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Conventional military activity by the Israelis in action. Some 30 wanted Palestinians have turned themselves in to the IDF, knowing that Israeli forces were closing in on them.
The growing number of terrorists who choose to surrender is due to the feeling among the Palestinians that the Israeli army will eventually capture all the men on its wanted list, and was continuing to root out the terrorists according to "a work schedule of priorities," the unnamed officer said.
Recently there have a number of incidents where Palestinians have turned in family members planning terror attacks. The senior officer said that Israel's policy of destroying the homes of terrorists' families and the possible deportation of family members from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip were the chief factors in the changing attitudes among Palestinians. "There are still serious terror warnings," the officer said, "but for the first time there are more explosive belts than suicide bombers."
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