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 militants called off a two-month-old truce after Israel killed a Hamas leader with a volley of missiles yesterday, and tens of thousands of Hamas supporters marched in protest through the streets of Gaza City, vowing revenge.

HAMAS said yesterday its ceasefire was over after Israel killed one of its senior political leaders in a missile strike in retaliation for a suicide bombing of a bus that killed 20 people, including six children.

The main Palestinian terror groups called off their eight-week-old ceasefire today after a Hamas leader was killed in an Israeli missile attack.

The Palestinian terror group Hamas called off its ceasefire today after an Israeli helicopter attack killed one of its senior leaders in Gaza City.

An Israeli helicopter fired five missiles at a car carrying a senior Hamas leader in Gaza City today, killing him and two of his bodyguards.

An Israeli helicopter fired five missiles at a car in a crowded Gaza City street today, killing three Palestinians, including the bodyguard of a senior Hamas official, witnesses said.

THE Palestinian terror group Hamas last night threatened to tear up asix- week-old ceasefire deal after two of its leaders' bombmakers were killed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank.

The Palestinian terror group Hamas tonight threatened to tear up a six-week-old ceasefire deal after two of its top bomb makers were killed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank.

EGYPTIAN envoys failed to achieve a breakthrough yesterday in talks with Palestinian militants aimed at arranging a ceasefire with Israel and salvaging a US-backed peace road map battered by violence.

An Egyptian bid to halt Palestinian terror attacks on Israelis failed tonight and rivals vowed the bloodshed would continue.

Egyptian mediators made a final push today to persuade Palestinian militants to halt attacks on Israelis.

US and Egyptian mediators intensified efforts to persuade militant Palestinians to agree to suspend attacks against Israelis in a bid to salvage a US-backed peace plan threatening to collapse under the weight of renewed violence.

Thousands of Hamas supporters have demonstrated against Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas’ peace efforts as leaders of the militant group said they were pulling out of talks aimed at ending attacks on Israelis.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders made concessions today to keep the road map to Mid East peace on track.

A Palestinian terror group linked to Yasser Arafat tonight threatened to scupper Mideast peace negotiations that Israeli and Palestinian leaders believed were making progress

Palestinian terror groups held out the prospect of a truce today as the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers prepared to take another step on the road map to peace.

A PALESTINIAN suicide bomber killed a woman and wounded 12 other people by blowing himself up near a bus in Israel yesterday after the driver and passengers stopped him boarding.

A PALESTINIAN suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded bus as it drove along a busy Tel Aviv street at lunch-time today, killing at least five other people and wounding 49.

IN A speech to the Palestinian parliament yesterday, Yasser Arafat condemned terror attacks on Israeli civilians, announced elections for early January and offered — apparently in jest — to give up executive powers.

An Israeli military court has backed the expulsion of three Palestinian relatives of suspected terrorists from the West Bank to Gaza.

Palestinian police have arrested members of radical groups Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, officials said.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reiterated today that peace talks won’t begin until violence ends, and Israel will not return to its ‘‘vulnerable’’ borders that existed before the 1967 Mideast war.

Hamas, the Islamic militant group, said it carried out the suicide bombing on a bus in Israel today.

Israeli troops have shot and killed two Palestinians who attacked an army post with grenades, and militant Islamic groups said they would ignore any truce deal, complicating US efforts to arrange a ceasefire.

A militant Islamic Jihad group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a rush-hour bus in Israel.