Israeli officials have launched an investigation into a border police officer who was filmed tipping over a Palestinian in a wheelchair in the West Bank.

Israeli troops have shot a Palestinian woman after she allegedly attempted to stab a pedestrian in the West Bank.

A Palestinian attacker fatally stabbed two people in a Tel Aviv office building, police said, raising to 16 the number of Israelis who have died, along with 79 Palestinians, in a wave of violence over the past seven weeks.

A Palestinian attacker rammed his vehicle into a group of Israelis standing at a hitchhiking station in the West Bank, wounding four of them before he was shot dead by paramilitary officers, Israeli police said.

A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli security forces at a checkpoint after he was accused of trying to stab a guard.

Israelis and Palestinians would gain billions of dollars from making peace with each other, while both would face daunting economic losses in case of other alternatives, particularly in case of a return to violence, according to a study.

A man and a boy featured in a chilling IS propaganda video showing the killing of a Palestinian have been identified as French citizens.

Government TDs have said the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Ireland should be considered as pressure mounts for an emergency Dáil debate on the Gaza crisis.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US secretary of state John Kerry that Israel will begin a 12-hour pause in Gaza hostilities starting at 7am Israeli time today (5am Irish time), a US official said last night.