israel colnel yahuda mer was tried for his part in these crimes. he blamed then defense minister yitzak rabin who gave orders in january 1988 to break bs of protesters as punishment. rabbin claimed it was only to bring them. either way, rabin's orders had gone out via the israeli press where he was quoted saying, "we will break their bones." may admitted ordering beatings, but then said, "i feel like abandoned threw me to the dogs," he reportedly began to cry minutes later and asked for a... sucess eventually found guilty of brutality, the highest ranking iof soldier convicted on that charge. he avoided prison and was only stripped of his rank and discharged as a private. second departure was the use of uncovered descords in gazza and the west bank, code nameshom and dov devan, officially known as unit 367 and unit 219. operating in arab dress in the period until 1992, they executed more than 100 palestinians. unit 300. 67 was later disbanded, but unit 217 remains active in the west bank. the start of the interfather is dated to 9th of december 198