Palestinian militants fired three rockets at Israel overnight prompting retaliatory fire from Israel, with the exchanges threatening a Hamas-declared truce. 

They came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was prepared for further military action in Gaza, at a highly sensitive time ahead of an April 9 Israeli general election.

The coalition ally of Algeria's ruling party called Wednesday for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign, piling pressure on the ailing leader after the army chief demanded he be declared unfit.

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in clashes in the occupied West Bank Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry and official media said.

The health ministry reported a Palestinian was killed after clashes in the Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank. Official news agency Wafa named him as Sajid Muzher, 17, saying he was shot by Israeli fire.

At least seven people, including four children, were killed and eight injured in an air strike near a hospital in Yemen, Save the children said on Tuesday. 

Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to hold an urgent meeting on the US decision to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory.

Turkey and Russia have conducted their first coordinated patrols in the northern Syrian region of Tal Rifaat held by a Kurdish militia opposed by Ankara, the Turkish defense ministry said Tuesday.

The United Nations envoy for the Middle East warned Tuesday of catastrophic consequences from escalating violence in Gaza as Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas continued to exchange fire despite a ceasefire deal.

Key dates in the life of Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, after the army chief of staff on Tuesday called for him to be declared unfit to rule.

Algeria has been rocked for more than a  month by unprecedented protests against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, sparked by his bid for a fifth term after two decades in power.

On Tuesday the army chief, Ahmed Gaid Salah, called for the 82-year-old leader to be declared unfit to rule as a way out of the crisis.

Algeria's army chief called Tuesday for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to govern, following weeks of mass protests demanding the ailing leader step down after two decades in power.

The move would potentially clear the way for elections to be organized in the coming months unless the president recovers.