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The Israeli army entered four Palestinian-controlled areas here late Friday, according to Palestinian security sources.

Israel Defense Forces said Monday that a member of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's Fatah political movement died Sunday while working on a bomb that exploded in his home.

Citing the very basic rules of self defense, Israel retaliated early Friday after 15 people were killed and dozens injured by a suicide bomber who attacked at a busy Jerusalem pizzeria.

Hours after a bomber killed himself and 14 others -- including six infants -- Israeli forces made a series of what appeared to be retaliatory moves.

Israel has carried out attacks on Palestinian positions in response to a suicide bomber who killed 15 people in Jerusalem.

Citing the very basic rules of self defense, Israel retaliated early Friday after 14 people were killed and dozens injured by a suicide bomber who attacked at a busy Jerusalem pizzeria.

Israeli F-16 jets have fired missiles at Palestinian police headquarters in Gaza City, wounding three Palestinian policemen and causing heavy damage, Palestinian security officials say.

Israel used missiles and tanks against Palestinian facilities in the West Bank on Sunday evening, and a Palestinian and an Israeli died in new clashes.

Israeli forces targeted Palestinian police offices and killed a Fatah activist in Gaza on Wednesday. In the West Bank a clash killed at least four Palestinians.

Two Israelis were shot and killed in the West Bank Tuesday, the latest violence in more than 10 months of bloody clashes with Palestinians.

Israeli troops began withdrawing from the West Bank town of Beit Jala before dawn Thursday, according to Palestinian witnesses.

Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships entered Palestinian-controlled areas of Hebron and shelled buildings, injuring as many as five Palestinians, Palestinian sources said.

Israeli troops withdrew from the Palestinian-ruled town of Jenin early Tuesday after an incursion a Palestinian diplomat warned would open the gates of hell.

Shooting and occasional mortar fire persisted in the West Bank on Tuesday as Israeli troops remained in strategic positions in the town of Beit Jala for a second night.

Israel launched multiple incursions into the West Bank and Gaza early Tuesday and took over dominant positions in a West Bank town to stop Palestinians from shooting at a disputed Jerusalem suburb.

An early morning Israeli retaliatory strike and takeover of the Palestine Liberation Organization's unofficial headquarters have ignited a war of words in the Mideast, with Israel calling its actions moderate and a Palestinian official saying the moves were inviting bloodshed.

The Israeli Cabinet voted Wednesday to continue its policy of an active self-defense despite heavy criticism of its bombing of a Hamas office in Nablus that resulted in eight deaths.

CNN Correspondent Jerrold Kessel went to the scene shortly after a suicide bomber blew apart a pizza restaurant in central Jerusalem. He talked to witnesses as well as victims, and says he saw a change in the mood among Israelis.

CNN Correspondent Jerrold Kessel has covered developments in the Middle East closely and provides the following perspective on today's killing of Mustafa Zibri, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

CNN Correspondent Jerrold Kessel is in Jerusalem following the devastating events there. He says the Israeli government's response to Thursday's suicide bombing marks a dramatic turn in relations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Jerusalem Police Chief Miki Levy said Monday the Israeli order to close Orient House -- considered a key symbol of Palestinian aspirations for an independent state -- is for six months.

President Mohammad Khatami has managed to push all 20 of his Cabinet nominations through parliament after four days of haggling.

Iran's President Mohammad Khatami was confirmed as president for a second four-year term Thursday by the country's supreme leader in an Islamic religious ceremony attended by several hundred top government, religious and diplomatic officials.

President Mohammad Khatami has been sworn in as Iranian president for a second four-year term promising to develop a better future.

Mohammad Khatami is to be sworn in for his second-term as Iranian president after a parliamentary power struggle between reformists and conservatives.

A tour guide has been sentenced to 15 years hard labour after being found guilty of taking four Germans hostage in a domestic dispute, court sources have said.

Kuwait has marked the 11th anniversary of its invasion by Iraq with a warning that it believes Saddam Hussein is trying to destabilise the region.

A former Israeli Cabinet minister and the Palestinian information and culture minister said Friday they still feel 10 months of violence can be halted and a peace agreement can be reached.

Seeds of Peace is a nonprofit, U.S.-based international organization that promotes understanding and coexistence among teenagers from regions of conflict.

Two missiles were fired at a car belonging to members of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement in downtown Ramallah Saturday afternoon, Palestinian sources told CNN.

Palestinian sources reported one person was injured late Saturday when Israel fired two missiles at a Palestinian national guard post near the Khan Younis Palestinian refugee camp in southern Gaza.

Mustafa Zibri, also known as Abu Ali Mustafa.

Palestinian officials accused Israel of assassinating a militia leader in the West Bank on Wednesday, while Israel said its forces stopped short of entering the village of Beit Jala after hearing that Palestinian gunmen would stop firing at a nearby Jewish enclave.

The leader of a Palestinian faction has been killed after Israeli rockets hit his West Bank office, Palestinian security forces have said.

A Palestinian was shot and killed Thursday in a clash with Israeli troops near Nablus in the West Bank, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.

Cries of revenge have rung out at funerals for eight Palestinians killed in an Israeli missile strike.

The Palestinian Authority has again implored the United States to pressure Israel to stop what it says is the practice of targeted killings and to allow international monitors into the region.

Four Palestinians have died in a shooting incident in the West Bank, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

Four Palestinians have died in a shooting incident in the West Bank.

Israeli troops and armor launched a brief incursion into the Palestinian-controlled West Bank and withdrew early Wednesday, their second such move in two days, witnesses and Palestinian sources said.

Palestinian officials said one Palestinian was killed and seven others injured after the Israeli army fired on Palestinian territory.

Israeli forces Saturday shot a member of the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas while he stood near his home in the West Bank town of Jenin, Palestinian sources said.

Despite objections to negotiating under fire, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday authorized his foreign minister to hold talks with some Palestinian officials in hopes of securing a cease-fire.

President Saddam Hussein has warned the U.S. against continuing to fly military aircraft over Iraq.

Iraq is gearing up for a World Cup qualifier against one of its former enemies on the battlefield.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he is ready for painful concessions to achieve peace in the Mideast.

A group calling itself the Jerusalem Brigade of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine faxed the following message to news agencies Thursday following the suicide bombing in Jerusalem:

Palestinian sources said Israeli helicopters struck a Force 17 security unit post north of the West Bank town of Nablus Wednesday, on the heels of what Israelis reported as a suicide bomber attack.

A campaign has been launched to restore national pride in the Turkish lira which has plummeted in value this year.

Key Israeli, Palestinian, Islamic and U.S. figures have stepped up their political efforts to curb violence in the Mideast.