An Israeli soldier has been stabbed in a Tel Aviv train station and police have arrested a Palestinian suspected of attacking him as part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel’s Security Cabinet has unanimously rejected a US proposal for a temporary pause in Israel-Hamas fighting.

The UN chief and the US secretary of state have made a new attempt to nail down a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas.

Four Palestinians have been shot and killed during West Bank protests against Israel's military operation in Gaza, Palestinian hospital officials said.

Israel’s army has arrested 40 more Palestinians in the West Bank, expanding the search for three missing Israeli teenagers believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas last week.

A senior Israeli official has accused Google of setting back Middle East peace hopes by putting “Palestine” under the banner of its search page for the Palestinian territories.

Mahmoud Abbas’ bold bid for UN recognition of Palestinian statehood is doomed to fail but has won him admiration at home and re-energised international efforts to seek a negotiated settlement.

A Palestinian attacker wounded seven Israelis near a Tel Aviv nightclub early today, hitting a police checkpoint with a stolen taxi and then stabbing others, police said.

A Palestinian man has been killed in an Israeli raid on a West Bank refugee camp, a witness said.

A Palestinian policeman shot and killed one Israeli and wounded four others early today near Joseph’s Tomb, a Jewish holy site in the Palestinian city of Nablus, the Israeli military said.

PALESTINIAN president Mahmoud Abbas described as “abominable” a weekend stabbing attack which killed five Israelis, including a baby, in their beds in a West Bank settlement.

I AM writing to you following the publication of Mr Teegan’s letter (January 17) and Ambassador Modai’s response (January 20).

Troops shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank who tried to stab a soldier today.

ISRAEL has lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem’s holiest shrine and called off an extended West Bank closure after days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.

A Palestinian military court has convicted a 22-year old woman of collaborating with Israel – the first time in years that a woman has been found guilty of such charges.

Cardinal Sean Brady today led a delegation of prominent clergymen to Israel.

One Palestinian youth was killed today when Israeli troops raided a West Bank refugee camp before dawn, Palestinian residents said.

The popularity of the Hamas militant group has fallen far behind rival Fatah, according to an opinion poll released on Monday, with Palestinians overwhelmingly opposed to the Islamic group’s tactics in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today endorsed the idea of early elections, deepening animosities with Hamas following the Islamic militant group’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip.

Two dozen Fatah gunmen shooting guns in the air disrupted final high school exams in the West Bank today, after education officials rejected their demand to be allowed to take the tests in a separate room.

Israel and the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas have resumed security talks after a long break, both sides said today, a new sign of cooperation between Israel and Palestinian moderates after the Islamic militant Hamas took over Gaza.

Israeli troops imposed a curfew on Nablus and clashed with Fatah militants as the army’s activities moved from Gaza to the West Bank today.

Hundreds of Fatah gunmen today stormed Hamas-controlled institutions across the West Bank, seeking revenge for the Islamic group’s takeover of the Gaza Strip, while Hamas forces blew up the home of a prominent Fatah family and deployed at strategic locations to solidify their control of Gaza.

Fatah gunmen today stormed the Palestinian parliament building and the Education Ministry, both Hamas-controlled, witnesses said.

On its first day of full rule in Gaza, the Islamic militant Hamas today announced that it was granting amnesty to senior Fatah leaders, signalling that it is seeking conciliation with the defeated forces of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Hundreds of Hamas fighters firing rockets and mortar shells captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza, scoring a key victory in the bloody battle for control of the seaside strip.

Israel rounded up more than 30 Hamas leaders in the West Bank including a Cabinet minister, taking its conflict with Hamas over daily Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza to a new level.

Israeli aircraft struck four times in Gaza early today, the army said, killing one Hamas militant.

A Palestinian teenager carrying a mortar shell and explosives was caught at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank today, the Israeli army said.

A five-month ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza was threatened when Hamas called for retaliatory attacks after weekend army raids killed nine and moderates called for cutting contacts with Israel.

Palestinian militants from Hamas today called for a fresh wave of attacks against Israel after troops killed nine Palestinians in weekend fighting, straining a five-month old ceasefire.

The Islamic militant group Hamas today called for new attacks on Israel after eight Palestinians were killed in a surge of fighting over the weekend.

The Israeli military has suspended the commander of an operation in which troops ordered Palestinian youths in the West Bank to stand in front of their vehicle to protect it from stones thrown by locals, the army spokesman’s office said today.

Israel’s army is investigating new allegations that troops used Palestinians as human shields during an operation in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Israeli troops raided a Palestinian military HQ early today and arrested 18 fugitives who had sought shelter there, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.

Israeli troops hunted for Palestinian militants in and around the West Bank city of Nablus today, trading gunfire with armed men in a mosque and storming an apartment building where gunmen were thought to be hiding.

Israel today clamped down on the West Bank city of Nablus for the second time in a week, confining tens of thousands of people to their homes as troops moved searched for militants.

Dozens of jeeps backed by bulldozers raided the West Bank city of Nablus today and the Israeli army said its operation to track down militants in the flashpoint city would continue.

Israeli forces withdrew from the West Bank city of Nablus this morning, after a large-scale army operation against Palestinian militants, Palestinian officials said.

Israel’s largest raid in the West Bank for months entered its second day today, with tens of thousands of Palestinians confined to their Nablus homes as soldiers searched for suspected militants.

Dozens of Israeli jeeps and armoured vehicles raided the West Bank city of Nablus Sunday and placed tens of thousands of Palestinians under curfew.

A PALESTINIAN man demanding medical expenses for a battle wound abducted three American women near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus yesterday, and freed them an hour later.

Three US women who were kidnapped in the West Bank today have been freed, say Palestinian security officials.

A truce between warring Palestinian factions entered its third day today, marred by sporadic shootings.