This event was strongly protested by the Israeli public and resulted in a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the obligation of soldiers to disobey manifestly illegal orders.

After the war, it was deployed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and charged with maintaining law and order as part of the military administration of Israeli-occupied territories.

Jerusalem MAGAV also provides security and conducts military operations, raids, and arrests on Palestinians in cities like Jenin, Nablus, Jericho, Qalqilya, Tulkarm, Ramallah, and Hebron.

Outstanding officers can train as specialists, such as snipers, buggy-drivers, dog operators, or bomb squad members.

Because of their combat training, border police are employed in areas with greater risk of riots, violence and terror.

They serve mainly in the countryside, in Arab villages and towns (along with the regular police), near the borders and in the West Bank.

The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive takeover raids against terrorist targets in civilian areas.

The Yamas is often expected to carry out complex missions with little or no preparation, often involving daylight raids in volatile areas.

[3] Volunteer Border Guard members leave behind jobs and families on a regular basis to serve in this combat unit.

The Border Police British Army style insignia are white with blue interwoven threads backed with the appropriate corps color.

The uniforms consist of a two-pocket shirt, plain or combat trousers, sweater, jacket or blouse, and shoes or boots.

The Border Police extensively use riot dispersal means such as batons and shields, tear gas canisters, stun grenades, rubber bullets, and water cannons.

The Border Police use Sufa, Carkal, Dawid wheeled armored personnel carriers and a variety of patrol cars and vehicles.

[9] In 2001, the Israeli NGO B'tselem reported that violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories was widespread among Border Police units.

Several cases of abuse, including the breaking of the hand of a three-year-old child, were documented over a short period of months.