Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered yet another escalation of Israel’s military assault of the occupied West Bank after a series of bus explosions in Israel. It is currently unclear who was responsible for the explosions.

Just hours after the explosions on Thursday, Netanyahu’s office wrote on social media that the prime minister has ordered an “intensive operation” to be carried out in the West Bank, after conducting a “security assessment” on the attack with other Israeli officials. The prime minister also visited Tulkarm refugee camp after the attack, bragging that the military is “leveling entire streets” in the region.

“What we have witnessed yesterday — an attempt to perpetrate a series of terrorist attacks with mass casualties — is a very severe situation,” his office said on X. “In response, we have augmented the forces in [the West Bank], in accordance with my directive and that of the Minister of Defense.”

On Thursday evening, three buses exploded in an Israeli parking depot. The buses and lots were empty, and nobody was injured by the explosions. Israeli police reportedly found two more undetonated bombs in the region, and claimed that the bombs were originally supposed to go off on full buses on Friday, but had been detonated........

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