Accompanied by soldiers, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered a Palestinian home in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Friday, February 21st, 2025, Israeli state media reported.
Israeli media published a photograph of Netanyahu inside the house alongside Israeli military officers.
According to available information, Netanyahu’s last publicly announced visit to the West Bank was in September 2024, when he toured the Jordanian border in the eastern part of the territory.
His visit came just hours after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz entered the same house during his own tour of the area.
The photograph also shows Israeli soldiers placing an Israeli flag on one of the house’s walls.
Netanyahu also announced a new military operation in the West Bank following a series of explosions that struck buses in Israel the previous day.
On Thursday, multiple explosive devices detonated on buses in Bat Yam and Holon, near Tel Aviv, causing fires but no injuries. Israeli police have not yet attributed responsibility for the attacks to any Palestinian group.
“We are destroying entire streets, eliminating militants, and I have given instructions to reinforce the West Bank along with additional military operations,” Netanyahu said in a recorded statement from Tulkarem, released by his office.
He added that the military campaign aims to dismantle the infrastructure of Palestinian armed factions.
For nearly two months, Israeli forces have been conducting military operations in refugee camps in the northern West Bank, particularly in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas.
Earlier on Friday, the Israeli military announced the deployment of three additional battalions to the West Bank following Netanyahu’s directive for a “strong operation.”
