The Government's deputy chief whip has condemned the Israeli army for shooting a 23-year-old Cork woman in the occupied West Bank today.

A 23-year-old Irish woman has been shot and injured in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank today.

Reports from Jenin say an Irish peace activist may have been shot during an exchange of fire which killed a British UN official.

A Briton was shot and killed today during a gun battle between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin.