Israel army officer struck peace activist in the face with an assault rifle in an apparently unprovoked attack.

The footage, shot by a Palestinian cameraman, was posted on YouTube and then rebroadcast by Israeli television stations.

It shows Lieutenant Colonel Shalom Eisner walking up to a man taking part in a bicycle ride in the Jordan valley near Jericho, and without warning, hitting him in the face with his M-16 automatic weapon.The activist, said to be Danish, collapses and is carried off by fellow protesters.

At least 11 protesters were killed, including a 12-year-old boy, and 220 others were wounded as they marched from the Golan Heights on Sunday, Syrian state TV said.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered a speech to Congress that essentially was a series of insults to Palestinians and every insult was met by applause and standing ovations.

In fact, Netanyahu's appearance itself was an insult.

In the entire history of the United States, only four foreign leaders have addressed joint sessions of Congress more than once.

Witnesses said the Israeli army fired at least three rounds at an area east of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, wounding several Palestinians. Medical workers said four people including a woman and two children had been taken to a hospital with slight injuries.Nineteen Palestinians in Gaza were killed this month.

The Israeli artillery fired six tank shells Tuesday afternoon at a house and a soccer playground in Sheja'eya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, killing four, including three children and an old man, and wounding 10 others, Palestinian medics and witnesses told Xinhua.

The US decision to use its veto has sparked a furious reaction in the West Bank and Gaza.

Anti-US rallies took place in the West Bank towns of Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Jenin this weekend after the 14-1 vote on the resolution, in which the US stood alone against the rest of the security council, including Britain, Germany and France. It voted in contradiction of its own policy.

All 14 other Security Council members voted in favour of the resolution.

At least 300 Palestinians were left homeless after Israeli bulldozers, backed by several military vehicles, demolished nearly the entire village of al-Dqayqa, Ma'an news agency reported on Thursday.

Odeh An-Najada, a local councilman for the village, said four bulldozers accompanied by 30 military vehicles entered the area and began destroying homes.

Left with nine children, she claims the soldiers lied when they said her husband had threatened them. "We are human beings. The Israeli side must respect us,".