At the start of the offensive, aircraft targeted the apartments and homes of three Islamic Jihad commanders without warning, killing them.

The protests have been held every week for most of the year and they continued despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing he was postponing the proposals to reach a compromise agreement.

Despite the pause declared by Benjamin Netanyahu, both sides expect the battle over the future of Israel’s judiciary to reignite soon.

Immediately after the prime minister’s statement, the head of the country’s largest trade union said it would call off a general strike that threatened to grind Israel’s economy to a halt.

Tuesday’s raid was the latest in a string of deadly arrest operations by the Israeli military in the northern West Bank, as violence surges to its highest levels in years.

Israel sent hundreds more troops to the northern West Bank to restore calm after Sunday’s violence.