IDF soldiers used tear gas canisters, stun grenades on demonstrators throwing stones at protest near Ramallah; soldiers shot protester holding molotov cocktail while trying to apprehend him; extent of wounds unclear.

Led by telecommunications stocks, the benchmark TA-25 index advanced 0.2% to finish at 1,232.23 points, bringing its gain over the past four sessions to 3.5%.

If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a former chief of staff to Ahmadinejad detested by the clerical establishment, would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives close to Supreme Leader Khamenei.

Security sources say 60 people, including civilians, had been wounded over the past four days of violence in Tripoli, where an Alawite minority lives on a hill overlooking the mainly Sunni Muslim port city.

Syria forces, IDF exchange fire for third time this week; IDF Chief Benny Gantz says Syrian president Assad would suffer consequences of any more attacks on Israel.

The Yemeni nationals were indicted according to Islamic sharia law for forming a criminal gang, robbing shops in different parts of the country and killing a Saudi national, SPA reported.

In TheMarker's blind taste test, the Vermont ice cream-making duo wins tops mark for both price and taste.

Next quarterly report on Iran's nuclear program by the IAEA is likely to show continued installation of the centrifuges used for enriching uranium, diplomats say.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter of condolence to President Obama on Tuesday morning in the wake of the tornado.

Responding to a period of relative quiet in the region, Israel allows Palestinian fisherman to work in waters that were declared out of bounds following Palestinian rocket fire during Obama visit in March.