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, the Israeli military said.

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in an air strike and a shooting across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. An Israeli drone bombed the town of Tammun, south of the city of Tubas, after midnight, killing two Palestinians, including a teenager, according to Palestinian health officials.

Israeli forces have killed a member of the Palestinian security services in the occupied West Bank whom they accused of being militant.