 Between 30 May and 8 June the status between the Israeli and Arabic armies became a stand @-@ off . They were used to fighting small , violent battles and taking heavy losses of people and arms , and the United Nations renewed its call for a truce on 11 June . It was in this context that David Ben @-@ Gurion took the decision to withdraw from Galilee the elite 11th Yiftach Brigade under the orders of Yigal Allon to launch a third assault against Latrun . He had at his disposal an artillery support composed of four 65 @-@ millimetre ( 2 @.@ 6 in ) mortars and four 120 millimetres ( 4 @.@ 7 in ) guns that were part of the heavy weapons recently delivered to Israel by Operation Balak . 
