The Palestinian cabinet submitted their resignations today following the apparent Hamas victory in legislative elections, Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia’s office said, setting the stage for the Islamic group to lead a new Palestinian government.

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian militant in the West Bank town of Jenin, Palestinian and Israeli military officials said today.

Hamas said today that the Islamic militant group would not renew an informal nine-month-old truce, which expires at the end of the year, after Israel killed one of its leading activists in an airstrike in Gaza.

Hamas, the largest Palestinian militant group said today it would not go back to all-out war against Israel, even after Israeli missiles killed one of its top gunmen.

Israeli missiles hit a car in the Gaza Strip, killing two top militants, drawing threats of reprisals and further compromising Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ’ efforts to restore calm and take control of the volatile seaside territory.