Before Hamas: Beating The Palestinians (1988): This Week Thames Television Peter Gill Gaza in 1988: Report follows how Israeli occupation forces beat to death two Palestinian teenagers, including a Christian, following Israel's dove Rabin's orders to smash the bones of native Palestinians. Bernard Mills, Director of UN Operations in Gaza in 1988: [Israeli soldiers] come to people's homes ... and beat the people inside...They have beaten up the young people, often the entire family.