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12.12.5.3 Signals. The belligerents may agree to use certain signals to helpimplement the armistice. For example, signals may be agreed upon to indicate the passage ofparlementaires, the start or end of the armistice, or for other reasons.12.12.5.4 Maps Showing Boundaries or the Location of Forces. An armisticeagreement may also include an exchange of maps or other imagery showing the lines ofopposing forces (or the location of forces) at the time of the start of the armistice. 204 Such mapsmay facilitate understanding of applicable boundaries, such as the location of neutral zones, aswell as reduce the risk of unintended confrontation.12.13 ARMISTICES – VIOLATIONS AND DENUNCIATIONAn armistice, like other formal arrangements between belligerents, engages the honor ofall parties for the exact and complete fulfillment of every obligation thereby imposed. 205 Seriousviolations of the armistice by one of the parties gives an opposing party the right of denouncingthe armistice, and deliberate violations of the armistice by individuals are punishable.12.13.1 Serious Violations as a Basis for Denouncing an Armistice. Any seriousviolation of the armistice by one of the parties gives an opposing belligerent the right ofdenouncing the armistice, and even, in cases of urgency, of recommencing hostilitiesimmediately. 206 12.13.1.1 Examples of Serious Violations of an Armistice. Serious violations ofan armistice include acts in contravention of the terms of the agreement or acts that are whollyinconsistent with the status of the suspension of hostilities. 207 Such acts may include:• conducting attacks against the enemy;• a deliberate advance or construction of works beyond the line agreed upon;• the seizure of any point outside the lines; and204 For example, Egyptian-Israeli Agreement on Disengagement of Forces in Pursuance of the Geneva PeaceConference, Annex to Kurt Waldheim, Letter Dated 18 January 1974 From the Secretary-General Addressed toPresident of the Security Council, U.N. Doc. S/11198, 2 (Jan. 18, 1974) (“A. Egypt and Israel will scrupulouslyobserve the cease-fire on land, sea and air called for by the United Nations Security Council and will refrain fromthe time of the signing of this document from all military or para-military actions against each other. B. Themilitary forces of Egypt and Israel will be separated in accordance with the following principles: 1. All Egyptianforces on the east side of the canal will be deployed west of the line designated as line A on the attached map. AllIsraeli forces, including those west of the Suez Canal and the Bitter Lakes, will be deployed east of the linedesignated as line B on the attached map.”).205 1956 FM 27-10 (Change No. 1 1976) 493 (“An armistice, like other formal agreements between belligerents,engages the honor of both parties for the exact and complete fulfillment of every obligation thereby imposed.”).206 HAGUE IV REG. art. 40 (“Any serious violation of the armistice by one of the parties gives the other party theright of denouncing it, and even, in cases of urgency, of recommencing hostilities immediately.”).207 Cf. WINTHROP, MILITARY LAW & PRECEDENTS 787 (“The offence of violation of an armistice may consist in anact in contravention of the terms of the agreement, or in an act wholly inconsistent with the status of suspension.”).856