Jewish settlers have shot two Palestinian demonstrators in clashes in the West Bank, officials say.

Israeli forces shot and killed two Islamic Jihad gunmen early today, Palestinians and Israeli military officials said.

ISRAELI forces destroyed two apartment buildings in a Gaza refugee camp early yesterday after evacuating 6,000 Palestinians from a neighbourhood, residents and the military said.

Israeli forces have blown up a building next to Yasser Arafat's office in Ramallah, according to witnesses.

Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles are starting to pull out of Nablus, the largest West Bank city.