At least two Palestinians have been killed during Israeli army raids in the West Bank, the Red Crescent said, as violence surges in the occupied territory, AFP reports.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, a 45-year-old man was killed in Jenin, a stronghold of armed groups in the northern West Bank, and another person was killed in Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem further south.

Contacted by AFP, the Israeli army did not immediately comment.

The Red Crescent said that overall, Israeli forces carried out at least five overnight operations in towns and refugee camps across the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967.