PALESTINIANS ARE KILLED....THAT ALONE OUGHT TO MAKE GOING TO THE PEACE TABLE A GREAT INCENTIVE.

ISN'T IT STRANGE ALL THE SONS OF ABRAHAM SEEM BENT ON IGNORING THE COMMANDMENT AGAINST COMMITTING MURDER? THERE IS NO KAZMIR, HEAVEN ON EARTH, FOR KILLING.

[Turbidite]

That's one way of getting out of a raid.

[U_S_Drug_Addict]

and zis day we is gonna put on se raid on ze palestinians,
so i writes ziz on siz facebook thingy.

[nasadawg]

The west bank doesn't belong to them. Why are they raiding it?

[GreatDepression]

What is Israel trying to hide? They perform Raids almost Everyday.

[JavMD]

dumb SOB, where are the 'thinking' solders? Didnt the news just talk about US soldiers also?

[pragmatist1]

...more like an ego driven braggadocio kind of soldier...that's the problem with many who post things on these social media groups...they don't think about the consequences, and instead think they're being really cool and self-important...

[I_am_me1953]

And to think the Americans have just recently decided to allow postings on FB and Tweeting.

Dumb Israelis.