Operation Defensive Shield

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Israeli military operation military operation

Operation Defensive Shield was a large-scale 2002 Israeli military offensive in the West Bank aimed at dismantling Palestinian militant infrastructure during the height of the Second Intifada.

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Label	Occurrences
Operation Defensive Shield canonical	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Israeli military operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aftermath	increased Israeli military presence in West Bank ⓘ intensified international debate over Israeli tactics ⓘ weakening of Palestinian Authority control in West Bank ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mivtza Homat Magen ⓘ
authorizedBy	government of Israel ⓘ surface form: Government of Israel
belligerent	Israel Defense Forces ⓘ Palestinian militant groups ⓘ surface form: Palestinian militant organizations
casualties	Israeli military casualties ⓘ Palestinian civilian casualties ⓘ Palestinian militant casualties ⓘ
commandedBy	Ariel Sharon ⓘ Shaul Mofaz ⓘ
conflict	Second Intifada ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
criticizedBy	United Nations ⓘ human rights organizations ⓘ
endDate	2002-05-10 ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
legalStatus	subject of international criticism ⓘ
location	Bethlehem ⓘ Jenin ⓘ Nablus ⓘ Qalqilya ⓘ Ramallah ⓘ Tulkarm ⓘ West Bank ⓘ
method	curfews on Palestinian population centers ⓘ demolition of suspected militant facilities ⓘ house-to-house searches ⓘ large-scale incursions into Palestinian cities ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Jenin (2002) ⓘ Battle of Nablus (2002) ⓘ
objective	dismantle Palestinian militant infrastructure ⓘ stop suicide bombings in Israel ⓘ
partOf	Second Intifada ⓘ
result	destruction of buildings and infrastructure in refugee camps ⓘ large-scale arrests of suspected militants ⓘ reoccupation of major West Bank cities ⓘ severe damage to Palestinian Authority security infrastructure ⓘ
startDate	2002-03-29 ⓘ
timePeriod	April 2002 ⓘ March 2002 ⓘ May 2002 ⓘ
triggeredBy	Passover massacre (Park Hotel bombing) ⓘ wave of Palestinian suicide bombings ⓘ
year	2002 ⓘ

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Subject: Operation Defensive Shield
Description of subject: Operation Defensive Shield was a large-scale 2002 Israeli military offensive in the West Bank aimed at dismantling Palestinian militant infrastructure during the height of the Second Intifada.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Intifada → notableEvent → Operation Defensive Shield ⓘ

Battle of Jenin (2002) → partOf → Operation Defensive Shield ⓘ

siege of Yasser Arafat’s compound in Ramallah → partOf → Operation Defensive Shield ⓘ

Duvdevan Unit → conflict → Operation Defensive Shield ⓘ