A surge in deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel petered out overnight with Palestinian officials reporting that Egypt had mediated a ceasefire on Monday ending the most serious spate of cross-border clashes for months.

Rockets and missiles from Gaza killed four civilians in Israel while Israeli strikes killed 14 Palestinians, most of them militants, in surging cross-border fighting on Sunday ...

The State of Qatar expressed its strong denunciation and condemnation of Israeli shelling of Gaza Strip in which a number of Palestinians were martyred ...

Jordan, home to a large Palestinian population, has warned of consequences of what it termed Israeli "escalation" against the Gaza Strip and called for halting Israeli airstrikes on the populous enclave.

Gaza militants fired more than 200 rockets into Israeli towns and villages through Saturday, while Israel hit back with tank shelling and air strikes that Palestinian officials said killed a baby, her mother and a gunman.

Four Palestinians were killed and 51 injured during clashes on Friday with Israeli army forces in the eastern Gaza Strip, medics and security sources said.

The World Bank warned Wednesday of a deepening economic crisis in the occupied West Bank if the Palestinian Authority and Israel do not resolve a dispute over tax transfers.

Israeli forces destroyed the home on Wednesday of a Palestinian who was killed during his attempted arrest on suspicion of carrying out a December shooting.

An Israeli airstrike on a military base in Syria's Hama province early Saturday injured three people, Syrian state media reported.

A Palestinian teen was shot dead by the Israeli army Friday during renewed clashes on the Gaza border, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said.

The Advisory Council yesterday held its regular weekly session under the chairmanship of HE the Speaker Ahmed bin Abdulla bin Zaid al-Mahmoud.

Israel kept up air strikes on Gaza into Tuesday and Palestinian militants launched new rockets despite a reported ceasefire deal, raising fears of a return to open conflict in the enclave.