Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to step up its operations in the occupied West Bank on Friday as he paid a rare visit to troops in the territory that drew Palestinian condemnation.

Netanyahu's visit to Tulkarem refugee camp in the north of the territory came after bombs that Israeli officials said resembled those used by militants in the West Bank exploded on multiple buses in central Israel on Thursday.

The prime minister's office said he ordered more "operational activity" in the northern West Bank in response to the bomb blasts.

Days after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza on January 19, Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the northern West Bank dubbed "Iron Wall", spanning multiple refugee camps near the cities of Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.

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