Remaining alert: 15 years after Israel's biggest West Bank op since 1967
15 years after Operation Defensive Shield, the situation on the ground is quiet, thanks to security cooperation with the PA, improved intelligence and almost nightly raids.
ISRAELI TROOPS conduct searches in Ramallah on March 30, 2002, three days after a suicide bomber blew himself up killing 30 people at a hotel in Netanya, prompting prime minister Ariel Sharon to launch Operation Defensive Shield.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByANNA AHRONHEIM