Army officer jailed for successful operation

In August 2007, IDF’s helicopter dropped Gigi’s unit in an Arab village near Hebron where the soldiers were supposed to patrol on foot - an order close to death sentence. To save his soldiers, Gigi hijacked Arab taxi and strangled the driver to keep him from rallying the neighboring Arabs against the soldiers. When another Arab ran at the car with spade, Gigi ordered to shoot him non-lethally. Soon, the soldiers returned the car to its owner and left. Yaacov Gigi sentenced to 15 months in prison for hijacking Arab taxi and shooting a Palestinian.