US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he would meet the Israeli and Palestinian leaders on separate trips to Germany and the Middle East.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he would meet the Israeli and Palestinian leaders on separate trips to Germany and the Middle East.

"Later this week I will meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu because he will be in Germany... we will meet there," he said in Paris, where he made a brief stop as part of a Europe tour that has already taken him to Milan.

"And then I will go to the region and I will meet with Palestinian Authority Chief (Mahmoud) Abbas, I will meet with King Abdullah (of Jordan) and others.

"And in between I will have some key meetings on the subject of Syria with critical players with respect to that."

Kerry did not give any further details as to when exactly he would meet Netanyahu and Abbas, or where in the Middle East he would hold talks with the Palestinian leader.

The occupied territories have been plunged in unrest for more than two weeks, leaving 41 Palestinians and seven Israelis killed.