Israel undercover 'special forces' executed a Palestinian man at point blank range this afternoon during an attack on Ramallah. The man, identified as Omar Abu Daher, a member of Mahmoud Abbas' Presidential Guard, was initially shot in the leg outside the offices of the Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute on Ramallah's Main Street.

Jewish-French immigrant, Julien Soufir, was indicted at the Tel Aviv District Court on Monday for the brutal murder of Palestinian taxi driver, Taysir Karaki of East Jerusalem, 35 and the father of five on May 14.

The Israeli military seized two members of the Palestinian Security forces as they lay injured in their hospital beds yesterday. The kidnapping took place at a specialised hospital in Jericho, where the two men were being treated for wounds sustained after being hit when Israeli soldiers invaded central Jericho and fired on local youths.

Israel's arrest of yet another Palestinian legislator from the Fatah movement last night signals a wider campaign to destabilise the Palestinian democratic system that goes far beyond arrests of members of Hamas, said Palestinian Minister of Information Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi today.