Yep. And the army has, in some sense even if only by inaction, been helping Israel to illegally gain more land probably ever since illegal settlements first came into being. December 2016 Israel’s other army expanding illegal settlements Rights group cites abuses of power by Israel’s Civilian Security Coordinators in the occupied West Bank. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/26/israels-other-army-expanding-illegal-settlements