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Hannibal Directive. Israeli military procedure and revocation The Hannibal Directive was a reported operational procedure of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) developed in the mid-1980s following incidents involving the capture of Israeli sol...
Israel’s National Skin Bank and Controversy Over Organ Sourcing The Israel National Skin Bank (INSB) was established in 1986 jointly by the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps and the Ministry of Health. Its primary purpose is to store human skin for medic...
The Sabra and Shatila massacre took place between September 16 and 18, 1982, in the Sabra neighborhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. The massacre was carried out by a Lebanese Christian militia, the Phalange, with the Israeli Def...
Guatemalan Maya Genocide On March 23, 1982, General Efraín Ríos Montt seized power in Guatemala through a military coup during the Guatemalan Civil War. His government intensified counterinsurgency operations in predominantly Maya regions, particularly in ...
On February 4, 1982, authorities in Los Angeles County discovered thousands of preserved human fetuses inside a repossessed storage container connected to a defunct pathology laboratory. The container was located at the Woodland Hills residence of Malvin...
The Hama Massacre occurred in February 1982 when Syrian government forces launched a military assault on the city of Hama to suppress an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood. The operation, commanded by then-President Hafez al-Assad, resulted in widespread de...
El Mozote massacre On December 11, 1981, Salvadoran Army units carried out a massacre in the village of El Mozote in Morazán Department, El Salvador. Soldiers of the Atlácatl Battalion, trained by the United States military, entered the village and killed ...
Rennet is an enzyme used in cheesemaking to curdle milk and separate it into curds and whey. Traditionally, rennet was extracted from the stomachs of young calves, but today, most industrial cheese production uses alternative sources. The enzyme chymosin...
Gnaeus Julius Agricola was appointed governor of Roman Britain, replacing the previous administration. His governorship marked an era of military and administrative consolidation in the northern regions of the province.During his tenure, Agricola implemente...
Harold Wallace Rosenthal, a Senate aide, was killed in a terrorist attack at Istanbul Airport in 1976. Rosenthal had worked for Senator Jacob Javits and was serving in his staff role at the time of his death. A pamphlet titled "The Hidden Tyranny" was publi...