Defensive Shield 1 The first Operation Defensive Shield was the largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six Day War, lasting from March 29 until May 10.

The original "Defensive Shield" operation was a 2002 Israeli military campaign in the West Bank, carried out amidst the Second Intifada and launched days after a Passover massacre in which a ...

That operation—as well as the countless others that the IDF carries out almost every night in some other part of the West Bank—are the results of Operation Defensive Shield from 2002.

Jerusalem has seen far more violence than any city should ever have to — a new defensive shield is bad for ... an operation in East Jerusalem similar to the 2002 Operation Defensive Shield.

Israeli tanks were last sent into the West Bank in 2002 as part of “Operation Defensive Shield” during the second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, the Israeli military told CNN.