Israel says it thwarted a plot by militants to kill Olmert
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JERUSALEM - The chief of Israel's internal security agency told the Cabinet yesterday that Palestinian gunmen had plotted to assassinate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his way to a meeting with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in June, but that the plan was foiled by intelligence officials, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official said.
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Two Palestinian militants escaped on Tuesday an Israeli assassination attempt as they managed to jump from the car that was targeted by an Israeli missile fired from an unmanned pilotless drone, Palestinian witnesses said.
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Hamas militants said they had ambushed an Israeli army patrol on Tuesday by misleading the Israeli internal security intelligence service through a double agent.
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Israeli security forces say they have thwarted a suicide bombing planned by the armed offshoot of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s political movement.
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The militant Palestinian group Hamas said Monday an Arab country might have helped Israel assassinate one of its leaders in Damascus, an act it called &quot;treason.
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Israel killed eight Hamas militants, firing missiles into the sandy courtyard of a Hamas police station as the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for a bold strike inside Israel, the first suicide mission in over a year
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Israel sealed off the Gaza Strip on Friday  but said it would try to bolster new Palestinian leader Mahmoud  Abbas after militants, defying his call for non-violence,  killed six Israelis at a border cargo terminal.
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JENIN: Israeli troops arrested five militants on Sunday from the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group, hiding in a house in the northern part of the West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources.
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An explosives belt to be used by a Hamas militant was found early Saturday morning in a Tel Aviv apartment building, averting a suicide bombing on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Israeli officials said.
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Israel accused Syria on Monday of  "directing terrorism" and warned it could face pre-emptive  strikes against militants on its territory, but stopped short  of saying it killed a Hamas leader in Damascus.
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Israel says it will erect a fence along the Egypt border to stop possible infiltration by Palestinian militants.
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AL-YARMOUK CAMP, Syria  - The militant Palestinian  group Hamas said on Monday an Arab country might have helped  Israel assassinate one of its leaders in Damascus, an act it  called "treason."
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Israel dismisses early rocket fire as hiccups but warns it will retaliate if  attacked by Palestinian militants
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Palestinian officials said they foiled an assassination attempt Sunday against a top security chief loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, discovering a large roadside bomb planted shortly before the commander&#039;s motorcade was to pass through the area.
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Israel killed five Palestinian militants in a West Bank raid on Wednesday, keeping up pressure on armed factions as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for a partial pullout from occupied lands moved forward.
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Azerbaijani authorities have foiled a "terrorist" attack by a radical Islamic group against foreign embassies and government facilities, the Ministry for National Security said Monday.
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Palestinian gunmen planned to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when he came to the West Bank in August to meet with the Palestinian president, Israeli media cited a security chief as telling Israel's Cabinet on Sunday.