Palestinian terrorism

The Palestinian envoy to the United States says he is returning to Washington after just one day of "consultations" over President Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, according to BBC. 

Husam Zomlot said he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas privately.

He was instructed to return to Washington "immediately", he said.

Hamas has announced the beginning of the third "intifada" six days after US President Donald Trump announced the controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Numbers of Palestinians were detained by Israeli security forces as clashes were continuing with the prosteters in eastern Jerusalem on Dec. 9.

The powerful Palestinian Islamist group Hamas called on Dec. 7 for a new uprising against Israel after U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Armed Palestinian resistance group Hamas has warned against U.S. plans to relocate the its embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as Israel’s capital.

Palestinian factions, including rival groups Hamas and Fatah, have agreed to hold a general election by the end of 2018, a joint statement by several groups said on Nov. 22 following talks in Cairo.

A 17-year-old teenage boy wounded several people with an axe in the Swiss city of Flums.

The striker is a Latvian citizen. He was arrested by police officers who used firearms against him and wounded him. It is not specified how much the victims have suffered and whether they are seriously injured. The striker acted alone. There is no evidence of terrorist motives.

Four Israelis were attacked Tuesday morning in the town of Har Adar outside Jerusalem. Three died of their injuries, while one is in serious condition, The Jerusalem Post writes.

Israel is pushing ahead with a project to build a giant underground wall around the Gaza Strip to block tunnels that could be used for attacks, the army said on Aug. 10.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has announced an investigation into an "infrastructure for transferring funds via couriers between Hamas command centers in Turkey and the Gaza Strip and the Hamas command center in Hebron."