THREE Palestinians blew up their explosives-laden car next to a Gaza Strip army post yesterday, killing themselves and wounding four Israeli soldiers, military sources said.

ISRAELI soldiers killed two Palestinians in a major West Bank raid yesterday after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rebuffed a post-election olive branch extended by Yasser Arafat.

ISRAELI forces killed 11 Palestinians over the weekend, including two children in a helicopter raid, which led Israel’s president yesterday to call for an investigation into whether the army was “trigger-happy.”