Israel’s military has confirmed that it killed 10 Palestinians in a strike on a village in the occupied West Bank the day before, saying it had targeted fighters, AFP reports.

During a joint “counterterrorism” operation by the military and domestic security agency, an air force “aircraft struck a gathering of armed terrorists in the area of Tamun”, the military said in a statement.

“Approximately 10 terrorists were eliminated in the strike,” it said, adding two of the “terrorists” killed were involved in an attack that claimed the life of an Israeli soldier and injured three others in Tamun on January 20. The army said the two had also been “involved in additional shooting and explosives attacks”.