(Defense News) Barbara Opall-Rome - Israel is beefing up forces in the West Bank in Operation "Return Our Sons," aimed at recovering three teens abducted while hitchhiking on June 12. IDF units were operating primarily in the area south of Hebron, where officials suspect Hamas operatives may be holding the captives. The operation marks the largest West Bank incursion since Israel's 2002 Defensive Shield campaign, Israeli sources say. An IDF officer noted that PA security forces were the first to locate and report a burned out vehicle near Hebron thought to transport the Israeli teens. "They're doing what they can for their own interests," a top Israeli officer said.
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