President Mahmoud Abbas has told armed Palestinian factions to stop giving Israel excuses to carry out attacks after it announced a zero-tolerance policy and launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops have killed five Palestinians in a West Bank raid, an Israeli military source and Palestinian witnesses said on Thursday.
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia have met on the sidelines of an international economic summit to discuss continuing peace efforts in