1.   The Israeli authorities claimed that the detainee, Attiyah Abdel Atti Zanin, had hanged himself in his cell.

2.   The assassinations in Tunis sparked off angry protest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in defiance of widespread curfews imposed by the Israeli occupying authorities.

3.   The Palestinian intifada resumed in early March as the Israeli authorities relaxed the strict curfews imposed on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the Gulf war.

4.   The package, although modest, nevertheless marked a change of policy by the Israeli authorities towards the stagnated Palestinian economy.

5.   Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli army patrols on the West Bank and a man and woman were killed in Gaza allegedly for collaboration with the Israeli authorities.

6.   Qassam immediately issued a statement threatening to kill Toledano unless the Israeli authorities released from prison Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder and leader of Hamas.

7.   Although well over a week has gone by, the Israeli authorities have yet to send him a formal notice.

8.   As a precaution, Israeli authorities closed Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, to outbound flights for about four hours following the crash.

9.   Barak said Israeli authorities were investigating the possibility that a third Israeli man had also been attacked.

10.   Barred by the Israeli authorities from leaving their area, some settlers marched down the main street past their enclaves with Israeli flags and guns.