Large IDF forces, backed by tanks, have been operating in Hevron since last night, making a house-to-house search for terrorists and weapons. Over the past 11 weeks, 22 Jews have been murdered in attacks in that area: 12 in the ambush along Worshipers' Path between Kiryat Arba and Hevron; 2 soldiers standing guard in the same vicinity four weeks later; four yeshiva students in Otniel; Nati Ozeri on Hilltop 26; and three soldiers on a foot patrol south of Hevron.