..is that you did not understand the report. Two Arab children from Gaza were killed by a Qassam that fell short. Does that change your point of view?

I don't think anyone is suggesting that soldiers filter orders through rabbinic Halacha and every local Rabbi's edict of approval. And yes in the Army you do have to obey orders, as some have so pointedly stated, "Providing it is legal" The problem is how you define what is legal in the mind of Haredi type soldiers. These soldiers serve and fight most probably because they see it as their religious obligation to fight for the state of Israel. That is their primary motivation and the Army must have known this before enlisting them in the ranks. For people prepared to die for their religious beliefs, it seems to me as a mistaken judgement for the Army to say, "Well you are in the Army now and you will therefore contravene your religious beliefs when ordered to do so!" This is likely to meet with the same success as putting a gun to their heads and asking them to convert to another religion. Religious conviction is a powerful thing, and maybe, just maybe, the IDF can factor this sensitivity into its decision making, rather then spend it's energy generating what would most certainly be a controversy.