Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, on Monday condemned the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a US raid in Pakistan.

A Palestinian policeman fired on a group of Israelis in a Palestinian-controlled area of the West Bank on Sunday, killing one and injuring four, the Israeli Army said.

An air strike which killed two people in Sudan targeted a top Hamas militant who escaped unharmed, a Gaza-based MP told a local news website on Thursday.

Three Palestinians were shot dead early on Thursday during clashes with the Israeli army in the Northern Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the Palestinian emergency services said.

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned on Monday to enable formation of a new government. Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted Fayyad's resignation and tasked him to form the new government, sources in Abbas's office said.

Israeli artillery fire killed a Palestinian and wounded two on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian emergency services said in statements denied by the army.

A Palestinian was killed on Thursday in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops at an army post in the Northern West Bank, security sources on both sides said.

A Palestinian woman taken to hospital after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli troops at a protest against Israel's West bank separation barrier died overnight, medics said on Saturday.