Two Palestinians were killed and 14 others injured on Thursday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, medics and eyewitnesses said.

Among the injured, three are in critical condition.

Local news report said a special Israeli army force stormed the city and an adjacent refugee camp early on Thursday and fierce clashes broke out between dozens of young men and the soldiers.

But Israeli army force said it was carrying out a security operation to arrest the wanted in Jenin district.

Several attacks were staged recently against Israel. On Tuesday, a Palestinian gunman from the Jenin area shot dead five people in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak before he was killed by police.

On Thursday, in a separate incident, a Palestinian stabbed a passenger on an Israeli bus near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank and was shot dead by another passenger, the Israeli military said.

(With input from Xinhua)