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.

Israel sent tanks into the West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years on Sunday as it ordered the military to prepare for an "extended stay" to fight Palestinian militant groups in the area's refugee camps.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a rare visit Friday to troops operating in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, ordering the military to intensify its raids in the area and drawing condemnation from the Palestinian Authority.

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.

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.

Israeli army 'to carry out an intensive operation' after explosions tore through 3 empty buses in Tel Aviv suburbs, no injuries reported - Anadolu Ajansı

Prime minister's rare visit comes in wake of bus bombings in central Israel; Palestinian Authority condemns Netanyahu's 'storming' of refugee camp

In an immediate response to three bus explosions in central Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered extensive counterterrorism operations across the West Bank.