Gaza City  - Unknown assailants detonated a bomb at the offices of a charity in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah in the early hours Thursday, witnesses said.

Gaza City - Two Palestinians were killed Thursday when an underground tunnel dug for smuggling goods collapsed on them in the southern Gaza Strip, medical officials said.

Paramedics said they removed two dead bodies from the tunnel, which leads under the Gaza-Egypt border, to the east of the Rafah crossing. That crossing has been closed as part of economic sanctions on the Hamas-ruled Strip.

Two other people were injured and three others were missing, they said.

Officials at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah said identified the dead as Mohammed Abdel Atti and Mahmoud Abu Dan, both in their twenties.

Cairo - A delegation from the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas arrived in Cairo Tuesday headed by Mus

Damascus - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left Syria Tuesday after meeting leaders of Palestinian factions based there, but snubbing leaders of the rival Islamic militant group Hamas.

Ramallah - A small bomb exploded in the car of Palestinian Attorney-General Ahmad Mughani as he drove away early Tuesday from his home in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, police said.

Police spokesman Adnan Damiri said the incident was under investigation and several suspect were being interrogated.

The small device, hidden in the boot of the car, blew up when Mughani started the engine. No one was hurt however and the explosion was believed to be more of a message to Mughani than a true attempt to kill him.

The attorney-general, close to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a member of his Fatah party, is investigating several cases of suspected corruption committed by other high-ranking Fatah officials.

Damascus - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday met leaders of Palestinian factions based in Syria as part of a drive to end inter-factional divisions but snubbed leaders from the rival Pa