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From mid 2005 suicide terrorism from Judea and Samaria stopped being a significant component of the IDF’s war on Palestinian terrorism, thus marking the end of a long, demanding process that began with the Israeli government’s decision to launch Operation Defensive Shield and have the IDF operate in Palestinian cities. It is difficult to determine precisely when the process concluded, but around the middle of 2005 the number of suicide attacks from Judea and Samaria dropped to a very low level, and since then this general trend has been maintained.