As an Israeli offensive against Palestinian militant groups stretched to a 10th day, residents said many people were trapped in their homes out of fear.

Five Palestinian men have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a car in the north of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says. Two others were injured when a car in Tubas was hit by missiles in the early hours of Thursday.

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Israel said it killed two senior Hamas militants in an airstrike on their car in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, claiming they were involved in the killing of an Israeli.