An Israeli police spokesman told Agence France Presse that contrary to an earlier announcement, no rocket was fired by Palestinian militants in the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip at Israel on Thursday.

"There was no rocket in the end -- it was a false alarm," Micky Rosenfeld said.

Hamas police in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday they had uncovered a counterfeiting ring that had forged some 20 million Israeli shekels ($5.47 million, 4.26 million euros) in the coastal Palestinian territory.

Police spokesman Ayoub Abu Shaar told Agence France Presse three people were arrested last week "while distributing the false money in markets."

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas paid a rare visit on Friday to a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, placing a wreath at the cemetery in the Shatila camp in the capital Beirut.

A small crowd gathered ahead of his brief visit to welcome him at the Martyrs Cemetery on the outskirts of the camp, one of 12 housing Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.

Ismail Haniya, head of the Hamas government in Gaza, appealed in a Friday sermon to have faith in the Arab Spring despite the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi by the army.

"Do not fear for the Palestinian cause or for the resistance (against Israel) or for Gaza. Egypt is behind us, as are the Arab and Islamic countries," Haniya said.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assured on Wednesday abiding by the Lebanese cabinet's decision regarding the possession of arms in the country's refugee camps.

"We abide by the Lebanese cabinet's decisions regarding Lebanon's safety and the possession of weapons in refugee camps,” Abbas said in a mutual press conference with his Lebanese counterpart in Baabda Palace.

The employees of the Directorate General of Antiquities on Wednesday found remnants of a corpse dating to more than 30 years ago while conducting maintenance works at Beaufort Castle (al-Shaqif Fortress) near the southern town of Arnoun, state-run National News Agency reported.

“At once, army intelligence agents from the Nabatiyeh department and members of the Internal Security Forces headed to the location accompanied by Nabatiyeh's forensic doctor Jamal Ello, who examined the remnants that turned out to be consisted of a leg bone and foot bones,” NNA said.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is due in Beirut Wednesday, where he is expected to offer the Lebanese authorities assurances that the Palestinian refugee camps will stay clear of the country's growing Syria-related unrest.

During his three-day visit, Abbas is also expected to discuss the situation of Palestinians who fled Syria for Lebanon, which is already home to some 470,000 Palestinian refugees living in 12 official camps.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Monday for a shortened stay in Brunei for Asia security talks after speaking again to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on reviving peace talks.

Kerry had delayed his departure for the ASEAN bloc's conference in Brunei by a day as he shuttled between Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in hopes the two sides can restart peace talks after a nearly three-year hiatus.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Sunday with prime minister Rami Hamdallah in a new bid to defuse a political crisis that prompted the premier to submit his resignation, a senior Palestinian official said.

The 11:00 am (0800 GMT) meeting at Abbas's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah will be their third in 48 hours.

Palestinian premier Rami Hamdallah on Friday withdrew an offer to quit a day after presenting it to President Mahmoud Abbas, an official said, just two weeks after the government took the oath.

Hamdallah emerged from a "positive" two-hour meeting with Abbas, a senior government official said, having made clear he wants his powers -- and those of his two deputies -- unequivocally defined to avoid further power squabbles.