IDF increases preparedness in case Hamas fails to heed Israel's call for quiet; Hamas is not behind all of the recent rocket attacks on Israel, but compared to the past, the IDF is seeing a growing Hamas role, source says.

The European Union on Wednesday condemned the killing of a Palestinian boy in Jerusalem.

A barrage of thirteen rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit again southern Israel overnight.

The family of one of three Israeli teenagers kidnapped and murdered in the West Bank has condemned the kidnap and killing of a Palestinian youth in east Jerusalem.

Wielding placards and Israeli flags, the crowd sang Hebrew hymns and the Israeli national anthem 'Hatikvah'.

Rockets fired after IAF strikes Gazan mortar launcher used to fire shells at Kibbutz Kerem Shalom.

Arab rioters believe boy killed by Israelis as revenge for 3 Israeli teens; police clarify motive for crime has yet to be determined.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has strongly condemned a possible revenge killing of an Arab teen from East Jerusalem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a swift probe after the burnt body of a Palestinian teen reported missing by family overnight was found in a forest west of Jerusalem.

French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has failed to form an extreme-right political group in the European Parliament aimed at sabotaging the EU from inside.