On 23 September 2014 , after Israel killed Killing the two suspects , Marwan Qawasmeh and Amar Abu-Isa ( aka Amer Abu Aysha ) in a shootout , IDF Chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz announced that Operation Brother 's Keeper `` has come to an end Process_end . ''

Israeli historian Benny Morris wrote Writing that there were also cases of mutilation Bodily_harm and rape Committing_crime .

From the Israeli perspective , the conquest of the towns , designed , according to Benny Morris , 'to induce civilian panic and flight , ' averted Preventing_or_letting an Arab threat to Tel Aviv , thwarted an Arab Legion advance by clogging the roads with refugees , forcing Causation the Arab Legion to assume a logistical burden that would undermine its military capacities , and helped Assistance demoralize Influence nearby Arab cities .

Israeli historian Benny Morris suggests Statement up to 450 Palestinians and 9–10 Israeli soldiers died Death .