Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military operation in Burqin, a town west of Jenin city in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday.

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had launched an operation in the occupied West Bank's Jenin that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said aimed to "eradicate terrorism" in the area.

Israel’s defense minister has announced a series of raids that he says are targeting “terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian officials warned of a “man-made disaster.”

The Israel Air Force and Shin Bet (National Security Agency) killed over ten terrorists over the past week during two airstrikes that took place in Jenin, located in the West Bank, Israel's military announced on Thursday. The military added that Israel's security forces also operated in the West Bank overnight between Wednesday and Thursday.

Israel has launched a "large-scale" military operation in the West Bank just days after implementing a ceasefire in Gaza.

Even as Israel and Palestinian Authority (PA) both ramp up counter-terrorism operations in West Bank, Palestinian terrorists as well as violent Israeli setters are posing a challenge to peace in the W

The Israeli military continued its major military campaign across the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah said 10 people had been killed and at least 40 injured so far.