11.   In southern Lebanon on Sunday, Hezbollah guerrillas attacked an Israeli patrol, wounding seven soldiers.

12.   Israeli patrols continued to range through the city and to cordon off the area around the Church of the Nativity, and, periodically, gunfire still rang out.

13.   It will not be an Israeli patrol crossing Ramallah but a Palestinian one, police we can say hello to.

14.   Last month, a Party of God suicide attacker blew himself up near an Israeli patrol in southern Lebanon, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding five.

15.   Near the city of Nablus, three Palestinian gunmen ambushed an Israeli patrol, the army said.

16.   Not long ago, that would have brought an armed Israeli patrol rushing in.

17.   Palestinian families have been hiding in their homes as Israeli patrols rounded up their men for questioning and Israeli machine gunfire pounded through their streets.

18.   Sharon is also seeking to establish what he calls buffer zones, which would use fences, sensors and Israeli patrols to seal off parts of the West Bank.

19.   Then, Hezbollah sprang an apparently well-planned ambush on an Israeli patrol on the border, capturing three soldiers.

20.   Twenty-four hours later, they ambushed an Israeli patrol garrisoned at an old crusader fort in the area, killing five Israeli soldiers and wounding many others.