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JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday visited the Tulkarm refugee camp in the West Bank, joining Israeli military forces operating in the area.
In a recorded video statement, Netanyahu said that in response to the recent three blasts, which ripped through empty buses late on Thursday in the Tel Aviv area, Israel has increased its forces in the West Bank and will conduct additional operational activity against "terror centers."
"In the past year, we have greatly increased our activity ... This is a significant work against the desire of Hamas or others to harm us," he said.
Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported that the Israel Security Agency has arrested two suspects, residents of the Tel Aviv suburbs, on suspicion of involvement in transporting the attackers to the buses.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian medical official said that a Palestinian girl was shot and killed by Israeli army fire near the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Friday.
Wissam Bakr, director of Jenin Governmental Hospital, said Riyas al-Amouri, a 13-year-old girl, was killed after being shot by the Israeli army in the back while inside her family's home.
Since the escalation of tensions on Oct. 7, 2023, the West Bank has witnessed increasing violence, with more than 900 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The recent month has witnessed a further escalation of Israeli raids in the West Bank, which has prompted Palestinian condemnations.
The Israeli military operation in the Jenin camp has now extended for 32 days, marked by ongoing demolitions and the bulldozing of homes.
Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information Nabil Abu Rudeineh said earlier this week that Israeli forces were conducting a systematic campaign of destruction in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm and their surrounding camps.
Abu Rudeineh said the campaign has resulted in the deaths of dozens of citizens while the international community remains silent about Israel's plans for "racist annexation and territorial expansion." Enditem
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