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Operation Sea Wall (Hebrew: מבצע שובר גלים) is an Israeli military operation authorized in March 2022 as a counter-measure to a Terror wave which swept through Israel. The Operation is being carried out by the IDF, Israel Police and Shin Bet throgh actions to thwart terrorist attacks, raids and arrests against Palestinian terrorist targets and wanted persons in the territory of the West Bank. As pat of thoperation, Israeli forces countered the encrouchment of the Islamic Jihad Movement in the West Bank, which brought about a short term escaletion in August 2022 in the form of military clash between Israel and the Islamic Jihad base of operaions in Gaza. By the Summer of 2022, about 900 Palestinian Terrorists were captured by Israeli forces before executing their planned attacks on Israeli citizens, and the Terror wave was brought into a halt already by May.

Prior to the operation, five deadly terrorist attacks were carried out against Israelis in city centers in Israel: the stabbing attack in the Governor's Palace (Jerusalem), the combined attack in Beersheva, the shooting attack in Hadera and the shooting attack in Bnei Brak, and about a week after the start of the operation, another shooting attack was carried out on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv. About four weeks after the start of the operation, a shooting attack was carried out in Ariel, and a few days later another attack was carried out in El'ad. Also, Palestinian rioters and Israeli Arabs carried out a number of other attacks in which Israelis were injured and attempted attacks were thwarted by the security forces.