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.

The Israeli military deployed tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years. The deployment comes amid Israel’s “operation Iron Wall” campaign, which launched last month seeking to “eliminate terrorist strongholds” in West Bank refugee camps,

Israel has expelled the residents of three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank as it steps up a major month-long operation in the Palestinian territory. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said the camps in Jenin,

IDF troops ordered not to allow residents to return to cleared camps as PM delays release of Palestinian prisoners

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he had instructed the military "to launch additional operational activity against terrorist centers" in a video released by the government said to be filmed in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s military deployed tanks Sunday into the occupied West Bank Sunday for the first time in more than two decades and said residents who had been “evacuated” will be prevented from returning, in a move decried by Palestinian authorities as an escalation of aggression.

Associated Press journalists saw a handful of tanks move Sunday into Jenin, long a bastion of armed struggle against Israel.

Israeli tanks entered the occupied West Bank as the IDF prepared to fight Palestinian militant groups in the area's refugee camps. The move marks the first time Israel has sent tanks into the occupied West Bank in more than 20 years.

Israel sent tanks into the West Bank on Sunday for the first time since 2002 and told its military to prepare for "an extended stay" to "thwart terrorism."

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes.