An Israeli TV says acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas is willing to begin direct negotiations with Israel for a limited amount of time.
Israeli warplanes have carried out airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip, hitting areas in the south and center of the impoverished Palestinian territory.
Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has officially accepted resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.
Tel Aviv has dismissed a UN report that criticizes Israeli forces for torturing Palestinian children, arresting and using them as human shields.
Palestinian authority prime minister Rami Hamdallah has withdrawn his offer to quit a day after he presented it to authority chief Mahmud Abbas.
An Israeli security guard has shot dead a Jewish visitor in al-Quds mistaking him for a Palestinian, because he shouted “God is the Greatest” in Arabic.
Underground tunnels created by Palestinians to import essential goods from Egypt to the Gaza Strip have been playing a vital role in bypassing the Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory, al-Alam repots.
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton has called on Israel to ease the blockade on the Gaza Strip, ruled by the Hamas resistance movement.
Israeli regime's fraud squad has questioned Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger on suspicion of bribery, theft, breach of trust and money laundering, a police say.
The new Palestinian prime minister has submitted his resignation after just two weeks on the job because of “a conflict over authority,” his office says.