A large explosion went off today near an Israeli army base in the Gaza Strip, causing a number of casualties, according to paramedics and the army.

Three Palestinians were killed today as Israeli forces raided a northern Gaza town in one of their biggest operations in recent months.

Three people are appearing in court on terrorism charges today after a Briton carried out a suicide bomb attack in Israel that killed three people.

A sixth man has been arrested after the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv earlier this week, British police said today.

Israeli police scoured Tel Aviv today for the failed British suicide bomber they believe is in hiding in or near the port city.

Israeli security forces were today hunting for a man holding a British passport who they say attempted a suicide bomb attack on a Tel Aviv beachfront bar.

At least three people were killed and 35 injured today when a suicide bomber triggered a huge explosion which wrecked a Tel Aviv restaurant.

Israel has retaliated to the Tel Aviv suicide bomb by launching missile attacks in Gaza City.

Two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up seconds apart in a crowded, old part of Tel Aviv where foreign workers live, killing 23 bystanders and wounding more than 100, ending a lull in such attacks just three weeks before Israeli elections.

The Egyptian Foreign Minister is due to visit Israel to help quell Israeli-Palestinian violence.

Palestinians have fired machine guns in the air, stoned police and attacked Jewish houses after the founder of Hamas was arrested.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has sent a hand-delivered letter to US President George Bush, appealing for more time to prove he is trying to halt terrorist violence against Israelis.

Yasser Arafat is tonight trapped in the West Bank as the Israeli military took the war against terror to the very heart of the Palestinian leadership.

President George W Bush has announced that the US is freezing the assets of three leading Islamic charities.

Cracks emerged in Israel’s ruling coalition today after members of the moderate Labour party, led by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, boycotted a cabinet vote on tougher action against the Palestinians.

Hamas is calling on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to release Palestinian prisoners in response to Israeli airstrikes.

Israeli jets have struck close to Yasser Arafat again, hitting a Palestinian police building just 30 metres from his office.

Israel has killed two Palestinians and injured more than 100 others in a missile attack on a Palestinian Authority security office in Gaza City today.

Israel has failed in an apparent attempt to assassinate Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at his office in the West Bank this morning.

Israeli armoured vehicles and bulldozers have reportedly ripped up the runway at Gaza International Airport, a vital link between Palestine and the rest of the world, and have cut an access road to the airport, according to local officials.

The United Nations has condemned Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people following a three-day debate on the Middle East yesterday.

Israeli tanks were today reported to have entered Gaza airport, after warplanes destroyed two of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s helicopters in Gaza and blasted West Bank security installations.