A mentally ill Gazan woman was shot dead by Israeli troops near the border early on Saturday, the Palestinian territory's Hamas-run health ministry said.

The Israeli military confirmed soldiers had opened fire after several people approached the border security fence, hitting one of them.

Representatives of 22 nations pledged their support for Palestinian development Saturday, but the U.N. urged more action for refugees "in need of aid" in an "increasingly dire" situation.

The Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (CEAPAD) in Jakarta ended with Japan -- one of the world's biggest donors to the Palestinian Territories -- pledging $200 million, most in financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for infrastructure development.

European Union Ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst hoped that all sides in Lebanon would avoid any escalation in retaliation to Israel's strike against a Hizbullah position earlier this week, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.

She told the daily that diplomatic channels urged Hizbullah to exercise restraint.

An Israeli air strike destroyed a rocket launch site in Gaza late Friday, the army said, as an official in the Palestinian territory reported no casualties.

"An Israeli air force aircraft destroyed a rocket launch site in Gaza to eliminate an imminent threat against Israel," an army spokesman said in a statement.

A Palestinian killed during an Israeli army raid on his home in the West Bank town of Birzeit was buried Friday, an Agence France Presse correspondent said.

Motazz Washaha was found dead after the Thursday morning raid by the army, which said he was "suspected of terror activity".

U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky has said that any action which adds to tension in the region should be avoided after Hizbullah vowed retaliation to what it said was an Israeli raid on one of its positions on the Lebanese-Syrian border.

“We don’t have independent confirmation about air strikes. We’ve seen the media reports,” Nesirky said Thursday.

President Michel Suleiman discussed with Hizbullah's state minister for parliamentary affairs Mohammed Fneish the latest developments concerning the cabinet's policy statement and the Israeli raid that targeted one of the party's posts in the Bekaa town of Janta.

Suleiman voiced hope that the ministerial panel tasked with drafting a policy statement should swiftly reach an agreement over disputed issues to prevent further delay in the parliament's confidence vote, An Nahar newspaper reported.

Israeli police said they will limit access for Muslim men to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound during Friday prayers to prevent possible clashes following services.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said on Thursday that men under the age of 50 will be barred from Friday prayers, based on intelligence of plans for unrest, with security forces bolstering their presence in the area.

Foreign Minister Jebra Bassil on Thursday asked Lebanon's envoy to the United Nations to file a complaint against Israel over the two airstrikes it waged on the Bekaa town of Janta.

"Bassil asked ambassador Nawaf Salam to hand over the complaint to U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon,” the state-run National News Agency said.

The March 14 General Secretariat condemned on Thursday Hizbullah's statement on the Israeli strike that targeted one of its positions on Monday, saying that the army is the sole protector of the Lebanese border.

It demanded in its weekly statement that “the Army Command issue a clear and honest communique over the details of the strike.”