New violence in the Israeli occupied territories has killed at least six Palestinians.

In the West Bank town of Qalqilya Saturday, hospital officials say two Palestinians were killed when a car exploded.

Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, Israel says three Palestinian militants were killed in an airstrike early Saturday.

Army officials say a helicopter fired at armed men as they tried to infiltrate a Jewish settlement in southern Gaza.

And a Palestinian teenage boy was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Jenin, during a clash between stone-throwing protesters and soldiers.