abstract:Operation Defensive Shield (, Mivtza Homat Magen, lit. "Operation Defensive Wall") was a large-scale military operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in 2002, during the course of the Second Intifada.
However, short of a full-scale military reinvasion similar to "OperationDefensiveShield" in the West Bankin 2002, it is hard to see whatIsrael could do.