Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’s ordered a stepped-up military operation across the occupied West Bank after three parked buses exploded in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv. No one was hurt in the blasts.
US president’s remarks come as Palestinians and Arab states voice staunch opposition to proposal to take over Gaza.
Israelis have marked 500 days of war in Gaza with protests demanding further progress on a ceasefire so all remaining hostages can be returned. People demonstrated in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s military to conduct an operation in the occupied West Bank after three empty buses exploded in a suspected terror attack near Tel Aviv on Thursday.
Three buses have exploded in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in a suspected terror attack. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) say it is increasing its activity in the occupied West Bank and
Israel has delayed the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners scheduled for Saturday, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday he has instructed the military to prepare to remain in some of the occupied West Bank’s urban refugee camps “for the coming year.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country’s military would crack down on terrorism in the West Bank after three empty buses exploded one after another in suburbs of Tel Aviv on Thursday night.
Investigation is under way as Israel ramps up raids in the West Bank following the blasts that caused no casualties.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Thursday, February 20.
Israeli hostages Averu Mengistu (4th-R) and Tal Shoham (L) are flanked by Hamas fighters as they stand on a stage during their release in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday. TEL AVIV — Israel released two Israeli hostages early Saturday among six to be freed in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the military to carry out an "intensive" operation in the West Bank after explosions on buses close to Tel Aviv on Thursday, in what Netanyahu's office described as an attempted mass attack.