<<I'm sure that any protocols the Israeli Army has for use of camera equipment date to prior to digital equipment being available (which has really only been a few years for the level of quality needed for forensic equipment).>>
Now it's my turn to ROTFLMFAO. Like the protocols of the IDF are only revised once every few years, technological changes be damned. Their cameras are probably bought in batches, after tendering or after submitting specs to their purchasing officers, and the protocols would likely be re-written as new batches of cameras are acquired, if any new technical features would warrant it.
I also have to laugh at your apparent assumption that forensic photography began with the digital camera. That's a real howler. I had cheap Kodaks that printed date and time when my kids were growing up. The same protocols that would have mandated date and time checks at the beginning of each operator's shift wouldn't even have had to change from then to now. It's virtually inconceivable that there wouldn't be an equipment check, or more than one equipment check on a mission as important as this, following comprehensive checklists that would necessarily include checking and rechecking the date and time settings at the start of each session. Especially considering that this is the IDF, one of the most technically proficient armies in the world.
<<I'm sure that they followed all protocols, including a nice handwritten sheet of paper for documenting the chain of evidence for all the collected evidence, including tagging it.>>
Yeah, and I'm sure their recorded chains of evidence are subject to expert doctoring, just like any document they produce. I'd bet that Israeli document forgers are among the best in the world.
<<Digital time stamps are trivial to change. They do not meet - in any form - the level of security needed for forensic evidence. So, I'm pretty sure that they're ignored, and not subject to any rules about making sure they're set correctly.>>
Yeah, that makes lots of sense. Moms and dads all over the world set the time and date stamps for trips to Disney World, but the IDF, taking pictures expressly for forensic usage, wouldn't have state-of-the art settings and wouldn't bother to check them anyway. If only to avoid embarrassments like this one. According to your theory, they shouldn't even bother to take pictures at all, since they too can be faked or doctored, just like the time & date stamps.