Palestinian gunmen briefly took over the Cabinet building on Thursday, protesting the refusal of the new Hamas government to satisfy their job demands. According to the AP, the gunmen were members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an offshoot of Fatah.
Some 20 gunmen seized the three-story Cabinet building in Ramallah for about an hour, before they were persuaded to leave.
Earlier Thursday, the group had shut down the Transportation Ministry, forcing employees to leave the building.
A Palestinian Cabinet statement called the protests "unacceptable" and said the government was committed to trying to solve citizens' grievances "according to a legal framework and in a civilized manner."
Elsewhere in West Bank, Palestinian police found the charred and beaten body of a Palestinian in the town of Jericho, believed to be a Jerusalem resident who sold his property to Jewish settlers.
Palestinian security officials identified the body found in a burned-out car as that of Mohammed Hijazi Abul-Hawa, 47, who they said had sold a four-story house on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives to settlers.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the victim was shot dead and his body and car burned.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces on Thursday briefly moved into the Gaza Strip. The israeli army said a small force crossed the fence in the central part of the strip, to search for possible bombs planted by the Palestinian fighters.
