It is now guarded around-the-clock by Palestinian police, quartered in caravans outside.

Israeli helicopters have attacked Palestinian police and security facilities in the Gaza Strip.

The dead men were wearing Palestinian police uniforms, the statement said.

As the car sped off, Palestinian police opened fire and Hamas militants returned fire.

Palestinian police dispersed the crowd and firefighters extinguished the blaze before Israeli security forces arrived.

Another account says the Palestinian police found his body.

Palestinian police at the border checkpoint warn visitors to be on alert for kidnapping attempts.

Palestinian police have put the founder of the militant Hamas under house arrest in Gaza City.

Palestinian police shot dead two protesters during a rally in support of Osama bin Laden today.

Palestinian police opened an inquiry into the killings.

Relatives said Palestinian police summoned Mahmoud alZahhar for questioning on Thursday night and kept him in jail.

Palestinian police sources claimed the fighting broke out after Israeli tanks entered into autonomous Palestinian territory in Hebron.

Palestinian police also began arresting members of the Islamic militant group, in an apparent effort to stave off attack.

The threat came after Israeli tanks moved deep into a West Bank town to destroy a Palestinian police headquarters.

Israel responded immediately to the attack by firing tank shells at two Palestinian police positions in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli air raids on Gaza continued overnight; one strike killed seventeen people in the home of the Palestinian police chief.