1.   The assailants carried pistols and submachine guns with silencers, and threatened to kill the hostages, the state charged.

2.   Witnesses who managed to flee the store before the shooting told police that the alleged assailant carried a gun in one hand and a bag in the other.

3.   Israeli army officials said they believed two or three assailants carried out the attack after infiltrating into Israel from Jordan.

4.   Israeli army officials said they believed two or three assailants carried out the attack after entering Israel from Jordan.

5.   Israel radio said the assailant was carrying a five kilogram charge.

6.   Kutluay said authorities were considering the possibility that a single assailant may have carried out both.

7.   Moshe Shahal, the outgoing minister of internal security, said the incident marked the first time assailants carried out a drive-by shooting in Israel proper.

8.   Police said the assailant was carrying a powerful bomb on his body.

9.   Speaking on condition of anonymity, they said four assailants carried out the attack by shooting the victims.

10.   The assailant carried several pounds of explosives, the army said.