Nine Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say, BBC News reported.

A woman aged 61 was reported among the dead in the flashpoint town of Jenin.

The Israeli military said its troops went in to arrest Islamic Jihad "terror operatives" planning "major attacks."

The Palestinian presidency accused Israel of a "massacre" and later announced it had ended coordination with Israel on security matters.

A tenth Palestinian was meanwhile shot and killed during a confrontation with Israeli troops in the town of al-Ram, near Jerusalem, as residents protested against the Jenin raid, Palestinian officials said.

Overnight, Israel said it carried out airstrikes against Palestinian militants in Gaza after two rockets were fired into Israel. No group in Gaza has claimed responsibility for the rockets, both of which were intercepted by Israeli air defense systems.

The scale of the bombing in Gaza is not yet clear, although the AFP news agency said there were no reported injuries on either side.

Tensions have recently risen in the West Bank, as the Israeli military continues what it describes as an antiterrorism offensive that began last year following a series of deadly attacks in Israel.