Palestinian Authority security forces are battling militants from Hamas and its allies in the occupied West Bank, in a fight that has the potential to shape the long-running struggle for the leadership of the Palestinian cause.

Secretary of the Democratic Press Gathering, Omar Nazzal, called on the Palestinian government to retract the decision as it violates Palestinian Basic Law.

A Palestinian woman was shot and killed in her home in the volatile northern West Bank town of Jenin, where the Palestinian Authority is carrying out a rare campaign against militants