ISRAELI troops yesterday blew up the homes of two Palestinian gunmen who attacked an office of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Likud Party during a primary vote, killing six Israelis and wounding more than 20.

The two main militant groups fighting for Palestinian independence from Israel have rejected Yasser Arafat’s call for an end to the 15-month-old Intefadeh (uprising).

Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has accused Yasser Arafat's bodyguards of carrying out terrorist attacks against his country.