Violence around Gaza after deadly Israeli raid in West Bank

The Israeli army and Palestinian militants traded air strikes and rocket fire in and around Gaza, a day after the deadliest Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years.

Eleven Palestinians, including a 16-year-old, were killed and more than 80 wounded by gunfire when Israeli troops raided the flashpoint West Bank city of Nablus, drawing international appeals for calm.

Top Palestinian official Hussein Al Sheikh described the raid as a "massacre" and called for "international protection for our people".

Palestinian militants hit back firing six rockets from Gaza into Israel.

The Israeli army said it managed to intercept five of them, while the sixth struck an uninhabited area.

Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rockets after it called on "resistance forces" to respond to the "major crime" in Nablus.

The missiles targeted "a weapons factory" and a "military camp", both run by Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas, the army said in a statement.

The Israeli army saidو raid had targeted a "hideout apartment" used by suspected militants accused of shootings in the West Bank.

It said one of the wanted suspects was "neutralised", along with two others at the property who had opened fire on troops.

The Palestinian health ministry said those killed "as a result of the occupation's aggression on Nablus" were aged between 16 and 72.