Syrian rebels, including fighters from an al Qaida-linked group, have seized control of a border crossing with Israel in the Golan Heights after heavy clashes with President Bashar Assad’s forces, activists and rebels said.

Ravi Nessman, Sanur

A bomb exploded at a secondary school in the West Bank today, injuring at least 20 students, police said.

Two Palestinian suicide bomb attacks in 24 hours and the arrest of a Palestinian woman Israel said was preparing an attack shows Palestinians still have the will and the means to strike, Israeli officials said.