Palestinians dug in behind walls and and embankments in the southern Gaza Strip today after Israel sent in troops and tanks.

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a home-made rocket into southern Israel today, killing two people as the country was voting in national elections.

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man and injured another today after the pair crossed into a restricted area around the fence that isolated Gaza.

Two Palestinians were killed today in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers in a West Bank village.

The Israeli army have bombarded Palestinian targets in the northern Gaza Strip, plunging a town into darkness and injuring four people including a 10 year-old boy.