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The Israeli Army invaded on Saturday at dawn Kufur Ra’ee village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Local media reported that a Palestinian was shot by the Israeli troops on Monday morning at the southern part of the Gaze strip, near the border fence between Israel and the Gaza strip.

The Israeli army invaded on Monday at dawn Cofferdam Village in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The Israeli army invaded the Southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning and kidnapped a civilian, taking him to an unknown detention camp.

Official Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the village of Nahaleen western the West Bank City of Bethlehem on Monday at dawn.

Local sources reported that dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday at dawn, and raided the city mall kidnapping five Palestinians.

The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported on Sunday that a 19-month toddler died at a local hospital in Gaza after the Israeli Authorities barred her family from transferring her to a hospital out of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas's top political leader, Khaled Mash'al, who is exiled by Israel in Damascus, believed on Sunday that the Yemeni initiative for conciliation among Palestinians can guarantee reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the French President Nicholas Sarkozy Sunday to begin discussion on a possible accord between Israel and the Palestinians. This comes eight years after the beginning of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against the 40-year long Israeli military occupation of all of their remaining land.

Israel stated on Sunday that it will release Sameer Kuntar and four other Lebanese detainees on Wednesday in exchange for the release of its two soldiers who were captured by Hezbollah in 2006.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, voiced the hope that peace will prevail in the region, asserting on the need for clear-cut decisions.

Israeli TV channel 10 aired on Sunday photos that were never seen before of the missing Israeli navigator, Ron Arad, whose plane was shot down over Lebanon in 1986. The photos were apparently taken in 1987.

After a horrific morning for thousands of Palestinians trying to travel within the West Bank, Israeli forces opened the "Container Checkpoint".

“France is playing a key role in pushing the Middle East peace process forward, Palestinian resident Mahmoud Abbas stated.

Israeli sources reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and heads of intelligence services in Israel received over the weekend a report summarizing the efforts of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party to obtain information on the missing Israeli navigator, Ron Arad.

Israeli sources reported that two policemen were seriously wounded in a shooting attack that took place on Saturday at dawn in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Arabs48 news website reported.

The Deputy Head of the Hamas political bureau, Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouq, stated Saturday that the Hamas movement rejected an Israeli offer to release only 71 detainees out of a proposed list of 450 detainees, in exchange for the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.   Israeli authorities currently hold over 10,000 Palestinians in prison camps inside Israel, while Palestinian resistance groups hold one Israeli soldier (Gilad Shalit) as a prisoner.

Fahmi Al Za’areer, spokesperson of Fateh movement, accused Hamas movement of causing the death of Bassam Al Anani, 40, one of Fateh members, who was arrested by Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip and died in one of their prisons.

Israeli sources announced on Saturday that a Palestinian homemade shell was fired across the border of the Gaza Strip into Israel, and hit the ground in the Negev desert. According to an Israeli military spokesperson, the homemade shell hit near a residential area, but no damages or injuries were reported.

Hamas movement announced on Saturday that the Jerusalem attack today reflects the success of the Palestinian groups to hit the Israeli security system.