Israel says troops fired on masked gunmen in Gaza, but it remains committed to the ceasefire as it continues a new offensive in the West Bank.

In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns.

Israeli forces are pressing on with a campaign across the West Bank city of Jenin described as a counterterrorism operation. The operation follows an escalation of violence in the West Bank since a deadly Hamas- led attack in southern Israel in October 2023 led to the current war in the Gaza Strip,