Eight days later Kalmar Castle surrendered Surrendering as well , and Arvid Västgöte continued on to cleanse Removing Öland of Danish troops .

Issachar ( Yissachar ) “ Yiska ” Shadmi — the highest ranking official prosecuted Legality for the massacre — stated Statement , shortly before his death , that the curfew and the massacre were planned as phases within an operation to ethnically cleanse Israeli Arabs from the region , and that his trial was staged to protect Israeli political and military elite , including Prime Minister Ben Gurion , from taking responsibility for the massacre .