Prime Minister cites 'great importance' to Palestinian president's declaration on Israel Radio that murder of family was despicable, immoral and inhuman, but says such expression of condemnation cannot be heard by Israelis alone.

Palestinian president condemns the murder of five family members in the West Bank settlement, says human beings aren't capable of such an act.

Soldiers deployed to intervene if violence escalates across West Bank, particularly in areas of tension between settlers and Palestinians.

20,000 escort bodies of 5 killed in Itamar terror attack; Chief Rabbi Metzger tells mourners, ''more building is the answer.''

Ministers approve new apartments in W. Bank blocs; Danny Dayan: Pity that parents, children need to be murdered for building to take place.

Cabinet approves construction of new settlement houses as a response to a deadly terror attack on a family of five in the settlement of Itamar.

Ceremony naming square after 1978 bus hijacking, in which 35 Israelis were killed, was not attended by PA officials.

Five members of an Israeli family were murdered in their beds in Itamar, a West Bank settlement, in an attack blamed on Palestinians, sparking a huge manhunt and international condemnation.

Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev is to be awarded the prestigious Patron of Jerusalem Award in recognition of his public activities.

In wake of Netanyahu plan to announce new peace plan in May, Defense Minister says that would be 'too late,' urging an immediate return to peace negotiations.