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Source: https://www.jns.org/hundreds-of-israeli-lives-saved-by-operation-break-the-wave/
IDF Counter-Terror Offensive Has Saved Hundreds of Lives
(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - For six months prior to the outbreak of the latest Palestinian terror wave in March 2002, the IDF almost totally refrained from entering Jenin and Nablus in order to allow the Palestinian Authority to take control in those areas. The result, however, was a series of deadly attacks in Israeli cities. In 2022, 33 Israelis lost their lives in terrorist attacks, while so far this year, the Israeli casualty number stands at 14. However, Maj. Nir Dinar, head of the IDF's International Press Department, stressed that "hundreds of people - civilians and IDF soldiers - have been saved as a result of" security operations in "Operation Break the Wave." "As long as there is intelligence of terrorist plots, there will be counter-terrorist operations," he said. One aspect of IDF efforts involves upgrading the security barrier between Israel and the PA and reinforcing the IDF presence along it. "We can say that the number of infiltrations has decreased by hundreds of percent, from tens of thousands per month down to tens," Dinar said.