Israeli troops killed a senior Islamic militant, two Palestinian gunmen and an unarmed schoolboy in clashes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip today.

ISRAELI troops blew up two apartment buildings in a Gaza Strip refugee camp yesterday, just hours after undercover forces killed the brother of a radical Palestinian leader during an arrest raid in the West Bank.

Israeli tanks and soldiers have invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, knocking out the electricity supply in the east of the city.