A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded garden cafe near Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s official residence tonight, police said.

In two simultaneous attacks tonight, three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on pedestrians along a crowded promenade in Israel’s coastal town of Netanya, wounding at least 38 people before being shot dead, police said.

It was Mediterranean Night at the Seafood Market, a trendy Tel Aviv restaurant and night club where Irit Rahamim and her girlfriends were singing and dancing, a celebration on the eve of her wedding.

A Palestinian sniper opened fire on Israeli soldiers and civilian cars at an army checkpoint in the West Bank, killing 10 people, the army and hospital officials said.

Palestinian gunmen opened fire today on Israeli soldiers and civilian cars at an army checkpoint in the West Bank, killing nine people and wounding two seriously, a paramedic on the scene said.

Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians today at a refugee camp and entered a town after a woman suicide bomber blew herself up at an Israeli army checkpoint in the West Bank.

Israeli forces hammered Yasser Arafat’s office and police compounds in Gaza and police buildings in the West Bank, killing 12, after six soldiers were killed in a Palestinian attack.

An 11-year-old girl and her mother were killed when a Palestinian gunman disguised as an Israeli soldier raided a tiny Jewish settlement.

Wafa Idris, the Palestinian’s first female suicide bomber who blew herself up at the weekend, was a former volunteer paramedic who had been hit three times by Israeli rubber bullets.

Israeli tanks, backed by helicopters, took control of the West Bank town of Tulkarem before dawn today, imposed a curfew and arrested dozens of suspected militants, the local governor said.

The death toll in the wedding hall attack in northern Israel has risen to six, with at least 30 people injured.

A woman has been shot dead in the West Bank after gunmen opened fire on an Israeli car.

Israel stands accused of returning to assassination as a weapon after a Palestinian militia leader was blown up outside his West Bank hideout.

Two passengers have been killed after Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a car carrying Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement activists.