Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to the Tulkarem refugee camp in Samaria on Friday—hours after explosions on several buses in the Tel Aviv area that are being investigated as a coordinated terror attack—that Israeli troops “are doing a tremendous job.”
“In the past year, we have greatly increased our activity. We are entering the strongholds of terrorism, leveling entire streets used by terrorists and their homes, as well as eliminating terrorists and commanders,” Netanyahu said, per an English translation his office provided. “We are taking extremely important measures against Hamas and other terrorist entities who are attempting to harm us.”
The Israeli premier called the events of Thursday night “an attempt to perpetrate a series of terrorist attacks with mass casualties” that “is a very severe situation.”
In response, he said, Israel is launching “additional operations against hotbeds of terrorism.”
“I know that our heroic soldiers know how to do this job well,” Netanyahu said.