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IDF Reduces Forces in West Bank Towns

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Over the past week, the army has significantly reduced its presence inside the Palestinian towns in the West Bank. With fewer actions inside the towns, the IDF is moving its search for wanted men to the villages where most of them are believed to be hiding out now. At the same time, the IDF has tightened its encirclement of Jenin. For a week, bulldozers have been at work several hundred meters outside the town digging a trench designed to prevent Palestinian vehicles from leaving the town. The IDF can hardly be seen in Kalkilya and forces have also been reduced in Tulkarm and Ramallah. There is still a relatively large army presence in Nablus where threats remain high. The IDF will begin thinning out its presence in the Palestinian sections of Hebron in the coming days, but it will not leave the city entirely.
2002-10-18 00:00:00
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