An Israeli military incursion into the West Bank from March 29-April 21, 2002, which Israel launched after a Palestinian suicide bombing on March 27 that killed 28 people at a Passover seder in a hotel in the city of Netanya. This incursion was the largest Israeli military operation in the West Bank since the War of 1967 and included invasions of the Palestinian cities of Nablus, Qalqilia, Bethlehem and Jenin (see Jenin Invasion). Accusations that the Israeli military engaged in immoral or illegal military actions were commonplace among Palestinians and their supporters, while the Israeli government and many mainstream media sources portrayed the operation as a defense of the State of Israel. Per international law standards, the Israeli army employed several illegal tactics during the incursion, such as using Palestinians as human shields, refusing to allow humanitarian and medical assistance into some areas, and demolishing Palestinian homes. For reports on human rights abuses committed during the incursion, see “Operation Defensive Shield: Soldiers’ Testimonies.” B’Tselem. 2 September 2004 http://www.btselem.org/sites/default/files/publication/200207_defensive_shield_eng.pdf; and “Israel and the Occupied Territories: Shielded from Scrutiny: IDF Violations in Jenin and Nablus.” Amnesty International. 4 November 2002 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/143/2002.  For the Israeli government’s coverage of the incursion, see “Operation Defensive Shield.” 29 March 2002. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 8 August 2011. http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/3/Operation%20Defensive%20Shield.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/april-2002-israeli-military-incursion-operation-defensive-shield