A suicide bomber targeted off duty Israeli soldiers at rush hour tonight, killing at least seven people, in at attack that the country had been braced for.

Israel will kill more militant chiefs in raids like the one that decapitated a Hamas leader yesterday if the Palestinians do not begin arresting and disarming the extremists, Israeli officials warned today.

Palestinian terror group Hamas ended its six week ceasefire today, claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing at a West Bank Jewish settlement that killed an Israeli.

Twin suicide bombings targeted a supermarket in Israel and a Jewish settlement in the West Bank today, shattering a summer of relative calm since the Palestinian militant groups declared a ceasefire.

An explosion ripped through a shopping mall in central Israel today, and police said they suspected it was a terrorist attack.

ISRAEL’S Cabinet voted yesterday to release up to 100 Islamic militants, a goodwill gesture toward the Palestinians ahead of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s trip to Washington this week.

Israel’s Cabinet voted today to release up to 100 jailed Islamic militants ahead of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s visit to the US.

Israel’s Cabinet voted today to release up to 100 Islamic militants as a goodwill gesture ahead of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s trip to Washington this week.

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli to death and injured another in Tel Aviv in what police called the first terrorist attack since June’s truce.

Israel has decided to target top Hamas leaders, including its founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, officials said today.

THREE Palestinians disguised as Israeli military sneaked into an army post yesterday and killed four soldiers before being killed by troops — the first major attack on Israelis since last week’s Mideast summit.

A Palestinian gunman has opened fire at a Gaza Strip settlement killing two Israelis and wounding one.

A US peace envoy today said violence between Israelis and Palestinians will not deter him from his mission, and that he will stay in the region ‘‘as long as it takes’’.

Israeli troops and tanks took positions near the West Bank village of Beit Jalla today in an invasion-style operation, after a heavy exchange of fire between gunmen in the village and soldiers protecting a nearby Jewish neighbourhood.

Israel's Foreign Ministry has accused the BBC of broadcasting blatantly biased reports about the country's Prime Minister in a bid to discredit the politician.