Violence has escalated in the occupied territory over the last year and a half, as Israel conducts raids targeting armed fighters with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Three Palestinians, including two children, were killed on Wednesday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian news agency WAFA said, as Israeli strikes persisted following Monday's killing of three Israelis in the territory.

Palestinian officials said two children were among three people killed in an Israeli air strike on the occupied West Bank on Wednesday which the military said targeted militants.Israeli forces carry out frequent raids on Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank,

The attacks follow the deadly shooting of Israelis in the territory and coincide with raids by both Israeli and Palestinian forces against armed groups.

Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinian militants in stepped-up operations across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday following the killing of three Israelis near a Jewish settlement a day earlier,

At least three Palestinian militants were killed in Israeli military operations in the West Bank on Tuesday. Two alleged gunmen were killed in a drone attack near Tubas after a "cell of armed terrorists" had previously fired on soldiers,

A month into a crackdown by Palestinian security forces on militants in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the streets of Jenin refugee camp are deserted, except for a few residents briefly checking on their homes.

A Palestinian official stated that three people, including two children, were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said the strike targeted militants.

A Palestinian official said three people including two children were killed in an Israeli air strike on the occupied West Bank which the military said targeted militants.