21.   The army has begun preparing for a pullback from West Bank towns that would accompany planned Palestinian elections.

22.   The army has begun preparing for a pullback from West Bank towns that would take place in the same time frame as planned Palestinian elections.

23.   The army has begun the arduous task of clearing roadways of felled trees.

24.   The army soon began taking reprisals on villages and clans that had supported them, perhaps sowing the seeds of future uprisings.

25.   The Israeli army had begun broadcasting messages in Arabic urging civilians to leave the area.

26.   The Gaza operation has not been scrapped, a senior Israeli military official said, but the army began sending home some of the reservists it had called up.

27.   The Israeli army would then begin withdrawing from major West Bank cities, allowing Palestinians to organize national elections for an administrative council.

28.   The small-arms factory that makes machine guns was downsized after the Australian army began importing them from overseas.

29.   There were no Israeli strikes Friday and the army began withdrawing from areas in the Gaza Strip.

30.   Almost a month after the army began a new offensive against ethnic Tamil rebels, few civilians have crossed into government territory to take shelter in refugee camps.