A blast leveled a house in Kfar Yavetz, an Israeli village near the West Bank, killing the 65-year-old woman who lived there and an unidentified man.
Police said it was apparently a suicide bombing. It would be the first such attack since Palestinian militants declared a cease-fire on June 29. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Meanwhile, Israeli and Palestinian Cabinet members met Monday to discuss a plan for the Palestinian prime minister to lobby Israel’s parliament for a large-scale prisoner release to try to resolve a growing crisis over the prisoners held by Israel. Full Story