Palestinian officials said that Israeli forces killed six people in two separate raids in the north of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

Four people were killed in the town of Tubas and two in nearby Jenin, the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah said.

Earlier, the Israeli military confirmed its air force had launched two separate strikes on what it described as terrorists during an operation by security forces in Jenin, without providing casualties. 

(With input from agencies)