11.   David Bar-Illan, a top aide to Netanyahu, said Netanyahu would decide later whether to evict the settlers.

12.   Earlier Thursday, Moskowitz had petitioned the Supreme Court, asking that police be barred from evicting the settlers by force.

13.   Earlier, troops evicted settlers off three other hilltops.

14.   He demanded that Netanyahu immediately evict the settlers.

15.   Israeli government officials said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would decide whether to evict the settlers on the basis of national security reasons.

16.   Netanyahu said he was awaiting a ruling from the attorney general on whether he could evict the settlers by invoking national security.

17.   Netanyahu aide David Bar-Illan said the prime minister would decide later in the day whether to invoke national security and evict the settlers.

18.   Police evicted the settlers after a few hours.

19.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with security officials Monday to decide whether to evict the settlers on grounds of national security.

20.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was awaiting a Supreme Court ruling Thursday before deciding whether to evict the settlers, a senior aide said.