The Israeli army said Sunday that it had killed "a number of terrorists" in three air strikes the previous day in the occupied West Bank, where witnesses said a large operation was getting underway at dawn.

In addition to two strikes in Jenin, the air force "struck and eliminated a terrorist cell on its way to carry out an imminent terrorist attack" in Qabatiya, the military said. It added that one of those killed had been released from Israeli detention in 2023 as part of the first truce in the Gaza war. A witness, meanwhile, described to AFP a "large" deployment of Israeli forces around Tubas on Sunday morning.