Former commander of Israeli military intelligence. After the 2006 war with Hizbullah in Lebanon—in which Israeli generals complained "The bank has run out of targets" after 34 days of fighting—Yadlin adapted the methods the Israeli Air Force had used to systematically track enemy surface-to-air missiles (a practice dating back to the Yom Kippur war of 1973) and expanded them to cover all potential targets. The chief of staff of the Israel Defence Forces eventually had a bound copy of Hamas targets at the ready; whenever a rocket was launched from Gaza, he could choose a target for retaliation within minutes.
They say the heat and the flies here can drive a man insane. But you don't have to believe that, and nor does that bright mauve elephant that just cycled past.