JERUSALEM, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Israel's leaders put discussions on securing the freedom of captured soldier Gilad Shalit on a fast track Sunday, sources said.

ASHKELON, Israel, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Hamas is capable of firing rockets that can strike targets inside Israel as far as the Negev capital of Be'er Sheva, an official said Sunday.

JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A Shin Bet leader says extremist Jewish settlers are willing to use "live weapons" against other Israelis to halt the Palestinian peace process.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Israeli government officials say they will release 199 Palestinian prisoners Monday, including two convicted of murdering Israelis.

JERUSALEM, July 22 (UPI) -- Israel's intelligence chief says Hamas has taken advantage of a cease-fire agreement to plant land mines across large areas of Gaza.

JERUSALEM, June 27 (UPI) -- Talks continued Friday in Cairo on a plan to swap kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit for about 1,000 imprisoned Palestinians.

JERUSALEM, April 7 (UPI) -- Israel's internal security agency chief said easing restrictions against Palestinians while security fences remained unfinished posed a grave danger to Israel.

JERUSALEM, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The head of the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, said Sunday the recent border breach allowed weapons to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip.

JERUSALEM, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A report by Israel's Shin Bet says more than 20 percent of Palestinians killed by Israel security forces in 2006 and 2007 were not linked to terrorism.