(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - According to Paratroop Brigade Commander Col. Aviv Kochavi, the current IDF operation in Nablus, Fine Tuning 1, is meant to limit the freedom of movement of armed, wanted men, to arrest at least some of them, to uncover explosives laboratories, and to prevent suicide bombers from leaving for Israel - and that, according to IDF sources, will take three to four weeks. Such a lengthy period will force the wanted men to change their hiding places, and gradually, the army hopes, they will make a mistake or come out into the open and be exposed. Kochavi knows that his job is to narrow the lead the terror networks have gained on the army in the last two months.
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