{"id":119350,"date":"2025-02-21T17:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119350"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:01:47","slug":"21-00-104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119350","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu orders \u2018massive\u2019 counter-terror op after bus bombings"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Netanyahu orders \u2018massive\u2019 counter-terror op after bus bombings<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

JNS Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The IDF said areas within Judea and Samaria have been closed off.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Firefighters at the scene of a bus bombing in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni\/Flash90<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night ordered the military to conduct a \u201cmassive\u201d counter-terrorism operation in Judea and Samaria, after three buses exploded near Tel Aviv and bombs were found on two others in what is being investigated as a coordinated attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Netanyahu also instructed the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Police to step up \u201cpreventive activities\u201d against possible additional attacks across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shin Bet on Friday arrested three people, including at least one Palestinian and one Jewish Israeli, suspected of driving a terrorist to the Tel Aviv area.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Palestinian suspect was in Israel illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shin Bet did not comment on the reports, citing the ongoing investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following a situational assessment on Thursday, the IDF said its operations in Judea and Samaria were ongoing, and that areas within the territories have been closed off. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi instructed forces to assist the Israel Police as necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n

The military also announced the deployment of three additional battalions to reinforce security in Judea and Samaria, adding that it was \u201cprepared to expand the offensive operations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"BusAn investigator examines a bombed bus in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, Feb. 20, 2025. Credit: Flash90.<\/em><\/p>\n

All of the explosions on Thursday occurred in parked, empty buses across the central city of Bat Yam, located just south of Tel Aviv. There were no injuries in the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least one of the bombs bore a note, in Arabic and Hebrew, that stated, \u201cRevenge from the Tulkarem refugee camp,\u201d a reference to the terrorist hotbed in Samaria where security forces have been conducting operations, Channel 12 News<\/em> reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five explosive devices, all with timers set to go off simultaneously, were found in what was intended to be a \u201cstrategic terrorist attack,\u201d Channel 12<\/em> cited security sources as saying.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shin Bet was called to the scenes, and all bus drivers in the Tel Aviv metropolitan were instructed to search their vehicles for bombs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Miri Regev, the Israeli transport minister, instructed the National Public Transport Authority to \u201cstop and inspect all buses, trains and light rail cars and act in accordance with the instructions of the Shin Bet and the police.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Defense Minister Israel Katz directed the IDF to increase \u201cthe intensity of activities to thwart terrorism in the Tulkarm refugee camp and in the refugee camps in Judea and Samaria in general,\u201d following what he called \u201cattempted serious terrorist attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will pursue the terrorists to the bitter end and destroy the terrorist infrastructure in the camps that serve as a frontline for the Iranian axis of evil,\u201d Katz said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Netanyahu orders \u2018massive\u2019 counter-terror op after bus bombings JNS Staff The IDF said areas within Judea and Samaria have been closed off. Firefighters at the scene of a bus bombing in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni\/Flash90 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night ordered the military […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119350"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119408,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119350\/revisions\/119408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}