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Palestinian, Israeli policeman wounded in separate incidents

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 13:03

Israeli troops shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip Monday, while a Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded Israeli policeman in the West Bank, sources on each side said.

Pope `to make first Holy Land trip in May`

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 08:27

Pope Francis is to make a brief visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories from May 25, his first to the Holy Land, Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot said.

Gaza power plant stirs to life as violent storm passes

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 00:54

Gaza`s lone power station rumbled to life on Sunday for the first time in more than seven weeks after receiving a long-awaited delivery of diesel, the electricity company said.

Holy Land hit by heaviest snowfall in decades

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 23:44

The heaviest snowfall in decades blocked roads across Israel and the Palestinian territories on Saturday, prompting Israeli authorities exceptionally to interrupt the Jewish sabbath to lay on relief trains.

Thousands evacuated from flooded Gaza homes

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 22:14

Rescue workers evacuated more than 4,000 Gaza Strip residents from homes flooded by four days of heavy rain, using boats and construction equipment to pluck some of those trapped from upper floors.

Israel in settlements row with Romania: Reports

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 02:31

A diplomatic spat has erupted between Israel and Romania after Bucharest reportedly refused to allow Romanian construction workers to be employed in West Bank settlements, Israel`s military radio said on Wednesday.

RAF chopper makes forced landing in W Bank No casualties

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 01:05

A British military helicopter made a forced landing in the West Bank on Sunday with no casualties, the Israeli military said, denying reports it landed in an Israeli minefield.

Israel halts house construction in disputed area

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 10:03

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday cancelled a tender published by the housing ministry to build 1,200 housing units in the controversial "E1" territorial stretch, an official source said.

Four Gaza militants killed in clash with Israeli troops

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 12:54

A total of four Gaza militants were killed overnight in a firefight with Israeli troops sent to destroy Hamas tunnels, officials on both sides said.

Troops arrest 3 senior Hamas members in West Bank

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 17:20

Israel`s army arrested three senior members of the Islamist Hamas movement overnight, Palestinian security sources said on Thursday, in the second such arrest operation this week.

Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 09:05

Israel freed 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday, alongside US-brokered peace talks, a news agency correspondents said.

Israel will be to blame if peace talks collapse over borders: Abbas

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 08:55

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned on Tuesday Israel would be to blame if ongoing peace talks collapsed over its military control of a border with Jordan.