Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Tel Aviv, killing three bystanders, including two foreign workers, and injuring more than 40, police and witnesses said.

Israeli troops have moved into the West Bank town of Ramallah today, hours after Yasser Arafat named a new, streamlined Cabinet and Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was to meet US president George Bush in Washington.

Israeli troops and tanks moved into a Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Ramallah early today, killing at least 17 Palestinians in their largest offensive in 17 months of conflict.