The death of a 22-year old Israeli man weeks after he got his tongue pierced, has led doctors to issue a warning that tongue piercings can result in fatal infections.

Even though, this happens to be a rare case, oral physicians say with any surgery performed in the mouth, there is always a risk of infection setting in.

The UN inquiry into last winter's Gaza war was a "fixed game," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in interviews with major Israeli media outlets published ahead of the Jewish New Year starting Friday.

Washington's Middle East envoy made a final bid before the start of the Jewish New Year holiday Friday to lay plans for an Israeli-Palestinian summit, which President Barack Obama hopes to host in New York next week.

Iran on Friday harshly condemned Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories amid anti-Israel "Quds Day" rallies in the capital Tehran and other parts of the country.

According to state media, hundreds of thousands of people attended the state-run annual rallies.

Three missiles were fired Friday into Northern Israel from southern Lebanon, without causing casualties, Lebanese security sources said.

The missiles were fired from Qlaileh near the southern port city of Tyre, the sources said.

According to Hezbollah television channel Al Manar, Israel fired one rocket in retaliation, targeting the area where the original fire came from.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday he would quit his post if the attorney general followed a police recommendation to indict him on a host of charges, including bribery, fraud and obstruction of justice.

The investigation into the murder of two people at a gay community centre in Tel Aviv is a top priority, Israeli police said Monday.

Egyptian police killed an unidentified African migrant Friday as he was attempting to enter Israel illegally, a security source said.

Police ordered the man to stop, and opened fire when he failed to do so, the source added.