Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Friday called for Operation "Defensive Shield Two" to begin in the coming days to "deal with the nests of terrorism in east Jerusalem ...

Ben-Gvir proposes ‘Defensive Shield 2’ operation as security cabinet to meet He has named the pending east Jerusalem operation after the IDF’s West Bank Defensive Shield mission of 2002.

Fighting in Rafah could take months to conclude, as with the IDF's Operation Defensive Shield in the West Bank in 2002, which initiated a process that took years to dismantle terrorist infrastructure.

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.

The Netherlands has launched operation Orange Shield to protect next week's NATO summit, deploying combat helicopters, sea ...

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 Israel.

But Wednesday's operation could be the largest in more than 20 years, when what Israeli officials called Operation Defensive Shield was executed during the Second Intifada, or Palestinian uprising.

These were Operation Defensive Shield in the West Bank against Palestinian terrorist groups, including Hamas; the Second Lebanon War against Hezbollah; and Operations Cast Lead and Pillar of ...

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.

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.