An Israeli air strike killed one Palestinian and injured five others in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday. According to Palestinian sources, the man killed in the strike was 23-year-old Mahmoud Abu Nasser.
Also Monday, Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian policeman at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinian witnesses said the victim ran toward a car at the checkpoint when he was shot by three soldiers.
Meanwhile, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al Thani held separate talks with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza late Monday. Al-Thani had intended to meet jointly with Abbas of Fatah and Haniyeh of Hamas to discuss renewing talks on a Palestinian unity government.
The Qatari foreign minister helds talks in Syria on Thursday with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshal.
According to the Qatari plan, the Palestinian unity government will in effect accept the conditions that Israel and the international community have imposed - recognition of Israel and agreements signed with Israel, and an end to violence.
The envisioned Palestinian government in the plan will be headed by an independent figure that is not aligned with any Palestinian faction, and will include ministers from Hamas, Fatah and other factions.
