Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday announced a cut in all ties with Israel and the United States, including security cooperation. Abbas said the peace plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday was in "violation of the (autonomy) accords" launched in Oslo in 1993 by Israel and the Palestinians.

We will 'cut all ties' with Israel, US: Palestinian President Abbas

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Palestinians who rejected President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan to come up with a "counter-offer" that could win Israeli support, as he headed to Britain on a five-nation tour.

Palestinian leaders free to come up with a counter offer: Pompeo

Israeli Army said today that its defence system had intercepted four rockets fired from Syria on Tuesday morning. "Four launches were identified from Syria towards Israeli territory which was intercepted by the Israeli air defence systems," the army said, adding, "no hits on Israeli communities were identified.

Rockets fired from Syria intercepted: Israel Army

Two Palestinian teenagers were killed by Israeli fire in renewed clashes along the Gaza border on Friday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said. Ali al-Ashqar, 17, was shot in the neck along the border fence east of Jabalia in northern Gaza, a health ministry spokesman told AFP.

Two Palestinian teenagers killed by Israeli fire during clashes: Gaza ministry

The Israeli military said in a statement that its 'fighter jets struck military targets in a compound belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in the southern Gaza Strip'

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza Strip: Palestinian security