A Lebanese soldier opened fire Sunday at an Israeli vehicle in the Naqoura border area, killing an Israeli soldier, in an incident whose circumstances are still unclear.

And at around 1:00 a.m. Monday, LBCI television said the Israeli army retaliated by opening fire at the Lebanese General Security post at the Ras al-Naqoura border crossing.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Sunday concrete progress has been made in peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, but said details will be kept under wraps.

Kerry, who has made nine trips to the Middle East since March and helped launch nine-month direct talks between the two sides in July, said talking about any agreements could be counterproductive.

Israel began transferring fuel to Gaza's sole power plant on Sunday, a Palestinian official said, as the Hamas-ruled enclave struggled to deal with massive flooding caused by winter downpours.

Raed Fatuh, a Palestinian Authority official in charge of the transfer of goods into Gaza, said Israel would be transferring 450,000 liters of fuel to the plant, which ground to a halt on November 1.

A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip was wounded by Israeli gunfire on Saturday evening after approaching the border fence, sources on both sides said.

A Hamas health ministry official told Agence France Presse, without elaborating, that the man was hit east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza by Israeli tank fire.

An official said Saturday that Gaza's rescue service has evacuated more than 4,000 people from homes flooded after four days of heavy rain across the territory.

The downpour continued Saturday. It's part of a storm that covered Jerusalem and some of the West Bank with thick snow.

Israel was lashed by a fierce winter storm, with access to cities and towns on high ground cut off by another day of heavy snowfall.

A meteorologist told army radio the country was experiencing its heaviest snow since 1879, but also predicted the storm would end by nightfall.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he hoped to help achieve a peace agreement encompassing Israeli security needs and Palestinian sovereignty, as he wrapped up his regional visit.

But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas dampened hopes by rejecting U.S. proposals for Israel to keep a military presence in a future Palestinian state.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has rejected U.S. proposals for Israel to keep troops in a future Palestinian state along its strategic border with Jordan, a Palestinian source said on Friday.

Following a meeting on Thursday evening with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the West Bank city of Ramallah, "President Abbas has rejected the ideas presented by the secretary of state", the source said.

Israel is scrapping a controversial draft law to relocate tens of thousands of longtime Bedouin residents of the Negev desert, an official said Thursday.

Benny Begin, tasked with implementing the so-called Prawer Plan, said he had recommended to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "end the debate on the law" in parliament.

Lebanese hunters on Thursday fired gunshots that targeted Israeli troops near the Metula settlement, which drew a response from the soldiers.

“Gunshots from Lebanon were fired at Israeli troops in the Galilee Panhandle area, causing no casualties or damage," Israel Radio reported.