Two Palestinian motorists have been killed by Israeli troops at a military checkpoint in the West Bank.

Israeli attack helicopters struck a Palestinian police post in northern Gaza early today after Palestinians fired mortars at Jewish settlements.

Security officials say four Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli raid on a West Bank village.

Israeli helicopters have fired missiles at Palestinian security buildings inside a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, the latest in a series of attacks on the infrastructure of the Palestinian Authority.

Israeli helicopters attacked Palestinian police and security facilities in several places in the Gaza Strip early today, according to eyewitnesses and officials on both sides.

Four Palestinians, including a 10-year-old girl, have reportedly been killed as Israeli tanks move deeper into West Bank towns.

Israeli troops have entered two West Bank towns killing four palestinians in gun battles as they advanced.

Palestinians are claiming one of their leaders, who narrowly escaped death after two missiles landed near his car in the West Bank, was the target of an assassination attempt.

An Israeli teenager has been killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank and three bombs have gone off in the West Bank near Israeli vehicles.

A bomb exploded at a rail station in northern Israel tonight, killing at least one person and injuring five.

Israeli tanks moved into the West Bank town of Hebron from three directions early today, destroying Palestinian police posts during a fierce exchange of fire, witnesses said.

The offices of a Palestinian security service in Ramallah have been hit by an explosion which injured three officers.

A Palestinian policeman was critically wounded when Israeli tanks and naval patrol boats fired heavy machine-guns at a police station on the Gaza seafront.

Israel and the Palestinians have tentatively agreed to resume limited contacts, with the US as chaperone.

Israel have arrested six members of Yasser Arafat's elite guard, as mourners from both sides buried children killed in the conflict.

Yasser Arafat has vowed the Palestinian uprising will continue despite Israel's warning that he must rein in militants who killed three Israeli children this week.

Israel is warning its response to a wave of Palestinian bombings is only the start of a campaign against militants.

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

Dozens of Palestinians have been wounded in the latest violence in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, hours after an Israeli helicopter gunship rocket killed a Palestinian militant.

Israeli helicopter gunships unleashed a fatal pinpoint strike on a car carrying a Palestinian security agent as the man drove on the outskirts of a refugee camp today.