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.

Two children were among three Palestinians killed in an Israeli drone attack in the West Bank, Palestinian media reported on Wednesday. The Israeli military only said that a "terrorist cell" near the town of Tamun had been attacked.

Three Palestinian civilians, including two children, were martyred on Wednesday morning when an Israeli drone bombed a neighborhood in Tamun town, southeast of Tubas.

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,

Palestinians have carried out scores of shooting, stabbing and car-ramming attacks against Israelis, especially during the past 15 months of the Israel-Hamas war. Israel has launched near-nightly military raids across the territory that frequently trigger gunbattles with militants and have also killed civilians.

Three Palestinians were killed, including two children, in an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said.

An Israeli airstrike killed at least five children in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza late Tuesday, the territory’s Health Ministry said.

Israeli settlers have carried out a series of arson attacks across the occupied West Bank after Palestinian gunmen killed three Israelis.