Israeli forces demolished Tuesday the home of Abdul Karim Sanoubar, a suspected Palestinian militant currently in detention who has been accused by Israel of planting bombs on buses in central Israel last February.

Troops evacuated 13 homes around the building in the city of Nablus and a plume of smoke billowed out after the home was destroyed.

The Israeli army has stepped up its activities in the West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack triggered the war in Gaza.

Israel says the offensive is aimed at rooting out militants.

But Palestinians say scores of stone throwers, protesters and uninvolved civilians have been killed.

Israel’s military has pushed forward its operations in the occupied West Bank.

AP video shot by Majdi Muhammad