By Yuval Azoulay and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents : Court convicts IDF officer who led troops in W. Bank rampage
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Title:Hoo-rah, Major J
Name:Mark of Lewiston
City: LewistonState: USA
"According to the indictment, the officer had been ordered to patrol the outskirts of Dahariya by foot, but instead decided on his own accord to commandeer a Palestinian taxi and conduct an undercover operation in civilian clothing. The indictment also reveals that the officer had instructed his subordinates to keep quiet about the operation, which was never authorized by any of his superiors." source Haaretz - September Article

This guy went completely off the reservation. He was acting at best like a vigilante, not a soldier. Though in all fairness, the IDF doesn`t know or practice counterinsurgency.