"Gigi and five of his soldiers hijacked a Palestinian taxi last July in the West Bank village of Dahariya, near Hebron. They then shot an innocent passerby and left him there, even though he was severely wounded in the neck. The soldiers also lied in the initial investigation of the incident, as Israel Defense Forces sources reported at the time. They claimed that one of the platoon's soldiers had sprained his ankle during a morning patrol of the village and was no longer able to walk, so the officer decided to commandeer a Palestinian taxi. Then, they said, after they had tied up the driver and taken control of the vehicle, another Palestinian approached the car, and the soldiers decided that he was acting "suspiciously." One of them therefore fired shots at him, wounding him in the neck. However, IDF sources said the investigation revealed that none of the soldiers, who belong to the Lavi Battalion of the Kfir Infantry Brigade, had sprained an ankle. Instead, the platoon had decided of its own accord to carry out an undercover operation, without coordinating the operation with their superiors."